American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases

The following is a list of cinematographers who have won and been nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases, which is given annually by the American Society of Cinematographers.^[1]

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Film	Cinematographer
1986 ^[2]	Peggy Sue Got Married	Jordan Cronenweth
	The Karate Kid Part II	James Crabe
	The Mission	Chris Menges
	A Room with a View	Tony Pierce-Roberts
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Donald Peterman
1987 ^[2]	Empire of the Sun	Allen Daviau
	The Last Emperor	Vittorio Storaro
	Matewan	Haskell Wexler
	Someone to Watch Over Me	Steven Poster
	The Untouchables	Stephen H. Burum
1988 ^[2]	Tequila Sunrise	Conrad L. Hall
	Dangerous Liaisons	Philippe Rousselot
	Mississippi Burning	Peter Biziou
	Rain Man	John Seale
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Sven Nykvist
1989 ^[2]	Blaze	Haskell Wexler
	The Abyss	Mikael Salomon
	The Bear	Philippe Rousselot
	Born on the Fourth of July	Robert Richardson
	The War of the Roses	Stephen H. Burum

1990s

Year	Film	Cinematographer
1990 ^[2]	Dances with Wolves	Dean Semler
	Avalon	Allen Daviau
	Dick Tracy	Vittorio Storaro
	Ghost	Adam Greenberg
	The Godfather Part III	Gordon Willis
1991 ^[2]	Bugsy	Allen Daviau
	Hook	Dean Cundey
	JFK	Robert Richardson
	The Prince of Tides	Stephen Goldblatt
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Adam Greenberg
1992 ^[2]	Hoffa	Stephen H. Burum
	A Few Good Men	Robert Richardson
	Howards End	Tony Pierce-Roberts
	The Last of the Mohicans	Dante Spinotti
	A River Runs Through It	Philippe Rousselot
1993 ^[2]	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Conrad L. Hall
	The Fugitive	Michael Chapman
	Heaven & Earth	Robert Richardson
	The Piano	Stuart Dryburgh
	Schindler's List	Janusz Kamiński
1994 ^[2]	The Shawshank Redemption	Roger Deakins
	Forrest Gump	Don Burgess
	Legends of the Fall	John Toll
	Love Affair	Conrad L. Hall
	Wyatt Earp	Owen Roizman
1995 ^[2]	Braveheart	John Toll
	Apollo 13	Dean Cundey
	Batman Forever	Stephen Goldblatt
	The Bridges of Madison County	Jack N. Green
	Crimson Tide	Dariusz Wolski
	Se7en	Darius Khondji
1996 ^[2]	The English Patient	John Seale
	Evita	Darius Khondji
	Fargo	Roger Deakins
	Fly Away Home	Caleb Deschanel
	The Ghost and the Darkness	Vilmos Zsigmond
	Michael Collins	Chris Menges
1997 ^[2]	Titanic	Russell Carpenter
	Amistad	Janusz Kamiński
	The Boxer	Chris Menges
	Kundun	Roger Deakins
	L.A. Confidential	Dante Spinotti
1998 ^[2]	The Thin Red Line	John Toll
	Elizabeth	Remi Adefarasin
	The Horse Whisperer	Robert Richardson
	Saving Private Ryan	Janusz Kamiński
	Shakespeare in Love	Richard Greatrex
1999 ^[2]	American Beauty	Conrad L. Hall
	The Insider	Dante Spinotti
	The Sixth Sense	Tak Fujimoto
	Sleepy Hollow	Emmanuel Lubezki
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Robert Richardson

2000s

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
2000 ^[2]	The Patriot	Caleb Deschanel
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Peter Pau
	Gladiator	John Mathieson
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Roger Deakins
	The Perfect Storm	John Seale
2001 ^[2]	The Man Who Wasn't There	Roger Deakins
	Amélie	Bruno Delbonnel
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Andrew Lesnie
	Moulin Rouge!	Don McAlpine
	Pearl Harbor	John Schwartzman
2002 ^[2]	Road to Perdition	Conrad L. Hall (posthumous)
	Far from Heaven	Edward Lachman
	Frida	Rodrigo Prieto
	Gangs of New York	Michael Ballhaus
	The Pianist	Paweł Edelman
2003 ^[2]	Seabiscuit	John Schwartzman
	Cold Mountain	John Seale
	The Last Samurai	John Toll
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Andrew Lesnie
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Russell Boyd
2004 ^[2]	A Very Long Engagement	Bruno Delbonnel
	The Aviator	Robert Richardson
	Collateral	Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron
	The Passion of the Christ	Caleb Deschanel
	Ray	Paweł Edelman
2005 ^[2]	Memoirs of a Geisha	Dion Beebe
	Batman Begins	Wally Pfister
	Brokeback Mountain	Rodrigo Prieto
	Good Night, and Good Luck.	Robert Elswit
	King Kong	Andrew Lesnie
2006 ^[2]	Children of Men	Emmanuel Lubezki
	Apocalypto	Dean Semler
	The Black Dahlia	Vilmos Zsigmond
	The Good Shepherd	Robert Richardson
	The Illusionist	Dick Pope
2007 ^[2]	There Will Be Blood	Robert Elswit
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Roger Deakins
	Atonement	Seamus McGarvey
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Janusz Kamiński
	No Country for Old Men	Roger Deakins
2008 ^[2]	Slumdog Millionaire	Anthony Dod Mantle
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Claudio Miranda
	The Dark Knight	Wally Pfister
	The Reader	Roger Deakins and Chris Menges
	Revolutionary Road	Roger Deakins
2009 ^[2]	The White Ribbon	Christian Berger
	Avatar	Mauro Fiore
	The Hurt Locker	Barry Ackroyd
	Inglourious Basterds	Robert Richardson
	Nine	Dion Beebe

2010s

Year	Film	Cinematographer
2010 ^[3]	Inception	Wally Pfister
	Black Swan	Matthew Libatique
	The King's Speech	Danny Cohen
	The Social Network	Jeff Cronenweth
	True Grit	Roger Deakins
2011 ^[4]	The Tree of Life	Emmanuel Lubezki
	The Artist	Guillaume Schiffman
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Jeff Cronenweth
	Hugo	Robert Richardson
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Hoyte van Hoytema
2012 ^[5]	Skyfall	Roger Deakins
	Anna Karenina	Seamus McGarvey
	Les Misérables	Danny Cohen
	Life of Pi	Claudio Miranda
	Lincoln	Janusz Kamiński
2013 ^[6]	Gravity	Emmanuel Lubezki
	12 Years a Slave	Sean Bobbitt
	Captain Phillips	Barry Ackroyd
	The Grandmaster	Philippe Le Sourd
	Inside Llewyn Davis	Bruno Delbonnel
	Nebraska	Phedon Papamichael
	Prisoners	Roger Deakins
2014 ^[7]	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Emmanuel Lubezki
	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Robert Yeoman
	The Imitation Game	Óscar Faura
	Mr. Turner	Dick Pope
	Unbroken	Roger Deakins
2015 ^[8]	The Revenant	Emmanuel Lubezki
	Bridge of Spies	Janusz Kamiński
	Carol	Edward Lachman
	Mad Max: Fury Road	John Seale
	Sicario	Roger Deakins
2016 ^[9]	Lion	Greig Fraser
	Arrival	Bradford Young
	La La Land	Linus Sandgren
	Moonlight	James Laxton
	Silence	Rodrigo Prieto
2017 ^[10]	Blade Runner 2049	Roger Deakins
	Darkest Hour	Bruno Delbonnel
	Dunkirk	Hoyte van Hoytema
	Mudbound	Rachel Morrison
	The Shape of Water	Dan Laustsen
2018 ^[11]	Cold War	Łukasz Żal
	The Favourite	Robbie Ryan
	First Man	Linus Sandgren
	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón
	A Star Is Born	Matthew Libatique
2019 ^[12]	1917	Roger Deakins
	Ford v Ferrari	Phedon Papamichael
	The Irishman	Rodrigo Prieto
	Joker	Lawrence Sher
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Robert Richardson

2020s

Year	Film	Cinematographer
2020 ^[13]	Mank	Erik Messerschmidt
	Cherry	Newton Thomas Sigel
	News of the World	Dariusz Wolski
	Nomadland	Joshua James Richards
	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Phedon Papamichael
2021 ^[14]	Dune	Greig Fraser
	Belfast	Haris Zambarloukos
	Nightmare Alley	Dan Laustsen
	The Power of the Dog	Ari Wegner
	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Bruno Delbonnel
2022 ^[15]	Elvis	Mandy Walker
	Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths	Darius Khondji
	The Batman	Greig Fraser
	Empire of Light	Roger Deakins
	Top Gun: Maverick	Claudio Miranda

Multiple wins

5 wins Roger Deakins Emmanuel Lubezki (3 consecutive) 4 wins Conrad L. Hall

2 wins Allen Daviau John Toll Greig Fraser

Multiple nominations

17 nominations Roger Deakins 11 nominations Robert Richardson 6 nominations Janusz Kamiński Emmanuel Lubezki 5 nominations Bruno Delbonnel Conrad L. Hall John Schwartzman John Seale Dean Semler

4 nominations Chris Menges Rodrigo Prieto John Toll Haskell Wexler 3 nominations Dion Beebe Stephen H. Burum Caleb Deschanel Greig Fraser Darius Khondji Andrew Lesnie Claudio Miranda Phedon Papamichael Wally Pfister Philippe Rousselot Dante Spinotti

2 nominations Barry Ackroyd Danny Cohen Jeff Cronenweth Dean Cundey Allen Daviau Paweł Edelman Robert Elswit Stephen Goldblatt Adam Greenberg Edward Lachman Dan Laustsen Matthew Libatique Seamus McGarvey Tony Pierce-Roberts Dick Pope Linus Sandgren Vittorio Storaro Hoyte van Hoytema Dariusz Wolski Vilmos Zsigmond

See also

• AACTA Award for Best Cinematography
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography
• BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
• Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
• Satellite Award for Best Cinematography

References

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