British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography

The British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography is an annual award given to the cinematographer's work that has been deemed "best" in a particular year for their work in independent British cinema. The award was introduced in 2017. Before its inception, cinematography was included in the category named Best Technical Achievement.

British Independent Film Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded for	Best Cinematography
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BIFA
Currently held by	Jamie D. Ramsay for All of Us Strangers (2023)
Website	www.bifa.org.uk

Winners and nominees

2000s

Best Technical Achievement

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Area
2001 (4th) ^[1]	The Warrior	Roman Osin	Cinematography
	Alone	Jonathan Rudd	Editing
	Enigma	John Beard	Production Design
	High Heels and Low Lifes	Jany Temime	Costume Design
2002 (5th) ^[2]^[3]	Morvern Callar	Alwin H. Küchler	Cinematography
	24 Hour Party People	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	Lawless Heart	Scott Thomas	Editing
	Bloody Sunday	Ivan Strasburg	Cinematography
2003 (6th) ^[4]^[5]	In This World	Peter Christelis	Editing
	16 Years of Alcohol	John Rhodes	Cinematography
	Bright Young Things	Michael Howells	Production Design
	Buffalo Soldiers	David Holmes	Music
	In This World	Tim Alban, Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson	Sound
2004 (7th) ^[6]	Touching the Void	Mike Eley	Cinematography
	Bride and Prejudice	Eduardo Castro, Ralph Wheeler-Holes	Costume Design
	Code 46	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	Dead Man's Shoes	Lucas Roche, Chris Wyatt	Editing
	Enduring Love	Haris Zambarloukos	Cinematography
2005 (8th) ^[7]	The Descent	Jon Harris	Editing
	The Constant Gardener	César Charlone	Cinematography
	The Libertine	Ben Van Os	Production Design
	A Cock and Bull Story	Peter Christelis	Editing
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Sandy Powell	Costume Design
2006 (9th) ^[8]^[9]	The Last King of Scotland	Anthony Dod Mantle	Cinematography
	The Queen	Alan MacDonald	Production Design
		Daniel Phillips	Makeup
	This Is England	Ludovico Einaudi	Music
	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Barry Ackroyd	Cinematography
2007 (10th) ^[10]^[11]	Sunshine	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	28 Weeks Later	Enrique Chediak	Cinematography
	Control	Martin Ruhe
	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Trevor Waite	Editing
	Hallam Foe	Colin Monie, David Mackenzie	Music
2008 (11th) ^[12]^[13]	Hunger	Sean Bobbitt	Cinematography
	The Duchess	Michael O'Connor	Costume Design
	Slumdog Millionaire	Anthony Dod Mantle	Cinematography
	In Bruges	Jon Gregory	Editing
	Shifty	Harry Escott, Molly Nyman	Music
2009 (12th) ^[14]^[15]	Bright Star	Greig Fraser	Cinematography
	Moon	Clint Mansell	Music
		Tony Noble	Production Design
	Bunny and the Bull	Gary Williamson
	Fish Tank	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography

2010s

Best Technical Achievement

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Area
2010 (13th) ^[16]^[17]	Monsters	Gareth Edwards	Visual Effects
	The Arbor	Tim Barker	Sound
	The King's Speech	Eve Stewart	Production Design
	Brighton Rock	John Mathieson	Cinematography
	The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet	Animation
2011 (14th) ^[18]^[19]	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Maria Djurkovic	Production Design
	We Need to Talk about Kevin	Seamus McGarvey	Cinematography
	Shame	Sean Bobbitt
		Joe Walker	Editing
	Senna	Chris King, Gregers Sall
2012 (15th) ^[20]^[21]	Berberian Sound Studio	Joakim Sundström	Sound Design
	Berberian Sound Studio	Nic Knowland	Cinematography
	Ginger and Rosa	Robbie Ryan
	Broken	Electric Wave Bureau	Music
	The Imposter	Andrew Hulme	Editing
2013 (16th) ^[22]^[23]	The Selfish Giant	Amy Hubbard	Casting
	Locke	Justine Wright	Editing
	Starred Up	Shaheen Baig	Casting
	Under the Skin	Johnnie Burn	Sound Design
		Mica Levi	Music
2014 (17th) ^[24]^[25]	Frank	Stephen Rennicks	Music
	'71	Chris Wyatt	Editing
		Tat Radcliffe	Cinematography
	Catch Me Daddy	Robbie Ryan
	Mr. Turner	Dick Pope
2015 (18th) ^[26]^[27]	Ex Machina	Andrew Whitehurst	Visual Effects
	Amy	Chris King	Editing
	Brooklyn	Fiona Weir	Casting
	Ex Machina	Mark Digby	Production Design
	Macbeth	Adam Arkapaw	Cinematography
2016 (19th) ^[28]^[29]	American Honey	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography
	Free Fire	Shaheen Baig	Casting
	The Girl with All the Gifts	Seb Barker	Visual Effects
	Notes on Blindness	Joakim Sundström	Sound Design
	Oasis: Supersonic	Paul Monaghan, Mat Whitecross	Editing

Best Cinematography

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2017 (20th) ^[30]^[31]	Lady Macbeth	Ari Wegner
	I Am Not a Witch	David Gallego
	Jawbone	Tat Radcliffe
	Leaning Into the Wind	Thomas Riedelsheimer
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Ben Davis
2018 (21st) ^[32]^[33]	The Favourite	Robbie Ryan
	American Animals	Ole Bratt Birkeland
	Lean on Pete	Magnus Joenck
	A Prayer Before Dawn	David Ungaro
	You Were Never Really Here	Thomas Townend
2019 (22nd) ^[34]^[35]	Beats	Benjamin Kračun
	In Fabric	Ari Wegner
	Judy	Ole Bratt Birkeland
	Moffie	Jamie D. Ramsay
	The Personal History of David Copperfield	Zac Nicholson

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 (23rd) ^[36]^[37]	Saint Maud	Ben Fordesman
	His House	Jo Willems
	Limbo	Nick Cooke
	Mogul Mowgli	Anika Summerson
	Rocks	Hélène Louvart
2021 (24th) ^[38]	Boiling Point	Matthew Lewis
	The Nest	Mátyás Erdély
	Cow	Magda Kowalczyk
	Censor	Annika Summerson
	Belfast	Haris Zambarloukos
2022 (25th) ^[39]^[40]	Aftersun	Gregory Oke
	Nascondino	Alfredo de Juan
	Men	Rob Hardy
	Kanaval	Joel Honeywell
	The Wonder	Ari Wegner
2023 (25th) ^[41]^[42]	All of Us Strangers	Jamie D. Ramsay
	The End We Start From	Suzie Lavelle
	Femme	James Rhodes
	Rye Lane	Olan Collardy
	Scrapper	Molly Manning Walker

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External links

• Official website