Chris Menges
Film (as cinematographer)

Year
Title
Director
Notes
1969
Kes
Ken Loach
-
1971
Gumshoe
Stephen Frears
-
1980
The Gamekeeper
Ken Loach
-
1981
Looks and Smiles
Ken Loach
-
1982
Battletruck
Harley Cokeliss
-
1983
Local Hero
Bill Forsyth
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
1984
Comfort and Joy
Bill Forsyth
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
1984
The Killing Fields
Roland Joffé
Academy Award for Best Cinematography BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
1986
The Mission
Roland Joffé
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography
1987
Shy People
Andrei Konchalovsky
-
1996
Michael Collins
Neil Jordan
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
1997
The Boxer
Jim Sheridan
Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
2001
The Pledge
Sean Penn
-
2002
Dirty Pretty Things
Stephen Frears
-
2002
The Good Thief
Neil Jordan
-
2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tommy Lee Jones
-
2005
North Countey
Niki Caro
-
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Richard Eyre
-
2008
The Reader
Stephen Daldry
Co-cinematographer with Roger Deakins Nominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
2008
Stop-Loss
Kimberly Peirce
-
2008
The Yellow Handkerchief
Udayan Prasad
-
2010
Route Irish
Ken Loach
-
2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Stephen Daldry
-
TBA
Waiting for the Barbarians
Ciro Guerra
Filming

Question: When and for which films did Chris Menges receive his first BAFTA nomination and his first Academy Award, respectively?
Answer: In 1983, Chris Menges received his first BAFTA nomination for the Bill Forsyth film Local Hero and a year later won his first Academy Award for the film The Killing Fields.