# European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

The European Film Award for Best Cinematographer, also known as Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award, is an award given to cinematographers working in the motion picture industry by the European Film Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
| 1989 (1st) | No award given | No award given | No award given |
| Nomination for Special Aspect Award |||
| 1989 (1st) | Henri Alekan | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin |
| 1989 (1st) | Mário Barroso | The Cannibals | Os Canibais |
| 1989 (2nd) | Ulf Brantas Jörgen Persson | The Women on the Roof | Kvinnorna på taket |
| 1989 (2nd) | Krzysztof Ptak | 300 Miles to Heaven | 300 mil do nieba |
| 1989 (2nd) | Yefim Reznik | Little Vera | Ма́ленькая Ве́ра / Malenkaya Vera |
| 1989 (2nd) | Sándor Kardos | The Midas Touch | Eldorádó |
| 1989 (2nd) | Giorgos Arvanitis | Landscape in the Mist | Τοπίο στην ομίχλη / Topio stin omichli |

### 1990s

| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
| 1990 (3rd) | Tonino Nardi | Open Doors | Porte aperte |
| 1990 (3rd) | Pierre Lhomme | Cyrano de Bergerac | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1990 (3rd) | Göran Nilsson | The Guardian Angel | Skyddsängeln |
| 1991 (4th) | Walther van den Ende | Toto the Hero | Toto le héros |
| 1992 (5th) | Jean-Yves Escoffier | The Lovers on the Bridge | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf |
| 1993 (5th) | No awards given | No awards given | No awards given |
| 1994 (6th) | No awards given | No awards given | No awards given |
| 1995 (7th) | No awards given | No awards given | No awards given |
| 1996 (8th) | No awards given | No awards given | No awards given |
| 1997 (9th) | John Seale | The English Patient | The English Patient |
| 1997 (9th) | Tibor Mathé | The Witman Boys | Witman fiúk |
| 1997 (9th) | Ron Fortunato | Nil by Mouth | Nil by Mouth |
| 1998 (10th) | Adrian Biddle | The Butcher Boy | The Butcher Boy |
| 1998 (10th) | Thierry Arbogast | Black Cat, White Cat | Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor |
| 1998 (10th) | Dany Elsen | The Red Dwarf | The Red Dwarf |
| 1998 (10th) | Joseph Vilsmaier | Comedian Harmonists | Comedian Harmonists |
| 1999 (11th) | Lajos Koltai | Sunshine | Sunshine |
| 1999 (11th) | Lajos Koltai | The Legend of 1900 | La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano |
| 1999 (11th) | Yves Cape | Humanité | L'humanité |
| 1999 (11th) | Alexei Fyodorov Anatoli Rodinov | Moloch | Молох |
| 1999 (11th) | Jacek Petrycki | Journey to the Sun | Güneşe Yolculuk |

### 2000s

| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2000 (13th) | Vittorio Storaro | Goya in Bordeaux | Goya en Bourdeaux |
| 2000 (13th) | Yuri Klimenko | The Barracks | Барак |
| 2000 (13th) | Agnès Godard | Beau Travail | Beau Travail |
| 2000 (13th) | Éric Guichard Jean-Paul Meurisse | Himalaya | Himalaya: L'Enfance d'un chef |
| 2000 (13th) | Edgar Moura | Jaime | Jaime |
| 2000 (13th) | Aleksandr Burov | The Wedding | Свадьба / Svadba |
| 2001 (14th) | Bruno Delbonnel | Amélie | Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain |
| 2001 (14th) | Éric Gautier | Intimacy | Intimité' |
| 2001 (14th) | Rein Kotov | The Heart of the Bear | Karu süda |
| 2001 (14th) | Frank Griebe | The Princess and the Warrior | Der Krieger und die Kaiserin |
| 2001 (14th) | Fabio Olmi | The Profession of Arms | Il mestiere delle armi |
| 2001 (14th) | Tamás Babos | Paszport | Paszport |
| 2002 (15th) | Paweł Edelman | The Pianist | The Pianist |
| 2002 (15th) | Ivan Strasburg | Bloody Sunday | Bloody Sunday |
| 2002 (15th) | Javier Aguirresarobe | Talk to Her | Hable con ella |
| 2002 (15th) | Frank Griebe | Heaven | Heaven |
| 2002 (15th) | Timo Salminen | The Man Without a Past | Mies vailla menneisyyttä |
| 2002 (15th) | Alwin H. Küchler | Grill Point | Halbe Treppe |
| 2002 (15th) | Tilman Büttner | Russian Ark | Русский ковчег / Russkij Kovcheg |
| 2003 (16th) | Anthony Dod Mantle | Dogville | Dogville |
| 2003 (16th) | Chris Menges | Dirty Pretty Things | Dirty Pretty Things |
| 2003 (16th) | Marcel Zyskind | In This World | In This World |
| 2003 (16th) | Italo Petriccione | I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura |
| 2003 (16th) | Bogumił Godfrejów | Distant Lights | Lichter |
| 2003 (16th) | Tom Fährmann | The Miracle of Bern | Das Wunder von Bern |
| 2004 (17th) | Eduardo Serra | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Girl with a Pearl Earring |
| 2004 (17th) | Lajos Koltai | Being Julia | Being Julia |
| 2004 (17th) | Alwin H. Küchler | Code 46 | Code 46 |
| 2004 (17th) | José Luis Alcaine | Bad Education | La mala educación |
| 2004 (17th) | Javier Aguirresarobe | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro |
| 2004 (17th) | Andreas Sinanos | Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow | Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει |
| 2005 (18th) | Franz Lustig | Don't Come Knocking | Don't Come Knocking |
| 2005 (18th) | Christian Berger | Hidden | Caché |
| 2005 (18th) | Anthony Dod Mantle | Manderlay | Manderlay |
| 2005 (18th) | Ryszard Lenczewski | My Summer of Love | My Summer of Love |
| 2005 (18th) | Gyula Pados | Fateless | Sorstalanság |
| 2005 (18th) | Bruno Delbonnel | A Very Long Engagement | Un long dimanche de fiançailles |
| 2006 (19th) | Barry Ackroyd (tie) | The Wind that Shakes the Barley | The Wind that Shakes the Barley |
| 2006 (19th) | José Luis Alcaine (tie) | Volver | Volver |
| 2006 (19th) | Timo Salminen | Lights in the Dusk | Laitakaupungin valot |
| 2006 (19th) | Roman Osin | Pride & Prejudice | Pride & Prejudice |
| 2007 (20th) | Frank Griebe | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer |
| 2007 (20th) | Mikhail Krichman | The Banishment | Изгнание / Izgnanie |
| 2007 (20th) | Anthony Dod Mantle | The Last King of Scotland | The Last King of Scotland |
| 2007 (20th) | Fabio Zamarion | The Unknown Woman | La sconosciuta |
| 2008 (21st) | Marco Onorato | Gomorrah | Gomorra |
| 2008 (21st) | Luca Bigazzi | Il Divo | Il Divo |
| 2008 (21st) | Oscar Faura | The Orphanage | El orfanato |
| 2008 (21st) | Sergey Trofimov Rogier Stoffers | Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan | Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan |
| 2009 (22nd) | Anthony Dod Mantle | Antichrist | Antichrist |
| 2009 (22nd) | Christian Berger | The White Ribbon | Das weiße Band |
| 2009 (22nd) | Maksim Drozdov Alisher Khamidkhodjaev | Paper Soldier | Bumazhnyy soldat |
| 2009 (22nd) | Stéphane Fontaine | A Prophet | Un prophète |

### 2010s

| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2010 (23rd) | Giora Bejach | Lebanon | Lebanon |
| 2010 (23rd) | Caroline Champetier | Of Gods and Men | Des hommes et des dieux |
| 2010 (23rd) | Pavel Kostomarov | How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом / Kak ya provyol etim letom |
| 2010 (23rd) | Barış Özbiçer | Honey | Bal |
| 2011 (24th) | Manuel Alberto Claro | Melancholia | Melancholia |
| 2011 (24th) | Fred Kelemen | The Turin Horse | A torinói ló |
| 2011 (24th) | Guillaume Schiffman | The Artist | The Artist |
| 2011 (24th) | Adam Sikora | Essential Killing | Essential Killing |
| 2012 (25th) | Sean Bobbitt | Shame | Shame |
| 2012 (25th) | Darius Khondji | Amour | Amour |
| 2012 (25th) | Bruno Delbonnel | Faust | Фауст |
| 2012 (25th) | Gökhan Tiryaki | Once Upon a Time in Anatolia | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da |
| 2012 (25th) | Hoyte van Hoytema | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
| 2013 (26th) | Asaf Sudry | Fill the Void | למלא את החלל - lemale et ha'ḥalal |
| 2014 (27th) | Łukasz Żal Ryszard Lenczewski | Ida | Ida |
| 2015 (28th) | Martin Gschlacht | Goodnight Mommy | Ich seh, Ich seh |
| 2016 (29th) | Camilla Hjelm Knudsen | Land of Mine | Under sandet |
| 2017 (30th) | Mikhail Krichman | Loveless | Нелюбовь / Nelyubov |
| 2018 (31st) | Martin Otterbeck | Utøya: July 22 | Utøya 22. juli |
| 2019 (32nd) | Robbie Ryan | The Favourite | The Favourite |

### 2020s

| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
| 2020 (33rd) | Matteo Cocco | Hidden Away | Volevo nascondermi |
| 2021 (34th) | Crystel Fournier | Great Freedom | Große Freiheit |
| 2022 (35th) | Kate McCullough | The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin |
| 2023 (36th) | Rasmus Videbæk | The Promised Land | Bastarden |
| 2024 (37th) | Benjamin Kračun | The Substance | The Substance |

## Most wins for Best Cinematography by country

| Country | Awards | Nominations |
| France | 1 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 4 |
| Spain | 1 | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 |
| Netherlands | | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 |
| Israel | 2 | |
| Germany | 1 | 7 |
| Italy | 4 | 4 |
| Hungary | 1 | 6 |
| Ireland | 2 | |
| Poland | 2 | 4 |
| Russia | 1 | 6 |
| Finland | | 2 |
| Ukraine | | |
| Austria | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | 0 | |
| Soviet Union | 0 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |
| Romania | 0 | |
| Norway | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | |
| Croatia | 0 | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | |
| Greece | 0 | 2 |