# Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Cinematography, to honour the best Canadian film cinematography.
The award was first presented in 1963 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, with separate categories for colour and black-and-white cinematography; the separate categories were discontinued after 1969, with only a single category presented through the 1970s. After 1978, the award was presented as part of the new Genie Awards; since 2012, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. In early years, the award could be presented for either narrative feature or documentary films, although this was discontinued later on and only feature films were eligible. Beginning with the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards, a separate category was introduced for Best Cinematography in a Documentary.

## 1960s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1963 15th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1963 15th Canadian Film Awards | Donald Wilder | Nahanni |
| 1963 15th Canadian Film Awards | Guy Borremans | Day After Day (Jour après jour) |
| 1964 16th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1964 16th Canadian Film Awards | Stan Brede | Brampton Builds a Car |
| 1964 16th Canadian Film Awards | John Spotton | The Hutterites |
| 1965 17th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1965 17th Canadian Film Awards | Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman | Expedition Bluenose |
| 1965 17th Canadian Film Awards | Jean-Claude Labrecque | Walls of Memory (Mémoire en fête) |
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards | Jean-Claude Labrecque | 60 Cycles |
| 1966 18th Canadian Film Awards | Georges Dufaux | Mission of Fear (Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | Gilles Gascon | Element 3 (Élément 3) |
| 1967 19th Canadian Film Awards | Grahame Woods | Wojeck: "The Last Man in the World" |
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | Georges Dufaux | Isabel |
| 1968 20th Canadian Film Awards | Bernard Gosselin | The Times That Are (Le Règne du jour) |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | Réo Grégoire | No Matter Where (Là ou ailleurs) |
| 1969 21st Canadian Film Awards | Tony Ianzelo | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar |

## 1970s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | Bernard Chentrier | Red |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | Michel Brault | Mon oncle Antoine |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | Michel Brault | The Time of the Hunt (Le Temps d'une chasse) |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | Donald Wilder | Paperback Hero |
| 1974 |
| 1974 | No award presented | No award presented |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | Paul Van der Linden | Eliza's Horoscope |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | Richard Leiterman | The Far Shore |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Pierre Mignot | J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Miklós Lente | In Praise of Older Women |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Marc Champion | I, Maureen |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Mark Irwin | Blood and Guts |

## 1980s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | John Coquillon | The Changeling |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Laszlo George | Running |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Miklós Lente | Agency |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Cordélia |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Reginald H. Morris | Murder by Decree |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Michel Brault | Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Richard Ciupka | Atlantic City, U.S.A. |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Miklós Lente | Suzanne |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Reginald H. Morris | Phobia |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | François Protat | Fantastica |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Richard Leiterman | Silence of the North |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | John F. Phillips | Alligator Shoes |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Vic Sarin | Heartaches |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Michel Brault | Threshold |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi) |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Maria Chapdelaine |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Richard Ciupka | The Terry Fox Story |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Mark Irwin | Videodrome |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Doug McKay | Dead Wrong |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Reginald H. Morris | A Christmas Story |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Mario |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | John Clement | Thrillkill |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Laszlo George | Draw! |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Ed Higginson | Isaac Littlefeathers |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Douglas Kiefer | Unfinished Business |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | François Protat | The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe) |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | François Protat | Joshua Then and Now |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Marc Champion | Samuel Lount |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Frank Tidy | One Magic Christmas |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Anne Trister |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Alain Dostie | In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Equinox (Équinoxe) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Exit |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | René Verzier | The Morning Man (Un matin, une vie) |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | René Verzier | Toby McTeague |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Michel Brault | The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Douglas Koch | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Richard Leiterman | The Climb |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Peter Suschitzky | Dead Ringers |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Thomas Burstyn | The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Karol Ike | Malarek |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | René Ohashi | Shadow Dancing |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Thomas Vámos | The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) |

## 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Richard Leiterman | The First Season |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Cruising Bar |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | René Ohashi | Millennium |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Peter James | Black Robe |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Raoul Coutard, Mike Molloy | Bethune: The Making of a Hero |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Moody Beach |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Nelligan |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Daniel Jobin | Cargo |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Peter Suschitzky | Naked Lunch |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Michel Caron | The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Léolo |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme) |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Thomas Vámos | Being at Home with Claude |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Alain Dostie | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Thomas Burstyn | The Lotus Eaters |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Philip Linzey | Harmony Cats |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Barry Stone | Paris, France |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Billy Williams | Shadow of the Wolf |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Paul Sarossy | Exotica |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Sylvain Brault | My Friend Max (Mon amie Max) |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | François Protat | Kabloonak |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Paul Van der Linden | Henry & Verlin |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Peter Wunstorf | Double Happiness |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Thomas Burstyn | Magic in the Water |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Alain Dostie | The Confessional (Le Confessionnal) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | Black List (Liste noire) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Vic Sarin | Margaret's Museum |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Barry Stone | Rude |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Peter Suschitzky | Crash |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Sylvain Brault | Rowing Through |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Éric Cayla | A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit) |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Polygraph (Le Polygraphe) |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Daniel Jobin | Lilies |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Paul Sarossy | The Sweet Hereafter |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Éric Cayla | Karmina |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Serge Ladouceur | Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Gregory Middleton | Kissed |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | André Turpin | Cosmos |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Alain Dostie | The Red Violin |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Jan Kiesser | Such a Long Journey |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Douglas Koch | Last Night |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Glen MacPherson | Regeneration |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Gregory Middleton | The Falling |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Paul Sarossy | Felicia's Journey |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes) |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Alwyn Kumst | The Divine Ryans |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Gregory Middleton | The Five Senses |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Alegría |

## 2000s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | André Turpin | Maelström |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Guy Dufaux | Stardom |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Jonathan Freeman | Possible Worlds |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | The Art of War |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Jean Lépine | To Walk with Lions |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | Lost and Delirious |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Thom Best | Ginger Snaps |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Sebastian Edschmid | Deeply |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | David Greene | Century Hotel |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | André Turpin | Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Paul Sarossy | Perfect Pie |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Jan Kiesser | Rare Birds |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Serge Ladouceur | Savage Messiah (Moïse, l'affaire Roch Thériault) |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Larry Lynn | Inside (Histoire de pen) |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Gregory Middleton | Between Strangers |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Allen Smith | Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | François Dutil | Saved by the Belles |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Stefan Ivanov | A Problem with Fear |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Gregory Middleton | Falling Angels |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Jean-Pierre St. Louis | Gaz Bar Blues |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Paul Sarossy | Head in the Clouds |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Bernard Couture | The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier Tunnel) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Louis de Ernsted | Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | André Turpin | Childstar |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Giles Nuttgens | Water |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Balazs Bolygo | It's All Gone Pete Tong |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Bernard Couture | The Outlander (Le Survenant) |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Pierre Mignot | C.R.A.Z.Y. |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | André Turpin | Familia |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Bruce Chun | Bon Cop, Bad Cop |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Steve Cosens | Snow Cake |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Jan Kiesser | Beowulf and Grendel |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Nicola Pecorini | Tideland |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Peter Suschitzky | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Miroslaw Baszak | Shake Hands With the Devil |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Bruce Chun | Nitro |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Alain Dostie | Silk |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Vic Sarin | Partition |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Gregory Middleton | Fugitive Pieces |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Nicolas Bolduc | Le Banquet |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Bobby Bukowski | The Stone Angel |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | The American Trap (Le Piège américain) |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Sara Mishara | Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Pierre Gill | Polytechnique |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Steve Cosens | Nurse.Fighter.Boy |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Jonathan Freeman | Fifty Dead Men Walking |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Ronald Plante | The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Allen Smith | Sticky Fingers (Les doigts croches) |

## 2010s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | André Turpin | Incendies |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Bernard Couture | 10½ |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Ronald Plante | Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché: entre ciel et terre) |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Claudine Sauvé | The Wild Hunt |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Stéphanie Weber Biron | Heartbeats (Les Amours imaginaires) |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Jean-François Lord | Snow & Ashes |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Miroslaw Baszak | The Bang Bang Club |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Pierre Cottereau | Café de Flore |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Jon Joffin | Daydream Nation |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Ronald Plante | Monsieur Lazhar |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Nicolas Bolduc | War Witch (Rebelle) |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Philippe Lavalette | Inch'Allah |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Giles Nuttgens | Midnight's Children |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Bobby Shore | Goon |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Brendan Steacy | Still Mine |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Nicolas Bolduc | Enemy |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | François Delisle | The Meteor (Le Météore) |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Pierre Gill | Upside Down |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Antonio Riestra | Mama |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Allen Smith | Maïna |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | André Turpin | Mommy |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Norayr Kasper | Fall |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Michel La Veaux | Meetings with a Young Poet |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Mathieu Laverdière | Henri Henri |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Luc Montpellier | It Was You Charlie |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Yves Bélanger | Brooklyn |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Danny Cohen | Room |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Karim Hussain | Hyena Road |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Sara Mishara | Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira) |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Rene Ohashi | Forsaken |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | André Turpin | It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Glauco Bermudez | Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Josée Deshaies | Nelly |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Leung Ming Kai | Old Stone |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Scott Moore | Werewolf |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Nicolas Bolduc | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Nicolas Canniccioni | The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Sina Kermanizadeh | Ava |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Mathieu Laverdière | We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Norm Li | Never Steady, Never Still |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Sara Mishara | The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Daniel Grant | Octavio Is Dead! |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Ian Lagarde | For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Sara Mishara | Allure |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Paul Sarossy | The Padre |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Norm Li | The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Josée Deshaies | A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Catherine Lutes | Disappearance at Clifton Hill |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Gregory Middleton | American Woman |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Brendan Steacy | Lucky Day |

## 2020s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Maya Bankovic | Akilla's Escape |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Marie Davignon | Beans |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | James Klopko | A Fire in the Cold Season |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Michel St-Martin | Blood Quantum |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Stéphanie Weber Biron | Nadia, Butterfly |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Sara Mishara | Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Pierre Gill | You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Tess Girard | Drifting Snow |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Daniel Grant | All My Puny Sorrows |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Rich Williamson | Scarborough |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Sara Mishara | Viking |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Vincent Gonneville | Nouveau Québec |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Douglas Koch | Crimes of the Future |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Christopher Lew | Riceboy Sleeps |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Keenan Lynch | Tehranto |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Jared Raab | BlackBerry |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Gabriel Brault-Tardif | Richelieu |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Alexandre Bussière | Montreal Girls |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Karim Hussain | Infinity Pool |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Mathieu Laverdière | Solo |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Jean-François Lord | Ru |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Mike McLaughlin | Hands That Bind |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | André Turpin | The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) |