# 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.

## Winners and nominees

Table key :
| | Indicates the winner |
| † | Indicates a posthumous winner |
| † | Indicates a posthumous nominee |
| ‡ | Indicates the Academy Award winner |

### 1980s

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

### 1990s

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

### 2000s

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Mank ‡ | Erik Messerschmidt |
| 2020 | Cherry | Newton Thomas Sigel |
| 2020 | News of the World | Dariusz Wolski |
| 2020 | Nomadland | Joshua James Richards |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Phedon Papamichael |
| 2021 | Dune ‡ | Greig Fraser |
| 2021 | Belfast | Haris Zambarloukos |
| 2021 | Nightmare Alley | Dan Laustsen |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Ari Wegner |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Bruno Delbonnel |
| 2022 | Elvis | Mandy Walker |
| 2022 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Darius Khondji |
| 2022 | The Batman | Greig Fraser |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | Roger Deakins |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Claudio Miranda |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer ‡ | Hoyte van Hoytema |
| 2023 | El Conde | Edward Lachman |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Rodrigo Prieto |
| 2023 | Maestro | Matthew Libatique |
| 2023 | Poor Things | Robbie Ryan |
| 2024 | Maria | Edward Lachman |
| 2024 | The Brutalist ‡ | Lol Crawley |
| 2024 | A Complete Unknown | Phedon Papamichael |
| 2024 | Conclave | Stéphane Fontaine |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Greig Fraser |
| 2024 | Nosferatu | Jarin Blaschke |
| 2024 | Wicked | Alice Brooks |