# Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the US for single-camera work in daytime television. The Daytime Emmy Awards are among the more prominent categories of Emmy Award.

## Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

### Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming
#### 1970s

1976
* A Determining Force (NBC)
1978
* Continuing Creation (NBC)
1979
* This Other Eden (NBC)

### Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming
#### 1970s

1978
* NBC Special Treat ("Five Finger Discount") (NBC)
1979
* The Big Blue Marble (SYN)
* The Big Blue Marble (SYN)
* NBC Special Treat ("Rodeo Red and the Runaway") (NBC)

#### 1980s

1980
* ABC Afterschool Special ("A Movie Star's Daughter") (ABC)
* ABC Weekend Special ("The Gold Bug") (ABC)
* CBS Library ("Once Upon a Midnight Dreary") (CBS)
* Sesame Street (PBS)
** 3-2-1 Contact ("Mountain Climbing" and "Hot/Cold") (PBS)

### Special Classification - Individual Achievement
#### 1980s

1980
* The Big Blue Marble ("Witch's Sister: Chapter 2") (SYN)

### Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming - Cinematographer
#### 1980s

1981
* Work and Worship: The Legacy of St. Benedict (NBC)

### Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts - Cinematography
#### 1980s

1982
* The Body Human (The Loving Process: Men) (CBS)
1983
* New Wilderness (SYN)

### Outstanding Cinematography in Children's Programming
#### 1980s

1981
* The Big Blue Marble (SYN)
* The Big Blue Marble ("New Jersey/Egypt") (SYN)
* The Body Human ("Facts for Boys") (CBS)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Stoned") (ABC)
** Mandy's Grandmother (SYN)
1982
* The Big Blue Marble ("Horsemen of Inner Mongolia") (SYN)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now") (ABC)
** The Body Human ("Becoming a Woman") (CBS)
1983
* CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("The Shooting") (CBS)
** CBS Library ("Robbers, Rooftops and Witches") (CBS)
1984
* ABC Afterschool Special ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("The Hand Me Down Kid") (ABC)
** ABC Weekend Special ("Cougar") (ABC)

### Outstanding Cinematography
#### 1980s

1985
* ABC Afterschool Special ("Out of Step") (ABC)
** Kidsworld (ABC)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia") (ABC)
1986
* CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The War Between The Classes") (CBS)
** 3-2-1 Contact (PBS)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Are You My Mother?") (ABC)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Don't Touch") (ABC)
** ABC Weekend Special ("Pippi Longstocking") (ABC)
** CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Have You Tried Talking to Patty?") (CBS)
** CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Babies Having Babies") (CBS)
1987
* 3-2-1 Contact (PBS)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Teen Father") (ABC)
** CBS Schoolbreak Special ("God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes") (CBS)
** Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
1988
* ABC Afterschool Special ("Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story") (ABC)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("The Day My Kid Went Punk") (ABC)
** CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Never Say Goodbye") (CBS)
** Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
1989
* 3-2-1 Contact (PBS)
** Pee-wee's Playhouse ("To Tell The Tooth") (CBS)

#### 1990s

1990
* ABC Afterschool Special ("Torn Between Two Fathers") (ABC)
** Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
** China at the Crossroads (ABC)
1991
* CBS Schoolbreak Special ("But He Loves Me") (CBS)
** Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)
1992
* Scenic Wonders of America (Disney)
** Square One TV (PBS)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("It's Only Rock & Roll") (ABC)

### Outstanding Single Camera Photography
#### 1990s

1993
* Great Wonders of the World ("Wonders of Nature") (Disney)
** CBS Schoolbreak Special ("50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth") (CBS)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** ABC Afterschool Special ("Shades of a Single Protein") (ABC)
** This Old House (PBS
1994
* Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** ABC Weekend Special ("CityKids") (ABC)
** Great Wonders of the World (Disney)
** This Old House (PBS)
** The Victory Garden (PBS)
1995
* ABC Weekend Special ("Crash the Curiousaurus") (ABC)
** Beakman's World (CBS)
** Martha Stewart Living (SYN)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (FOC)
** This Old House (PBS)
1996
* CBS Schoolbreak Special ("My Indian Summer") (CBS)
** CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Crosstown") (CBS)
** Home Again with Bob Vila (SYN)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** This Old House (PBS)
1997
* Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** Beakman's World (CBS)
** Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)
** Home Again with Bob Vila (SYN)
** This Old House (PBS)
1998
* Yan Can Cook (PBS)
** Beakman's World (CBS)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show (CBS)
** This Old House (PBS)
1999
* The Inventors' Specials ("Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants") (HBO)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** This Old House (PBS)
** Secrets of the Animal Kingdom (PBS)

#### 2000s

2000
* The Phantom Eye (AMC)
** Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
** B. Smith with Style (SYN)
** Outward Bound (Discovery Kids)
** This Old House (PBS)
2001
* Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** Better Homes and Gardens (SYN)
** Natureworks (PBS)
** Pets: Part of the Family (PBS)
** This Old House (PBS)
2002
* Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ("The Face: Jesus in Art") (PBS)
** Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)
** The Book of Pooh (Disney)
** Martha Stewart Living (SYN)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
2003
* Our America (Showtime)
** Ask This Old House (PBS)
** Martha Stewart Living (SYN)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
2004
* Martha Stewart Living (SYN)
** Ask This Old House (PBS)
** Great Hotels (Travel)
** Full Frontal Fashion (WE)
** The Victory Garden (PBS)
2005
* Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** Great Hotels (Travel)
** Inside This Old House (A&E)
** This Old House (PBS)
** Travel Gear (Travel)
2006
* The Victory Garden (PBS)
** Everyday Italian (Food)
** Inside This Old House (A&E)
** This Old House (PBS)
2007
* The Victory Garden (PBS)
** Everyday Italian (Food)
** Reading Rainbow (PBS)
** This Old House (PBS)
2008
* DragonflyTV (PBS)
** Chefs A' Field (PBS)
** Design Squad (PBS)
** Dinosapien (Discovery Kids)
** Food Trip with Todd English (PBS)
2009
* Equitrekking (PBS)
** DragonflyTV (PBS)
** Flip This House (A&E)
** Johnny and the Sprites (Disney)
** This Old House (PBS)

#### 2010s

2010
* The Electric Company (PBS)
** Rick Steves' Iran (PBS)
** Biz Kid$ (PBS)
2011
* Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)
** Biz Kid$ (PBS)
** The Electric Company (PBS)
** Samantha Brown's Asia ("Bali") (Travel)
2012
* Equitrekking (PBS)
** The Electric Company (PBS)
** Giada at Home (Food)
** R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series (Hub)
** Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)
2013
* Born to Explore with Richard Wiese (SYN)
* Equitrekking (PBS)
** Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)
** R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series (Hub)
** Travel Thru History (MeTV)
2014
* Giada in Paradise (Cooking)
** Jonathan Bird's Blue World (Blueworldtv.com)
** Made in Israel (ABC Family)
** The Mind of a Chef (PBS)
2015
* The Mind of a Chef (PBS)
** A Chef's Life (PBS)
** Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (Amazon)

### Outstanding Cinematography
#### 2010s

2016
* The Mind of a Chef (PBS)
** A Chef's Life (PBS)
** Annedroids (Amazon)
** Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)
** R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Netflix)
2017
* SuperSoul Shorts ("Maggie the Cow") (OWN)
** Family Ingredients (PBS)
** Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)
** Rock the Park (SYN)
** Supernatural Encounters (Daystar)
2018
* Scars of Nanking (A&E)
** An American Girl Story ("Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance") (Amazon)
** Buddy Thunderstruck (Netflix)
** Family Ingredients (PBS)
** Free Rein (Netflix)
** Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin (SYN)