Question: The "Incubus" cinematographer went on to win an Academy Awards for his work on a Sam Mendes directed film released in what year?
Context: Neal Street Productions is a British film, television and theatre production company.  The company was set up in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling.  Nicolas Brown joined in 2013 to work across the film and TV portfolio.  The company's movies include "Revolutionary Road", "Jarhead" and "Starter for 10".  Their TV dramas include the award-winning "Stuart: A Life Backwards" with Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch, "Penny Dreadful" and "Call the Midwife".  In theatre Neal Street has produced "The Bridge Project", "Shrek the Musical" and the London West End musical of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", directed by Sam Mendes. Townsend was born and brought up in Dublin, Ireland.  After grammar school, he studied at Trinity College in Maths and Civil Engineering.  While there he joined the Amateur Dramatic Society.  He later co-founded co-operative theatre company Rough Magic with writer/director Declan Hughes and theatre director Lynne Parker, performing in numerous productions including" The Country Wife", "Nightshade", and" Sexual Perversity in Chicago".  He subsequently went on to perform in several productions at The Gate and The Abbey Theatres in Dublin.  In London, he has worked with such directors as Sam Mendes in "The Plough and the Stars", Richard Eyre in "Guys and Dolls" and Rufus Norris in "Under the Blue Sky".  Theatre appearances at the Royal Court include "The Alice Trilogy" directed by Ian Rickson and "Shining City" directed by Conor McPherson, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at The Evening Standard Theatre Awards, 2004. Ellen Kuras (born July 10, 1959 in New Jersey) is an American cinematographer whose body of work includes narrative and documentary films, music videos and commercials in both the studio and independent worlds.  One of few female members of the American Society of Cinematographers, she is a pioneer best known for her work in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004).  She has collaborated with directors such as Michel Gondry, Spike Lee, Sam Mendes, Jim Jarmusch, Rebecca Miller, Martin Scorsese and more.  She is the three-time winner of the Award for Excellence in Dramatic Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival, for her films "", "Angela" and "Swoon", which was her first dramatic feature after getting her start in political documentaries. Olivier Dahan (born 26 June 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter.  His third directed film, "La Vie en rose", was one of the only French cinema films to win two Academy Awards, including the first acting Oscar in the French language. "American Beauty" is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.  The film stars Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged office worker who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend.  Released in North America on September 15, 1999, "American Beauty" was positively received by critics and audiences alike; it was the best-reviewed American film of the year and grossed over $350 million worldwide.  Reviewers praised all aspects of the production, with particular emphasis on Mendes, Spacey and Ball; criticism tended to focus on the familiarity of the characters and setting.  At the 1999 Academy Awards, the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Spacey), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography (for Conrad Hall).  The film was nominated for and won numerous other awards and honors, mainly for the direction, writing, and acting. Roger Alexander Deakins, (born May 24, 1949) is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.  Deakins is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.  He received the 2011 American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.) Lifetime Achievement Award.  Deakins has received thirteen nominations for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Return to Waterloo is a 1984 British musical film written and directed by Ray Davies and starring Tim Roth, Kenneth Colley and Claire Parker.  The film shows the journey of a commuter from Guildford to Waterloo in London.  The soundtrack was provided by The Kinks who released an album "Return to Waterloo" in connection with it.  The film's cinematographer, Roger Deakins, would receive great acclaim in British and American film working with the Coen brothers and Sam Mendes. The 66th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 10 February 2013 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2012.  The nominations were announced on 9 January 2013.  Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, accolades were handed out for the best feature-length film and documentaries of any nationality that were screened at British cinemas in 2012.  Stephen Fry hosted the ceremony, where "Argo" won Best Film and Best Director for Ben Affleck.  Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for "Lincoln" and Emmanuelle Riva won Best Actress for "Amour".  Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for "Django Unchained" and Anne Hathaway won Best Supporting Actress for "Les Misérables". " Skyfall", directed by Sam Mendes, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2012.  Sir Alan Parker received the BAFTA Fellowship and Tessa Ross garnered the BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award. American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.  Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a 42-year-old advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari).  Annette Bening co-stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter, Jane.  Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature.  The film is described by academics as a satire of American middle-class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction; analysis has focused on the film's explorations of romantic, and paternal love, sexuality, beauty, materialism, self-liberation, and redemption. Incubus (Esperanto: Inkubo ) is a 1966 black-and-white American horror film filmed entirely in the constructed language Esperanto.  It was directed by Leslie Stevens, creator of "The Outer Limits", and stars William Shatner, shortly before he would begin his work on "".  The film's cinematography was by Conrad Hall, who went on to win three Academy Awards for his work on the films "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "American Beauty" and "Road to Perdition".
Answer: 1999