Best Cinematography is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

1960s

Best Cinematography - Colour
  1963 - From Russia with Love - Ted Moore
 Nine Hours to Rama – Arthur Ibbetson
 The Running Man – Robert Krasker
 Sammy Going South – Erwin Hillier
 The Scarlet Blade – Jack Asher
 Tamahine – Geoffrey Unsworth
 The V.I.P.s – Jack Hildyard

 1964 - Becket - Geoffrey Unsworth
 The 7th Dawn – Freddie Young
 The Chalk Garden – Arthur Ibbetson
 Nothing But the Best – Nicolas Roeg
 The Yellow Rolls-Royce – Jack Hildyard

  1965 - The Ipcress File -  Otto Heller
 Help! – David Watkin
 Lord Jim – Freddie Young
 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes – Christopher Challis

 1966 - Arabesque - Christopher Challis
 Alfie – Otto Heller
 The Blue Max – Douglas Slocombe
 Modesty Blaise – Jack Hildyard

 1967 - A Man for All Seasons - Ted Moore
 Blow-Up – Carlo Di Palma
 The Deadly Affair – Freddie Young
 Far from the Madding Crowd – Nicolas Roeg

Best Cinematography - Black and White
 1963 - The Servant - Douglas Slocombe
 Billy Liar – Denys N. Coop
 Heavens Above! – Mutz Greenbaum
 Station Six-Sahara – Gerald Gibbs
 The Victors – Christopher Challis

 1964 - The Pumpkin Eater - Oswald Morris
 Guns at Batasi – Douglas Slocombe
 King & Country – Denys N. Coop
 Séance on a Wet Afternoon – Gerry Turpin

 1965 - The Hill - Oswald Morris
 Darling – Kenneth Higgins
 The Knack …and How to Get It – David Watkin
 Repulsion – Gilbert Taylor

 1966 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Oswald Morris
 Bunny Lake Is Missing – Denys N. Coop
 Cul-de-sac – Gilbert Taylor
 Georgy Girl – Kenneth Higgins

  1967 - The Whisperers - Gerry Turpin
 Mademoiselle – David Watkin
 The Sailor from Gibraltar – Raoul Coutard
 Ulysses – Wolfgang Suschitzky

Best Cinematography
 1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Geoffrey Unsworth
 The Charge of the Light Brigade – David Watkin
 Elvira Madigan – Jörgen Persson
 The Lion in Winter – Douglas Slocombe

 1969 - Oh! What a Lovely War - Gerry Turpin
 Bullitt – William A. Fraker
 Funny Girl – Harry Stradling Sr.
 Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling Sr.
 The Magus – Billy Williams
 Women in Love – Billy Williams

1970s
  1970 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Conrad L. Hall
 Catch-22 – David Watkin
 Ryan's Daughter – Freddie Young
 Waterloo – Armando Nannuzzi

  1971 - Death in Venice - Pasqualino De Santis
 Fiddler on the Roof – Oswald Morris
 The Go-Between – Gerry Fisher
 Sunday Bloody Sunday – Billy Williams

 1972 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Geoffrey Unsworth and Cabaret - Geoffrey Unsworth
 A Clockwork Orange – John Alcott
 Deliverance – Vilmos Zsigmond
 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Ennio Guarnieri
 Images – Vilmos Zsigmond
 McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Vilmos Zsigmond

 1973 - Don't Look Now - Anthony B. Richmond
 Jesus Christ Superstar – Douglas Slocombe
 Sleuth – Oswald Morris
 Travels with My Aunt – Douglas Slocombe
 Viskningar och rop – Sven Nykvist

 1974 - The Great Gatsby -  Douglas Slocombe
 Chinatown – John A. Alonzo
 Murder on the Orient Express – Geoffrey Unsworth
 The Three Musketeers – David Watkin
 Zardoz – Geoffrey Unsworth

 1975 - Barry Lyndon - John Alcott
 The Man Who Would Be King – Oswald Morris
 Rollerball – Douglas Slocombe
 The Towering Inferno – Fred J. Koenekamp

 1976 - Picnic at Hanging Rock - Russell Boyd
 Aces High – Gerry Fisher Peter Allwork
 All the President's Men – Gordon Willis
 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Haskell Wexler Bill Butler William A. Fraker

  1977 - A Bridge Too Far - Geoffrey Unsworth
 Fellini's Casanova – Giuseppe Rotunno
 The Deep – Christopher Challis
 Valentino – Peter Suschitzky

 1978 - Julia - Douglas Slocombe
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Vilmos Zsigmond
 The Duellists – Frank Tidy
 Superman – Geoffrey Unsworth

 1979 - The Deer Hunter - Vilmos Zsigmond
 Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro
 Manhattan – Gordon Willis
 Yanks – Dick Bush

1980s
 1980 - All That Jazz - Giuseppe Rotunno
 The Black Stallion – Caleb Deschanel
 The Elephant Man – Freddie Francis
 Kagemusha – Takao Saitô, Masaharu Ueda

 1981 - Tess - Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
 Chariots of Fire – David Watkin
 The French Lieutenant's Woman – Freddie Francis
 Raiders of the Lost Ark – Douglas Slocombe

  1982 - Blade Runner - Jordan Cronenweth
 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau
 Gandhi – Billy Williams Ronnie Taylor
 Reds – Vittorio Storaro

 1983 - Fanny och Alexander - Sven Nykvist
 Heat and Dust - Walter Lassally
 Local Hero - Chris Menges
 Zelig - Gordon Willis

 1984 - The Killing Fields - Chris Menges
 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - John Alcott
 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Douglas Slocombe
 Once Upon a Time in America - Tonino Delli Colli

  1985 - Amadeus - Miroslav Ondrícek
 The Emerald Forest - Philippe Rousselot
 A Passage to India - Ernest Day
 Witness - John Seale

 1986 - Out of Africa - David Watkin
 The Mission - Chris Menges
 Ran - Takao Saitô Masaharu Ueda
 A Room with a View - Tony Pierce-Roberts

 1987 - Jean de Florette - Bruno Nuytten
 Cry Freedom - Ronnie Taylor
 Hope and Glory - Philippe Rousselot
 Platoon - Robert Richardson

 1988 - Empire of the Sun - Allen Daviau
 Babettes gæstebud - Henning Kristiansen
 The Last Emperor - Vittorio Storaro
 Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Dean Cundey

 1989 - Mississippi Burning - Peter Biziou
 Dangerous Liaisons - Philippe Rousselot
 Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey - John Seale Alan Root
 Henry V - Kenneth MacMillan
 L'Ours - Philippe Rousselot

1990s
 1990: Vittorio Storaro – The Sheltering Sky 
 Freddie Francis – Glory
 Michael Ballhaus – Goodfellas
 Blasco Giurato – Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)

 1991: Pierre Lhomme – Cyrano de Bergerac 
 Dean Semler – Dances with Wolves
 Tak Fujimoto – The Silence of the Lambs
 Adrian Biddle – Thelma & Louise

 1992: Dante Spinotti – The Last of the Mohicans
 Freddie Francis – Cape Fear
 Tony Pierce-Roberts – Howards End
 Jack N. Green – Unforgiven

 1993: Janusz Kamiński – Schindler's List
 Michael Ballhaus – The Age of Innocence 
 Stuart Dryburgh – The Piano
 Tony Pierce-Roberts – The Remains of the Day
  
 1994: Philippe Rousselot – Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
 Brian J. Breheny – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
 Don Burgess – Forrest Gump
 Andrzej Sekuła – Pulp Fiction

 1995: John Toll – Braveheart
 Dean Cundey – Apollo 13
 Andrew Dunn – The Madness of King George
 Michael Coulter – Sense and Sensibility

 1996: John Seale – The English Patient
 Darius Khondji – Evita
 Roger Deakins – Fargo
 Chris Menges – Michael Collins

 1997: Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove
 Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
 Donald McAlpine – Romeo + Juliet
 Russell Carpenter – Titanic

 1998: Remi Adefarasin – Elizabeth
 Janusz Kamiński – Saving Private Ryan
 Richard Greatrex – Shakespeare in Love
 Peter Biziou – The Truman Show

 1999: Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
 Michael Seresin – Angela's Ashes
 Roger Pratt – The End of the Affair
 Bill Pope – The Matrix
 John Seale – The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000s
 2000: John Mathieson – Gladiator
 Brian Tufano – Billy Elliot
 Roger Pratt – Chocolat
 Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
 Roger Deakins – O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 2001: Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn't There
 Bruno Delbonnel – Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
 Slawomir Idziak – Black Hawk Down
 Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 Donald McAlpine – Moulin Rouge!

 2002: Conrad L. Hall – Road to Perdition
 Dion Beebe – Chicago
 Michael Ballhaus – Gangs of New York
 Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
 Pawel Edelman – The Pianist

 2003: Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
 John Seale – Cold Mountain
 Eduardo Serra – Girl with a Pearl Earring
 Lance Acord – Lost in Translation
 Russell Boyd – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

  2004: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral 
 Robert Richardson – The Aviator
 Roberto Schaefer – Finding Neverland
 Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
 Eric Gautier – The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)

 2005: Dion Beebe – Memoirs of a Geisha
 Rodrigo Prieto – Brokeback Mountain
 César Charlone – The Constant Gardener
 J. Michael Muro – Crash
 Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison – March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)

 2006: Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
 Rodrigo Prieto – Babel
 Phil Meheux – Casino Royale
 Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
 Barry Ackroyd – United 93

 2007: Roger Deakins – No Country for Old Men
 Harris Savides – American Gangster
 Seamus McGarvey – Atonement
 Oliver Wood – The Bourne Ultimatum
 Robert Elswit – There Will Be Blood

 2008: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
 Tom Stern – Changeling
 Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight
 Roger Deakins and Chris Menges – The Reader

 2009: Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
 Mauro Fiore – Avatar
 Trent Opaloch – District 9
 Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
 Javier Aguirresarobe – The Road

2010s
 2010: Roger Deakins – True Grit 
 Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak – 127 Hours
 Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
 Wally Pfister – Inception
 Danny Cohen – The King's Speech

 2011: Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist 
 Jeff Cronenweth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
 Robert Richardson  – Hugo
 Hoyte van Hoytema – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 Janusz Kamiński – War Horse

BAFTA Awards