The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the finest directing achievements in filmmaking.

Winners
2000s
Year	Winner	Cinematographer(s)
2000	Gladiator	John Mathieson
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Roger Deakins
2002	Road to Perdition	Conrad L. Hall
2003	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Eduardo Serra
2004	Hero (Ying xiong)	Christopher Doyle
The Phantom of the Opera	John Mathieson
2005	The New World	Emmanuel Lubezki
2006	The Illusionist	Dick Pope
2007	No Country for Old Men	Roger Deakins
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	Anthony Dod Mantle
2009	The Road	Javier Aguirresarobe
2010s
Year	Winner	Cinematographer(s)
2010	Inception	Wally Pfister
2011	The Tree of Life	Emmanuel Lubezki
2012	Life of Pi	Claudio Miranda
2013	To the Wonder	Emmanuel Lubezki
2014	Nightcrawler	Robert Elswit
2015	Sicario	Roger Deakins
2016	Hell or High Water	Giles Nuttgens
2017	Dunkirk	Hoyte van Hoytema
2018	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	Bruno Delbonnel
The Rider	Joshua James Richards
2019	The Lighthouse	Jarin Blaschke
2020s
Year	Winner	Cinematographer(s)
2020	Nomadland	Joshua James Richards
Who won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography in 2012?
Claudio Miranda won the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography in 2012 as cinematographer for Life of Pi