BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography

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

### 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_