1927-present: Wikipedia
Recognizes artistic and technical excellence in the shooting and developing the film
Year | Movie | Cinematographers |
2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front | James Friend |
2021 | Dune | Greig Fraser |
2020 | Mank | Erik Messerschmidt |
2019 | 1917 | Roger Deakins |
2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Roger Deakins |
2016 | La La Land | Linus Sandgren |
2015 | The Revenant | Emmanuel Lubezki |
2014 | Birdman | Emmanuel Lubezki |
2013 | Gravity | Emmanuel Lubezki |
2012 | Life of Pi | Claudio Miranda |
2011 | Hugo | Robert Richardson |
2010 | Inception | Wally Pfister |
2009 | Avatar | Mauro Fiore |
2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Anthony Dod Mantle |
2007 | There Will Be Blood | Robert Elswit |
2006 | Pan's Labyrinth | Guillermo Navarro |
2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Dion Beebe |
2004 | The Aviator | Robert Richardson |
2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Russell Boyd |
2002 | Road to Perdition | Conrad Hall |
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Andrew Lesnie |
2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Peter Pau |
1999 | American Beauty | Conrad Hall |
1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Janusz Kamiński |
1997 | Titanic | Russell Carpenter |
1996 | The English Patient | John Seale |
1995 | Braveheart | John Toll |
1994 | Legends of the Fall | John Toll |
1993 | Schindler's List | Janusz Kamiński |
1992 | A River Runs Through It | Philippe Rousselot |
1991 | JFK | Robert Richardson |
1990 | Dances with Wolves | Dean Semler |
1989 | Glory | Freddie Francis |
1988 | Mississippi Burning | Peter Biziou |
1987 | The Last Emperor | Vittorio Storaro |
1986 | The Mission | Chris Menges |
1985 | Out of Africa | David Watkin |
1984 | The Killing Fields | Chris Menges |
1983 | Fanny and Alexander | Sven Nykvist |
1982 | Gandhi | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor |
1981 | Reds | Vittorio Storaro |
1980 | Tess | Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet |
1979 | Apocalypse Now | Vittorio Storaro |
1978 | Days of Heaven | Néstor Almendros |
1977 | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Vilmos Zsigmond |
1976 | Bound for Glory | Haskell Wexler |
1975 | Barry Lyndon | John Alcott |
1974 | The Towering Inferno | Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc |
1973 | Cries and Whispers | Sven Nykvist |
1972 | Cabaret | Geoffrey Unsworth |
1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Oswald Morris |
1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Freddie Young |
1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Conrad Hall |
1968 | Romeo and Juliet | Pasqualino De Santis |
1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | Burnett Guffey |
1966 Color | A Man for All Seasons | Ted Moore |
1966 B&W | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Haskell Wexler |
1965 Color | Doctor Zhivago | Freddie Young |
1965 B&W | Ship of Fools | Ernest Laszlo |
1964 Color | My Fair Lady | Harry Stradling |
1964 B&W | Zorba the Greek | Walter Lassally |
1963 Color | Cleopatra | Leon Shamroy |
1963 B&W | Hud | James Wong Howe |
1962 Color | Lawrence of Arabia | Freddie Young |
1962 B&W | The Longest Day | Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz |
1961 Color | West Side Story | Daniel L. Fapp |
1961 B&W | The Hustler | Eugen Schüfftan |
1960 Color | Spartacus | Russell Metty |
1960 B&W | Sons and Lovers | Freddie Francis |
1959 Color | Ben-Hur | Robert Surtees |
1959 B&W | The Diary of Anne Frank | William C. Mellor |
1958 Color | Gigi | Joseph Ruttenberg |
1958 B&W | The Defiant Ones | Sam Leavitt |
1957 Color | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Jack Hildyard |
1957 B&W | NO AWARD GIVEN | |
1956 Color | Around the World in 80 Days | Lionel Lindon |
1956 B&W | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Joseph Ruttenberg |
1955 Color | To Catch a Thief | Robert Burks |
1955 B&W | The Rose Tattoo | James Wong Howe |
1954 Color | Three Coins in the Fountain | Milton R. Krasner |
1954 B&W | On the Waterfront | Boris Kaufman |
1953 Color | Shane | Loyal Griggs |
1953 B&W | From Here to Eternity | Burnett Guffey |
1952 Color | The Quiet Man | Winton Hoch and Archie Stout |
1952 B&W | The Bad and the Beautiful | Robert Surtees |
1951 Color | An American in Paris | Alfred Gilks and John Alton |
1951 B&W | A Place in the Sun | William C. Mellor |
1950 Color | King Solomon's Mines | Robert Surtees |
1950 B&W | The Third Man | Robert Krasker |
1949 Color | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon | Winton Hoch |
1949 B&W | Battleground | Paul C. Vogel |
1948 Color | Joan of Arc | Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton Hoch |
1948 B&W | The Naked City | William H. Daniels |
1947 Color | Black Narcissus | Jack Cardiff |
1947 B&W | Great Expectations | Guy Green |
1946 Color | The Yearling | Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, and Arthur E. Arling |
1946 B&W | Anna and the King of Siam | Arthur C. Miller |
1945 Color | Leave Her to Heaven | Leon Shamroy |
1945 B&W | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Harry Stradling |
1944 Color | Wilson | Leon Shamroy |
1944 B&W | Laura | Joseph LaShelle |
1943 Color | Phantom of the Opera | Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene |
1943 B&W | The Song of Bernadette | Arthur C. Miller |
1942 Color | The Black Swan | Leon Shamroy |
1942 B&W | Mrs. Miniver | Joseph Ruttenberg |
1941 Color | Blood and Sand | Ernest Palmer and Ray Rennahan |
1941 B&W | How Green Was My Valley | Arthur C. Miller |
1940 Color | The Thief of Bagdad | Georges Périnal |
1940 B&W | Rebecca | George Barnes |
1939 Color | Gone with the Wind | Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan |
1939 B&W | Wuthering Heights | Gregg Toland |
1938 Color | Sweethearts | Oliver Marsh and Allen Davey |
1938 B&W | The Great Waltz | Joseph Ruttenberg |
1937 Color | A Star Is Born | W. Howard Greene |
1937 B&W | The Good Earth | Karl Freund |
1936 Color | The Garden of Allah | W. Howard Greene and Harold Rosson |
1936 B&W | Anthony Adverse | Tony Gaudio |
1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hal Mohr |
1934 | Cleopatra | Victor Milner |
1932/33 | A Farewell to Arms | Charles Lang |
1931/32 | Shanghai Express | Lee Garmes |
1930/31 | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas | Floyd Crosby |
1929/30 | With Byrd at the South Pole | Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer |
1928/29 | White Shadows in the South Seas | Clyde De Vinna |
1927/28 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Charles Rosher and Karl Struss |
1927-present: Wikipedia
Recognizes the contribution the visual effects make to the overall production as well as the artistry, skill and fidelity with which the visual illusions are achieved
Year | Movie | Visual Editors |
2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett |
2021 | Dune | Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor, and Gerd Nefzer |
2020 | Tenet | Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott Fisher |
2019 | 1917 | Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, and Dominic Tuohy |
2018 | First Man | Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles, and J. D. Schwalm |
2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert, and Richard R. Hoover |
2016 | The Jungle Book | Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, Dan Lemmon |
2015 | Ex Machina | Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst |
2014 | Interstellar | Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher |
2013 | Gravity | Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould |
2012 | Life of Pi | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott |
2011 | Hugo | Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning |
2010 | Inception | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb |
2009 | Avatar | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones |
2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron |
2007 | The Golden Compass | Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood |
2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall |
2005 | King Kong | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor |
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke |
2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke |
2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, and Mark Stetson |
2000 | Gladiator | John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey |
1999 | The Matrix | John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum |
1998 | What Dreams May Come | Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson, and Kevin Mack |
1997 | Titanic | Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, and Michael Kanfer |
1996 | Independence Day | Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joseph Viskocil |
1995 | Babe | Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox |
1994 | Forrest Gump | Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Hall |
1993 | Jurassic Park | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri |
1992 | Death Becomes Her | Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, and Tom Woodruff, Jr. |
1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., and Robert Skotak |
1990 | Total Recall | Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke |
1989 | The Abyss | John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak |
1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs |
1987 | Innerspace | Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith |
1986 | Aliens | Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne Benson |
1985 | Cocoon | Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry |
1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs |
1983 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett |
1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith |
1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston |
1980 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, and Bruce Nicholson |
1979 | Alien | H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling |
1978 | Superman | Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic |
1977 | Star Wars | John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack |
1976 (TIE) | King Kong | Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer |
1976 (TIE) | Logan's Run | L. B. Abbott, Glen Robinson, and Matthew Yuricich |
1975 | The Hindenburg | Albert Whitlock and Glen Robinson |
1974 | Earthquake | Frank Brendel and Glen Robinson |
1973 | NO AWARD GIVEN | |
1972 | The Poseidon Adventure | L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers |
1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett and Danny Lee |
1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | A.D. Flowers and L.B. Abbott |
1969 | Marooned | Robbie Robertson |
1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley Kubrick |
1967 | Doctor Dolittle | L.B. Abbott |
1966 | Fantastic Voyage | Art Cruickshank |
1965 | Thunderball | John Stears |
1964 | Mary Poppins | Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett and Hamilton Luske |
1963 | Cleopatra | Emil Kosa, Jr. |
Special Effects - combined Visual Effects and Sound Effects | ||
1962 | The Longest Day | Visual Effects by Robert MacDonald, Audio: Jacques Maumont |
1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Visual Effects by Bill Warrington, Audio: Vivian C. Greenham |
1960 | The Time Machine | Visual Effects by Gene Warren and Tim Baar |
1959 | Ben-Hur | Visual Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie and Robert MacDonald, Audio: Milo B. Lory |
1958 | tom thumb | Visual Effects by Tom Howard |
1957 | The Enemy Below | Sound Effects by Walter Rossi |
1956 | The Ten Commandments | John P. Fulton |
1955 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | No nominees named |
1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | No nominees named |
1953 | The War of the Worlds | No nominees named |
1952 | Plymouth Adventure | No nominees named |
1951 | When Worlds Collide | No nominees named |
1950 | Destination Moon | No nominees named |
1949 | Mighty Joe Young | No nominees named |
1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Paul Eagler, J. McMillan Johnson, Russell Shearman and Clarence Slifer (photographic), Charles L. Freeman and James G. Stewart (sound) |
1947 | Green Dolphin Street | A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe (photo) Douglas Shearer and Michael Steinore (sound) |
1946 | Blithe Spirit | Thomas Howard |
1945 | Wonder Man | John P. Fulton (photographic), Arthur Johns (sound) |
1944 | Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Donald Jahraus (photographic), Warren Newcombe (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound) |
1943 | Crash Dive | Fred Sersen (photographic), Roger Heman Sr. (sound) |
1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic), William L. Pereira (photographic), Louis Mesenkop (sound) |
1941 | I Wanted Wings | Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic), Louis Mesenkop (sound) |
1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Lawrence W. Butler (photographic), Jack Whitney (sound) |
1939 | The Rains Came | E. H. Hansen (sound), Fred Sersen (photographic) |
Special Award - For outstanding achievement in creating special photographic and sound effects | ||
1938 | Spawn of the North | Gordon Jennings, assisted by Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith; transparencies by Farciot Edouart, assisted by Loyal Griggs |
Engineering Effects | ||
1927/28 | Wings | Roy Pomeroy |