British Academy Film Award for Best Cinematography
British Academy Film Awards · 263 nominations across 60 ceremonies · 60 wins
79th BAFTA Film Awards · 2026
- Winner One Battle After Another · Michael Bauman
- Nominee Train Dreams · Adolpho Veloso
- Nominee Frankenstein · Dan Laustsen
- Nominee Sinners · Autumn Durald
- Nominee Marty Supreme · Darius Khondji
78th BAFTA Film Awards · 2025
- Winner The Brutalist · Lol Crawley
- Nominee Conclave · Stéphane Fontaine
- Nominee Dune: Part Two · Greig Fraser
- Nominee Nosferatu · Jarin Blaschke
- Nominee Emilia Pérez · Paul Guilhaume
77th BAFTA Film Awards · 2024
- Winner Oppenheimer · Hoyte van Hoytema
- Nominee Poor Things · Robbie Ryan
- Nominee The Zone of Interest · Łukasz Żal
- Nominee Maestro · Matthew Libatique
- Nominee Killers of the Flower Moon · Rodrigo Prieto
76th BAFTA Film Awards · 2023
- Winner All Quiet on the Western Front · James Friend
- Nominee Elvis · Mandy Walker
- Nominee Top Gun: Maverick · Claudio Miranda
- Nominee Empire of Light · Roger Deakins
- Nominee The Batman · Greig Fraser
75th BAFTA Film Awards · 2022
- Winner Dune · Greig Fraser
- Nominee Nightmare Alley · Dan Laustsen
- Nominee The Power of the Dog · Ari Wegner
- Nominee The Tragedy of Macbeth · Bruno Delbonnel
- Nominee No Time to Die · Linus Sandgren
74th BAFTA Film Awards · 2021
- Winner Nomadland · Joshua James Richards
- Nominee News of the World · Dariusz Wolski
- Nominee Mank · Erik Messerschmidt
- Nominee Judas and the Black Messiah · Sean Bobbitt
- Nominee The Mauritanian · Alwin H. Küchler
73rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2020
- Winner 1917 · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Joker · Lawrence Sher
- Nominee The Irishman · Rodrigo Prieto
- Nominee Ford v Ferrari · Phedon Papamichael
- Nominee The Lighthouse · Jarin Blaschke
72nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2019
- Winner Roma · Alfonso Cuarón
- Nominee Bohemian Rhapsody · Newton Thomas Sigel
- Nominee First Man · Linus Sandgren
- Nominee Cold War · Łukasz Żal
- Nominee The Favourite · Robbie Ryan
71st BAFTA Film Awards · 2018
- Winner Blade Runner 2049 · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · Ben Davis
- Nominee Dunkirk · Hoyte van Hoytema
- Nominee The Shape of Water · Dan Laustsen
- Nominee Darkest Hour · Bruno Delbonnel
70th BAFTA Film Awards · 2017
- Winner La La Land · Linus Sandgren
- Nominee Hell or High Water · Giles Nuttgens
- Nominee Nocturnal Animals · Seamus McGarvey
- Nominee Lion · Greig Fraser
- Nominee Arrival · Bradford Young
69th BAFTA Film Awards · 2016
- Winner The Revenant · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee Mad Max: Fury Road · John Seale
- Nominee Carol · Edward Lachman
- Nominee Sicario · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Bridge of Spies · Janusz Kamiński
68th BAFTA Film Awards · 2015
- Winner Birdman · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee Ida · Łukasz Żal, Ryszard Lenczewski
- Nominee The Grand Budapest Hotel · Robert Yeoman
- Nominee Interstellar · Hoyte van Hoytema
- Nominee Mr. Turner · Dick Pope
67th BAFTA Film Awards · 2014
- Winner Gravity · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee Captain Phillips · Barry Ackroyd
- Nominee Nebraska · Phedon Papamichael
- Nominee Inside Llewyn Davis · Bruno Delbonnel
- Nominee 12 Years a Slave · Sean Bobbitt
66th BAFTA Film Awards · 2013
- Winner Life of Pi · Claudio Miranda
- Nominee Skyfall · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Lincoln · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee Les Misérables · Danny Cohen
- Nominee Anna Karenina · Seamus McGarvey
65th BAFTA Film Awards · 2012
- Winner The Artist · Guillaume Schiffman
- Nominee The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · Jeff Cronenweth
- Nominee War Horse · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Hoyte van Hoytema
- Nominee Hugo · Robert Richardson
64th BAFTA Film Awards · 2011
- Winner True Grit · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Black Swan · Matthew Libatique
- Nominee The King's Speech · Danny Cohen
- Nominee 127 Hours · Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak
- Nominee Inception · Wally Pfister
63rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2010
- Winner The Hurt Locker · Barry Ackroyd
- Nominee District 9 · Trent Opaloch
- Nominee Inglourious Basterds · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Avatar · Mauro Fiore
- Nominee The Road · Javier Aguirresarobe
62nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2009
- Winner Slumdog Millionaire · Anthony Dod Mantle
- Nominee Changeling · Tom Stern
- Nominee The Dark Knight · Wally Pfister
- Nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Claudio Miranda
- Nominee The Reader · Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
61st BAFTA Film Awards · 2008
- Winner No Country for Old Men · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Atonement · Seamus McGarvey
- Nominee American Gangster · Harris Savides
- Nominee The Bourne Ultimatum · Oliver Wood
- Nominee There Will Be Blood · Robert Elswit
60th BAFTA Film Awards · 2007
- Winner Children of Men · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee United 93 · Barry Ackroyd
- Nominee Pan's Labyrinth · Guillermo Navarro
- Nominee Casino Royale · Phil Méheux
- Nominee Babel · Rodrigo Prieto
59th BAFTA Film Awards · 2006
- Winner Memoirs of a Geisha · Dion Beebe
- Nominee Brokeback Mountain · Rodrigo Prieto
- Nominee The Constant Gardener · César Charlone
- Nominee Crash · J. Michael Muro
- Nominee March of the Penguins · Laurent Chalet
58th BAFTA Film Awards · 2005
- Winner Collateral · Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron
- Nominee The Aviator · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Finding Neverland · Roberto Schaefer
- Nominee The Motorcycle Diaries · Éric Gautier
- Nominee House of Flying Daggers · Zhao Xiaoding
57th BAFTA Film Awards · 2004
- Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Andrew Lesnie
- Nominee Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · Russell Boyd
- Nominee Cold Mountain · John Seale
- Nominee Lost in Translation · Lance Acord
- Nominee Girl with a Pearl Earring · Eduardo Serra
56th BAFTA Film Awards · 2003
- Winner Road to Perdition · Conrad Hall
- Nominee The Pianist · Paweł Edelman
- Nominee The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers · Andrew Lesnie
- Nominee Chicago · Dion Beebe
- Nominee Gangs of New York · Michael Ballhaus
55th BAFTA Film Awards · 2002
- Winner The Man Who Wasn't There · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Moulin Rouge! · Donald McAlpine
- Nominee The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Andrew Lesnie
- Nominee Amélie · Bruno Delbonnel
- Nominee Black Hawk Down · Sławomir Idziak
54th BAFTA Film Awards · 2001
- Winner Gladiator · John Mathieson
- Nominee Billy Elliot · Brian Tufano
- Nominee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · Peter Pau
- Nominee O Brother, Where Art Thou? · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Chocolat · Roger Pratt
53rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2000
- Winner American Beauty · Conrad Hall
- Nominee The End of the Affair · Roger Pratt
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · John Seale
- Nominee The Matrix · Bill Pope
- Nominee Angela's Ashes · Michael Seresin
52nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1999
- Winner Elizabeth · Remi Adefarasin
- Nominee Saving Private Ryan · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee The Truman Show · Peter Biziou
- Nominee Shakespeare in Love · Richard Greatrex
51st BAFTA Film Awards · 1998
- Winner The Wings of the Dove · Eduardo Serra
- Nominee L.A. Confidential · Dante Spinotti
- Nominee Titanic · Russell Carpenter
- Nominee Romeo + Juliet · Donald McAlpine
50th BAFTA Film Awards · 1997
- Winner The English Patient · John Seale
- Nominee Evita · Darius Khondji
- Nominee Fargo · Roger Deakins
- Nominee Michael Collins · Chris Menges
49th BAFTA Film Awards · 1996
- Winner Braveheart · John Toll
- Nominee Sense and Sensibility · Michael Coulter
- Nominee The Madness of King George · Andrew Dunn
- Nominee Apollo 13 · Dean Cundey
48th BAFTA Film Awards · 1995
- Winner Interview with the Vampire · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
- Nominee Forrest Gump · Don Burgess
- Nominee Pulp Fiction · Andrzej Sekuła
47th BAFTA Film Awards · 1994
- Winner Schindler's List · Janusz Kamiński
- Nominee The Piano · Stuart Dryburgh
- Nominee The Remains of the Day · Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Nominee The Age of Innocence · Michael Ballhaus
46th BAFTA Film Awards · 1993
- Winner The Last of the Mohicans · Dante Spinotti
- Nominee Cape Fear · Freddie Francis
- Nominee Unforgiven · Jack N. Green
- Nominee Howards End · Tony Pierce-Roberts
45th BAFTA Film Awards · 1992
- Winner Cyrano de Bergerac · Pierre Lhomme
- Nominee The Silence of the Lambs · Tak Fujimoto
- Nominee Dances with Wolves · Dean Semler
- Nominee Thelma & Louise · Adrian Biddle
44th BAFTA Film Awards · 1991
- Winner The Sheltering Sky · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Goodfellas · Michael Ballhaus
- Nominee Cinema Paradiso · Blasco Giurato
- Nominee Glory · Freddie Francis
43rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1990
- Winner Mississippi Burning · Peter Biziou
- Nominee Henry V
- Nominee The Bear · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee Dangerous Liaisons · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · John Seale
42nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1989
- Winner Empire of the Sun · Allen Daviau
- Nominee Babette's Feast · Henning Kristiansen
- Nominee The Last Emperor · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Dean Cundey
41st BAFTA Film Awards · 1988
- Winner Jean de Florette · Bruno Nuytten
- Nominee Hope and Glory · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee Platoon · Robert Richardson
- Nominee Cry Freedom · Ronnie Taylor
40th BAFTA Film Awards · 1987
- Winner Out of Africa · David Watkin
- Nominee A Room with a View · Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Nominee The Mission · Chris Menges
- Nominee Ran · Takao Saito, Shōji Ueda
39th BAFTA Film Awards · 1986
- Winner Amadeus · Miroslav Ondříček
- Nominee The Emerald Forest · Philippe Rousselot
- Nominee A Passage to India · Ernest Day
- Nominee Witness · John Seale
38th BAFTA Film Awards · 1985
37th BAFTA Film Awards · 1984
- Winner Fanny and Alexander · Sven Nykvist
- Nominee Heat and Dust · Walter Lassally
- Nominee Local Hero · Chris Menges
- Nominee Zelig · Gordon Willis
36th BAFTA Film Awards · 1983
- Winner Blade Runner · Jordan Cronenweth
- Nominee Reds · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Gandhi · Billy Williams, Ronnie Taylor
- Nominee E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · Allen Daviau
35th BAFTA Film Awards · 1982
- Winner Tess · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee Chariots of Fire · David Watkin
- Nominee Raiders of the Lost Ark · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee The French Lieutenant's Woman · Freddie Francis
34th BAFTA Film Awards · 1981
- Winner All That Jazz · Giuseppe Rotunno
- Nominee Kagemusha · Takao Saito, Shōji Ueda
- Nominee The Elephant Man · Freddie Francis
- Nominee The Black Stallion · Caleb Deschanel
33rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1980
- Winner The Deer Hunter · Vilmos Zsigmond
- Nominee Manhattan · Gordon Willis
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Vittorio Storaro
- Nominee Yanks · Dick Bush
32nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1979
- Winner Julia · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Close Encounters of the Third Kind · Vilmos Zsigmond
- Nominee Superman · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee The Duellists · Frank Tidy
31st BAFTA Film Awards · 1978
- Winner A Bridge Too Far · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee The Deep · Christopher Challis
- Nominee Fellini's Casanova · Giuseppe Rotunno
- Nominee Valentino · Peter Suschitzky
30th BAFTA Film Awards · 1977
- Winner Picnic at Hanging Rock · Russell Boyd
- Nominee One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler, William A. Fraker
- Nominee All the President's Men · Gordon Willis
- Nominee Aces High · Gerry Fisher
29th BAFTA Film Awards · 1976
- Winner Barry Lyndon · John Alcott
- Nominee The Towering Inferno · Fred Koenekamp
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Oswald Morris
- Nominee Rollerball · Douglas Slocombe
28th BAFTA Film Awards · 1975
- Winner The Great Gatsby · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Chinatown · John A. Alonzo
- Nominee Zardoz · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee The Three Musketeers · David Watkin
27th BAFTA Film Awards · 1974
- Winner Don't Look Now · Anthony B. Richmond
- Nominee Sleuth · Oswald Morris
- Nominee Travels with My Aunt · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Jesus Christ Superstar · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Cries and Whispers · Sven Nykvist
26th BAFTA Film Awards · 1973
25th BAFTA Film Awards · 1972
- Winner Death in Venice · Pasqualino De Santis
- Nominee Fiddler on the Roof · Oswald Morris
- Nominee The Go-Between · Gerry Fisher
- Nominee Sunday, Bloody Sunday · Billy Williams
24th BAFTA Film Awards · 1971
- Winner Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Waterloo · Armando Nannuzzi
- Nominee Catch-22 · David Watkin
- Nominee Ryan's Daughter · Freddie Young
23rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1970
- Winner Oh! What a Lovely War · Gerry Turpin
- Nominee The Magus · Billy Williams
- Nominee Bullitt · William A. Fraker
- Nominee Women in Love · Billy Williams
- Nominee Funny Girl · Harry Stradling
- Nominee Hello, Dolly! · Harry Stradling
22nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1969
- Winner 2001: A Space Odyssey · Geoffrey Unsworth
- Nominee The Lion in Winter · Douglas Slocombe
- Nominee Elvira Madigan · Jörgen Persson
- Nominee The Charge of the Light Brigade · David Watkin
18th BAFTA Film Awards · 1965
- Winner Becket · Geoffrey Unsworth
17th BAFTA Film Awards · 1964
- Winner The Servant · Douglas Slocombe