The BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the annual British Academy Film Awards to recognize a cinematographer who has delivered outstanding cinematography in a film.
BAFTA is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1963, selected cinematographers have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Cinematography at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
Winners and nominees
1960s Year Film Cinematographer Best Cinematography – Black and White The Servant Douglas Slocombe Billy Liar Denys N. Coop Heavens Above! Mutz Greenbaum Station Six-Sahara Gerald Gibbs The Victors Christopher Challis Best Cinematography – Colour 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 Best Cinematography – Black and White The Pumpkin Eater Oswald Morris Guns at Batasi Douglas Slocombe King & Country Denys N. Coop Séance on a Wet Afternoon Gerry Turpin Best Cinematography – Colour Becket Geoffrey Unsworth The Chalk Garden Arthur Ibbetson Nothing but the Best Nicolas Roeg The Yellow Rolls-Royce Jack Hildyard The 7th Dawn Freddie Young Best Cinematography – Black and White The Hill Oswald Morris Darling Kenneth Higgins The Knack ...and How to Get It David Watkin Repulsion Gilbert Taylor Best Cinematography – Colour 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 Best Cinematography – Black and White 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 Best Cinematography – Colour Arabesque Christopher Challis Alfie Otto Heller The Blue Max Douglas Slocombe Modesty Blaise Jack Hildyard Best Cinematography – Black and White The Whisperers Gerry Turpin Mademoiselle David Watkin The Sailor from Gibraltar Raoul Coutard Ulysses Wolfgang Suschitzky Best Cinematography – Colour 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 2001: A Space Odyssey Geoffrey Unsworth Elvira Madigan Jörgen Persson The Charge of the Light Brigade David Watkin The Lion in Winter Douglas Slocombe Oh! What a Lovely War Gerry Turpin Bullitt William A. Fraker Funny Girl / Hello, Dolly! Harry Stradling The Magus / Women in Love Billy Williams
1970s Year Film Cinematographer Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Conrad L. Hall Catch-22 David Watkin Ryan's Daughter Freddie Young Waterloo Armando Nannuzzi Death in Venice Pasqualino De Santis Fiddler on the Roof Oswald Morris The Go-Between Gerry Fisher Sunday Bloody Sunday Billy Williams Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Cabaret Geoffrey Unsworth A Clockwork Orange John Alcott Deliverance / Images / McCabe & Mrs. Miller Vilmos Zsigmond The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Ennio Guarnieri Don't Look Now Anthony B. Richmond Cries and Whispers Sven Nykvist Jesus Christ Superstar / Travels with My Aunt Douglas Slocombe Sleuth Oswald Morris The Great Gatsby Douglas Slocombe Chinatown John A. Alonzo Murder on the Orient Express / Zardoz Geoffrey Unsworth The Three Musketeers David Watkin Barry Lyndon John Alcott The Man Who Would Be King Oswald Morris Rollerball Douglas Slocombe The Towering Inferno Fred J. Koenekamp Picnic at Hanging Rock Russell Boyd Aces High Peter Allwork and Gerry Fisher All the President's Men Gordon Willis One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Bill Butler, William A. Fraker and Haskell Wexler A Bridge Too Far Geoffrey Unsworth The Deep Christopher Challis Fellini's Casanova Giuseppe Rotunno Valentino Peter Suschitzky Julia Douglas Slocombe Close Encounters of the Third Kind Vilmos Zsigmond The Duellists Frank Tidy Superman Geoffrey Unsworth The Deer Hunter Vilmos Zsigmond Apocalypse Now Vittorio Storaro Manhattan Gordon Willis Yanks Dick Bush
1980s Year Film Cinematographer All That Jazz Giuseppe Rotunno The Black Stallion Caleb Deschanel The Elephant Man Freddie Francis Kagemusha Takao Saitô and Masaharu Ueda Tess Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth Chariots of Fire David Watkin The French Lieutenant's Woman Freddie Francis Raiders of the Lost Ark Douglas Slocombe Blade Runner Jordan Cronenweth E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Allen Daviau Gandhi Ronnie Taylor and Billy Williams Reds Vittorio Storaro Fanny and Alexander Sven Nykvist Heat and Dust Walter Lassally Local Hero Chris Menges Zelig Gordon Willis 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 Amadeus Miroslav Ondříček The Emerald Forest Philippe Rousselot A Passage to India Ernest Day Witness John Seale Out of Africa David Watkin The Mission Chris Menges Ran Takao Saitô and Masaharu Ueda A Room with a View Tony Pierce-Roberts Jean de Florette Bruno Nuytten Cry Freedom Ronnie Taylor Hope and Glory Philippe Rousselot Platoon Robert Richardson Empire of the Sun Allen Daviau Babettes gæstebud Henning Kristiansen The Last Emperor Vittorio Storaro Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dean Cundey Mississippi Burning Peter Biziou Dangerous Liaisons Philippe Rousselot Gorillas in the Mist Alan Root and John Seale Henry V Kenneth MacMillan The Bear Philippe Rousselot
1990s Year Film Cinematographer The Sheltering Sky Vittorio Storaro Goodfellas Michael Ballhaus Glory Freddie Francis Cinema Paradiso Blasco Giurato Cyrano de Bergerac Pierre Lhomme Thelma & Louise Adrian Biddle The Silence of the Lambs Tak Fujimoto Dances with Wolves Dean Semler The Last of the Mohicans Dante Spinotti Cape Fear Freddie Francis Unforgiven Jack N. Green Howards End Tony Pierce-Roberts Schindler's List Janusz Kamiński The Age of Innocence Michael Ballhaus The Piano Stuart Dryburgh The Remains of the Day Tony Pierce-Roberts Interview with the Vampire Philippe Rousselot The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Brian J. Breheny Forrest Gump Don Burgess Pulp Fiction Andrzej Sekuła Braveheart John Toll Sense and Sensibility Michael Coulter Apollo 13 Dean Cundey The Madness of King George Andrew Dunn The English Patient John Seale Fargo Roger Deakins Evita Darius Khondji Michael Collins Chris Menges The Wings of the Dove Eduardo Serra Titanic Russell Carpenter Romeo + Juliet Donald McAlpine L.A. Confidential Dante Spinotti Elizabeth Remi Adefarasin The Truman Show Peter Biziou Shakespeare in Love Richard Greatrex Saving Private Ryan Janusz Kamiński American Beauty Conrad L. Hall The Matrix Bill Pope The End of the Affair Roger Pratt The Talented Mr. Ripley John Seale Angela's Ashes Michael Seresin
2000s Year Film Cinematographer Gladiator John Mathieson O Brother, Where Art Thou? Roger Deakins Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Peter Pau Chocolat Roger Pratt Billy Elliot Brian Tufano The Man Who Wasn't There Roger Deakins Amélie Bruno Delbonnel Black Hawk Down Sławomir Idziak The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Andrew Lesnie Moulin Rouge! Donald McAlpine Road to Perdition Conrad L. Hall Gangs of New York Michael Ballhaus Chicago Dion Beebe The Pianist Paweł Edelman The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Andrew Lesnie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Andrew Lesnie Lost in Translation Lance Acord Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Russell Boyd Cold Mountain John Seale Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra Collateral Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron The Motorcycle Diaries Éric Gautier The Aviator Robert Richardson Finding Neverland Roberto Schaefer House of Flying Daggers Zhao Xiaoding Memoirs of a Geisha Dion Beebe March of the Penguins Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison The Constant Gardener César Charlone Crash J. Michael Muro Brokeback Mountain Rodrigo Prieto Children of Men Emmanuel Lubezki United 93 Barry Ackroyd Casino Royale Phil Méheux Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Navarro Babel Rodrigo Prieto No Country for Old Men Roger Deakins There Will Be Blood Robert Elswit Atonement Seamus McGarvey American Gangster Harris Savides The Bourne Ultimatum Oliver Wood Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle The Reader Roger Deakins and Chris Menges The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Claudio Miranda The Dark Knight Wally Pfister Changeling Tom Stern The Hurt Locker Barry Ackroyd The Road Javier Aguirresarobe Avatar Mauro Fiore District 9 Trent Opaloch Inglourious Basterds Robert Richardson
2010s Year Film Cinematographer True Grit Roger Deakins 127 Hours Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle The King's Speech Danny Cohen Black Swan Matthew Libatique Inception Wally Pfister The Artist Guillaume Schiffman The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Jeff Cronenweth War Horse Janusz Kamiński Hugo Robert Richardson Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Hoyte van Hoytema Life of Pi Claudio Miranda Les Misérables Danny Cohen Skyfall Roger Deakins Lincoln Janusz Kamiński Anna Karenina Seamus McGarvey Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki Captain Phillips Barry Ackroyd 12 Years a Slave Sean Bobbitt Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel Nebraska Phedon Papamichael Birdman Emmanuel Lubezki Ida Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal Mr. Turner Dick Pope Interstellar Hoyte van Hoytema The Grand Budapest Hotel Robert Yeoman The Revenant Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario Roger Deakins Bridge of Spies Janusz Kamiński Carol Edward Lachman Mad Max: Fury Road John Seale La La Land Linus Sandgren Lion Greig Fraser Nocturnal Animals Seamus McGarvey Hell or High Water Giles Nuttgens Arrival Bradford Young Blade Runner 2049 Roger Deakins Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Ben Davis Darkest Hour Bruno Delbonnel The Shape of Water Dan Laustsen Dunkirk Hoyte van Hoytema Roma Alfonso Cuarón The Favourite Robbie Ryan First Man Linus Sandgren Bohemian Rhapsody Newton Thomas Sigel Cold War Łukasz Żal 1917 Roger Deakins Le Mans '66 Phedon Papamichael The Irishman Rodrigo Prieto Joker Lawrence Sher The Lighthouse Jarin Blaschke
2020s Year Film Cinematographer Nomadland Joshua James Richards Judas and the Black Messiah Sean Bobbitt Mank Erik Messerschmidt The Mauritanian Alwin H. Küchler News of the World Dariusz Wolski Dune Greig Fraser Nightmare Alley Dan Laustsen No Time to Die Linus Sandgren The Power of the Dog Ari Wegner The Tragedy of Macbeth Bruno Delbonnel All Quiet on the Western Front James Friend The Batman Greig Fraser Elvis Mandy Walker Empire of Light Roger Deakins Top Gun: Maverick Claudio Miranda Oppenheimer Hoyte van HoytemaKillers of the Flower Moon Rodrigo Prieto Maestro Matthew Libatique Poor Things Robbie Ryan The Zone of Interest Łukasz Żal The Brutalist Lol CrawleyConclave Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two Greig Fraser Emilia Pérez Paul Guilhaume Nosferatu Jarin Blaschke One Battle After Another Michael Bauman Frankenstein Dan Laustsen Marty Supreme Darius Khondji Sinners Autumn Durald Arkapaw Train Dreams Adolpho Veloso
Multiple wins and nominations Multiple nominations
11 nominations Roger Deakins
10 nominations Douglas Slocombe
8 nominations Geoffrey Unsworth David Watkin
6 nominations Oswald Morris John Seale
5 nominations Janusz Kaminski Chris Menges Philippe Rousselot
4 nominations Christopher Challis Bruno Delbonnel Freddie Francis Greig Fraser Hoyte van Hoytema Emmanuel Lubezki Rodrigo Prieto Robert Richardson Vittorio Storaro Freddie Young
3 nominations Barry Ackroyd John Alcott Michael Ballhaus Dion Beebe Denys Coop