The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winners
1980s YearCinematographer(s)Film1980 Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth Tess 1981 David Watkin Chariots of Fire 1982 Néstor Almendros Sophie's Choice 1983 Gordon Willis Zelig 1984 Chris Menges The Killing Fields 1985 David Watkin Out of Africa 1986 Tony Pierce-Roberts A Room with a View 1987 Vittorio Storaro The Last Emperor 1988 Henri Alekan Wings of Desire 1989 Ernest R. Dickerson Do the Right Thing
1990s YearCinematographer(s)Film1990 Vittorio Storaro The Sheltering Sky 1991 Roger Deakins Barton Fink 1992 Jean Lépin The Player 1993 Janusz Kamiński Schindler's List 1994 Stefan Czapsky Ed Wood 1995 Lü Yue Shanghai Triad 1996 Robby Müller Breaking the Waves Dead Man1997 Roger Deakins Kundun 1998 John Toll The Thin Red Line 1999 Freddie Francis The Straight Story
2000s YearCinematographer(s)Film2000 Peter Pau Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2001 Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee In the Mood for Love 2002 Edward Lachman Far from Heaven 2003 Harris Savides Elephant Gerry2004 Christopher Doyle Hero 2005 Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, and Kwan Pun Leung 2046 2006 Guillermo Navarro Pan's Labyrinth 2007 Robert Elswit There Will Be Blood 2008 Anthony Dod Mantle Slumdog Millionaire 2009 Christian Berger The White Ribbon
2010s YearCinematographer(s)Film2010 Matthew Libatique Black Swan 2011 Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life 2012 Greig Fraser Zero Dark Thirty 2013 Bruno Delbonnel Inside Llewyn Davis 2014 Darius Khondji The Immigrant 2015 Edward Lachman Carol 2016 James Laxton Moonlight 2017 Rachel Morrison Mudbound 2018 Alfonso Cuarón Roma 2019 Claire Mathon Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2020s YearCinematographer(s)Film2020 Shabier Kirchner Small Axe 2021 Janusz Kamiński West Side Story 2022 Claudio Miranda Top Gun: Maverick 2023 Hoyte van Hoytema Oppenheimer 2024 Jomo FrayNew York Film Critics Circle 2024 Winners List: ‘The Brutalist’ Named Best Film - Variety Nickel Boys 2025 Autumn Durald Arkapaw Sinners
See also Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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