The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the finest directing achievements in filmmaking.
Winners
2000s Year Winner Cinematographer(s)2000 Gladiator John Mathieson2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Roger Deakins2002 Road to Perdition Conrad L. Hall2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra2004 Hero (Ying xiong) Christopher Doyle The Phantom of the Opera John Mathieson2005 The New World Emmanuel Lubezki2006 The Illusionist Dick Pope2007 No Country for Old Men Roger Deakins2008 Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle2009 The Road Javier Aguirresarobe
2010s Year Winner Cinematographer(s)2010 Inception Wally Pfister2011 The Tree of Life Emmanuel Lubezki2012 Life of Pi Claudio Miranda2013 To the Wonder Emmanuel Lubezki2014 Nightcrawler Robert Elswit2015 Sicario Roger Deakins2016 Hell or High Water Giles Nuttgens2017 Dunkirk Hoyte van Hoytema2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Bruno Delbonnel The Rider Joshua James Richards2019 The Lighthouse Jarin Blaschke
2020s Year Winner Cinematographer(s)2020 Nomadland Joshua James Richards2021The Tragedy of MacBethBruno Delbonnel2022BabylonLinus Sandgren2023Killers of the Flower MoonRodrigo Prieto2024NosferatuJarin Blaschke2025Train DreamsAdolpho Veloso
References San Diego Film Critics Society - Awards