The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography is one of several categories presented by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), an association of professional film critics, who work in print, broadcast and online media, based in Chicago. Since the 3rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1990), the award is presented annually. Nominations from 1991 to 1994 are not available. The first Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography went to Dean Semler for his work on Dances with Wolves. The most recent recipient of this award is Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another.
Statistical milestones Roger Deakins is the cinematographer with the most nominations (13); those have resulted in the most wins (4). Emmanuel Lubezki also has four wins, but from eight nominations. Robert Richardson has eight nominations, which have resulted in two wins. Other notable achievers include Janusz Kamiński (9 nominations, 1 win), Michael Ballhaus (4 nominations, 1 win) and Rodrigo Prieto (4 nominations, 1 win). Seven cinematographers have been nominated multiple times, but never received the award. These include Conrad Hall, Robert Elswit, Claudio Miranda, and Łukasz Żal; Mandy Walker was the first female cinematographer to have received a nomination for the award.
Notable ceremonies The 16th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2003) saw all 15 cinematographers who worked on Winged Migration nominated for Best Cinematography, while the 17th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2004) was the first to result in a tie. In 2007, Deakins received two nominations for his work on The Assassination of Jesse James and No Country for Old Men, the first time a cinematographer has been nominated twice in one year.
Winner and nominees
1990s Year Cinematographer Film Ref. 1990 Dances with Wolves The Godfather Part III Goodfellas 1991 Barton Fink 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1993 Schindler's List 1994 Ed Wood 1995 Se7en Apollo 13 Strange Days A Walk in the Clouds Heat The Secret of Roan Inish 1996 The English Patient Fargo Evita Michael Collins Dead Man 1997 Titanic Kundun The Ice Storm L.A. Confidential The Pillow Book 1998 The Thin Red Line Elizabeth Beloved Saving Private Ryan The Horse Whisperer 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars American Beauty and Eyes Wide Shut Sleepy Hollow The Talented Mr. Ripley
2000s Year Cinematographer FilmRef. 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Traffic Cast Away O Brother, Where Art Thou? Gladiator 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Man Who Wasn't There Mulholland Drive and In the Mood for Love A.I. Artificial Intelligence Moulin Rouge! 2002 Far from Heaven Gangs of New York Road to Perdition Minority Report The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2003 Lost in Translation , et al.Full list of cinematographers include: Olli Barbé, Michel Benjamin, Sylvie Carcedo, Laurent Charbonnier, Luc Drion, Laurent Fleutot, Philippe Garguil, Dominique Gentil, Bernard Lutic, Thierry Machado, Stéphane Martin, Fabrice Moindrot, Ernst Sasse, Michel Terrasse, Thierry Thomas Winged Migration Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Cold Mountain Girl with a Pearl Earring 2004 (TIE) Hero (TIE) The Aviator 2005 Brokeback Mountain Good Night, and Good Luck Munich King Kong The New World Pride & Prejudice 2006 Children of Men The Departed The Fountain Babel Letters from Iwo Jima 2007 The Assassination of Jesse James No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Atonement 2008 The Dark Knight Slumdog Millionaire The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Australia Colin Watkinson The Fall 2009 The Hurt Locker Where the Wild Things Are Avatar Bright Star Inglourious Basterds
2010s Year Cinematographer Film Ref. 2010 Inception The Social Network True Grit Black Swan Shutter Island 2011 The Tree of Life Melancholia War Horse Hugo Drive 2012 The Master Skyfall Zero Dark Thirty Lincoln Life of Pi 2013 Gravity 12 Years a Slave Prisoners Inside Llewyn Davis Her 2014 (TIE) Birdman (TIE) The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent Vice and Ida Interstellar 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Sicario Carol The Revenant The Hateful Eight 2016 La La Land The Handmaiden Jackie Moonlight Silence 2017 Blade Runner 2049 The Shape of Water Mudbound Dunkirk The Florida Project 2018Alfonso CuarónRoma If Beale Street Could Talk The Favourite First Man Cold War 2019 1917 The Lighthouse Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2020s Year Cinematographer Film Ref. 2020 Nomadland First Cow Lovers Rock Mank M. I. Littin-Menz The Vast of Night 2021 The Power of the Dog Dune The Green Knight The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story 2022 Decision to Leave Babylon Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Everything Everywhere All at Once Top Gun: Maverick 2023 Oppenheimer Asteroid City Killers of the Flower Moon Poor Things The Zone of Interest 2024 Nickel Boys The Brutalist Challengers Dune: Part Two Nosferatu 2025 One Battle After Another Frankenstein Hamnet Sinners Train Dreams
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