The British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film is an award given annually by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). It was first given in 1953; since 1976 a set of nominees is presented, usually consisting of four or five nominees.
British cinematographer Roger Deakins holds the record of most wins in the category with seven, followed by Douglas Slocombe with five, Oswald Morris and Freddie Francis with four, and Freddie Young and Geoffrey Unsworth with three.
Winners and nominees 1950s YearFilmCinematographer(s)1953 Moulin Rouge Oswald Morris1954 Romeo and Juliet Robert Krasker1956 War and Peace Jack Cardiff Bhowani Junction Freddie Young Invitation to the Dance Moby Dick Oswald Morris A Town Like Alice Geoffrey Unsworth1958 The Bridge on the River Kwai Jack Hildyard1959 Sapphire Harry Waxman
1960s YearFilmCinematographer(s)1960 Sons and Lovers Freddie Francis1961 El Cid Robert Krasker1962 Lawrence of Arabia Freddie Young1963 From Russia With Love Ted Moore The Servant Douglas Slocombe1964 Becket Geoffrey Unsworth1965 2nd Unit Photography Skeets Kelly1966 Doctor Zhivago Freddie Young The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Oswald Morris1967 The Taming of the Shrew 1968 The Lion in Winter Douglas Slocombe1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Gerry Turpin
1970s YearFilmCinematographer(s)1970 Ryan's Daughter Freddie Young1971 Fiddler on the Roof Oswald Morris1972 Cabaret Geoffrey Unsworth1973 Jesus Christ Superstar Douglas Slocombe1974 The Great Gatsby 1975 Barry Lyndon John Alcott1976 The Omen Gil Taylor Aces High Gerry Fisher Marathon Man Conrad Hall Picnic at Hanging Rock Russell Boyd1977 A Bridge Too Far Geoffrey Unsworth Star Wars Gil Taylor Valentino Peter Suschitzky 1978 Julia Douglas Slocombe The Duellists Frank Tidy The Great Train Robbery Geoffrey Unsworth Superman 1979 Eagle's Wing Billy Williams Alien Derek Vanlint Apocalypse Now Vittorio Storaro Days of Heaven Néstor Almendros
1980s YearFilmCinematographer(s)1980 The Elephant Man Freddie Francis The Black Stallion Caleb Deschanel Flash Gordon Gil Taylor1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman Freddie Francis Atlantic City Richard Ciupka Chariots of Fire David Watkin Excalibur Alex Thomson Tess Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet1982 Gandhi Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor Blade Runner Jordan Cronenweth On Golden Pond Billy Williams Victor/Victoria Dick Bush1983 Fanny and Alexander Sven Nykvist Eureka Alex Thomson1984 The Killing Fields Chris Menges The Bostonians Walter Lassally The Bounty Arthur Ibbetson Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes John Alcott Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Douglas Slocombe1985 Legend Alex Thomson Amadeus Miroslav Ondříček A Passage to India Ernest Day Witness John Seale1986 Out of Africa David Watkin The Color Purple Allen Daviau The Mission Chris Menges A Room with a View Tony Pierce-Roberts1987 Hope and Glory Philippe Rousselot Jean de Florette Bruno Nuytten1988 The Last Emperor Vittorio Storaro A Handful of Dust Peter Hannan The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sven Nykvist Who Framed Roger Rabbit Dean Cundey1989 Mississippi Burning Peter Biziou Dangerous Liaisons Philippe Rousselot Dead Poets Society John Seale Shirley Valentine Alan Hume
1990s YearFilmCinematographer(s)1990 Glory Freddie Francis Dick Tracy Vittorio Storaro Goodfellas Michael Ballhaus Memphis Belle David Watkin1991 Cyrano de Bergerac Pierre Lhomme Dances with Wolves Dean Semler Terminator 2: Judgment Day Adam Greenberg Thelma & Louise Adrian Biddle1992 Howards End Tony Pierce-Roberts Chaplin Sven Nykvist The Last of the Mohicans Dante Spinotti 1492: Conquest of Paradise Adrian Biddle1993 Schindler's List Janusz Kamiński The Piano Stuart Dryburgh Shadowlands Roger Pratt1994 Interview with the Vampire Philippe Rousselot Four Weddings and a Funeral Michael Coulter The Hudsucker Proxy Roger Deakins Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Roger Pratt The Road to Wellville Peter Biziou1995 The Madness of King George Andrew Dunn Apollo 13 Dean Cundey Richard III Peter Biziou Sense and Sensibility Michael Coulter Seven Darius Khondji1996 Hamlet Alex Thomson The English Patient John Seale Evita Darius Khondji Michael Collins Chris Menges1997 L.A. Confidential Dante Spinotti Firelight Nic Morris The Horse Whisperer Robert Richardson Titanic Russell Carpenter The Wings of the Dove Eduardo Serra1998 Elizabeth Remi Adefarasin Saving Private Ryan Janusz Kamiński Shakespeare in Love Richard Greatrex The Truman Show Peter Biziou The Thin Red Line John Toll1999 American Beauty Conrad L. Hall The End of the Affair Roger Pratt Gladiator John Mathieson Sleepy Hollow Emmanuel Lubezki Snow Falling on Cedars Robert Richardson
2000s YearFilmCinematographer(s)2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Roger Deakins Chocolat Roger Pratt Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Peter Pau Enemy at the Gates Robert Fraisse Traffic Steven Soderbergh2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Roger Deakins Amélie Bruno Delbonnel Gosford Park Andrew Dunn The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Andrew Lesnie Moulin Rouge! Donald McAlpine2002 Road to Perdition Conrad L. Hall Chicago Dion Beebe Dirty Pretty Things Chris Menges The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Andrew Lesnie The Pianist Paweł Edelman2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Russell Boyd Cold Mountain John Seale Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Andrew Lesnie2005 The Phantom of the Opera John Mathieson Batman Begins Wally Pfister The Constant Gardener César Charlone Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Roger Pratt Mrs Henderson Presents Andrew Dunn2006 Casino Royale Phil Méheux Children of Men Emmanuel Lubezki Memoirs of a Geisha Dion Beebe Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Navarro The Prestige Wally Pfister Volver José Luis Alcaine2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Roger Deakins Atonement Seamus McGarvey Babel Rodrigo Prieto Eastern Promises Peter Suschitzky Elizabeth: The Golden Age Remi Adefarasin The Illusionist Dick Pope2008 No Country for Old Men Roger Deakins Changeling Tom Stern The Dark Knight Wally Pfister The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Janusz Kamiński There Will Be Blood Robert Elswit2009 The Hurt Locker Barry Ackroyd An Education John de Borman Avatar Mauro Fiore The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Claudio Miranda Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bruno Delbonnel The Reader Roger Deakins and Chris Menges Slumdog Millionaire Anthony Dod Mantle The White Ribbon Christian Berger
2010s YearFilmCinematographer(s)2010 True Grit Roger Deakins Black Swan Matthew Libatique Inception Wally Pfister2011 The Artist Guillaume Schiffman Hugo Robert Richardson Midnight in Paris Darius Khondji The Tree of Life Emmanuel Lubezki2012 Anna Karenina Seamus McGarvey Great Expectation John Mathieson Les Misérables Danny Cohen Skyfall Roger Deakins2013 Nebraska Phedon Papamichael 12 Years a Slave Sean Bobbitt Captain Phillips Barry Ackroyd Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki2014 Mr. Turner Dick Pope Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki Ex Machina Rob Hardy The Grand Budapest Hotel Robert Yeoman Ida Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski2015 Carol Edward Lachman Bridge of Spies Janusz Kamiński Mad Max: Fury Road John Seale The Revenant Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario Roger Deakins2016 Nocturnal Animals Seamus McGarvey Arrival Bradford Young La La Land Linus Sandgren Lion Greig Fraser Moonlight James Laxton 2017 Blade Runner 2049 Roger Deakins Darkest Hour Bruno Delbonnel The Shape of Water Dan Laustsen Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Ben Davis2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón Bad Times at the El Royale Seamus McGarvey Cold War Łukasz Żal The Favourite Robbie Ryan First Man Linus Sandgren2019 1917 Roger Deakins The Irishman Rodrigo Prieto Joker Lawrence Sher The Lighthouse Jarin Blaschke Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Robert Richardson
2020s YearFilmCinematographer(s)2020 Mank Erik Messerschmidt Judas and the Black Messiah Sean Bobbitt The Mauritanian Alwin H. Küchler News of the World Dariusz Wolski Nomadland Joshua James Richards2021 The Power of the Dog Ari Wegner Cyrano Seamus McGarvey Dune Greig Fraser The Tragedy of Macbeth Bruno Delbonnel West Side Story Janusz Kamiński2022 All Quiet on the Western Front James Friend The Banshees of Inisherin Ben Davis The Batman Greig Fraser Elvis Mandy Walker Tár Florian Hoffmeister2023 Poor Things Robbie Ryan Killers of the Flower Moon Rodrigo Prieto Maestro Matthew Libatique Oppenheimer Hoyte van Hoytema Saltburn Linus Sandgren2024 The Brutalist Lol Crawley Conclave Stephane Fontaine Dune: Part Two Greig Fraser Emilia Pérez Paul Guilhaume Nosferatu Jarin Blaschke2025 One Battle After Another Michael Bauman Die My Love Seamus McGarvey Frankenstein Dan Laustsen Marty Supreme Darius Khondji Sinners Autumn Durald Arkapaw
See also Academy Award for Best Cinematography BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography ASC Award for Best Feature Cinematography Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
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