Rich Picks

Cinematography

Outstanding achievement in cinematography

2025
R
Robbie Ryan
Bugonia
R
Dan LaustsenOscarBAFTAASC
Frankenstein
R
Kim Woo-hyung
No Other Choice
R
David Chambille
Nouvelle Vague
R
Adolpho VelosoOscarBAFTASpiritASC
Train Dreams
Norm LiSpirit
Blue Sun Palace
Nicole Hirsch WhitakerSpirit
Dust Bunny
Darius KhondjiOscarBAFTAASC
Marty Supreme
Michael BaumanOscarBAFTAASC
One Battle after Another
Alex AsheSpirit
Peter Hujar's Day
Autumn Durald ArkapawOscarNBRBAFTAASC
Sinners
David J. ThompsonSpirit
Warfare
2024
R
Lol CrawleyOscarBAFTAASC
The Brutalist
R
Benjamin Kracun
The Substance
R
Greig FraserOscarBAFTAASC
Dune: Part Two
R
Jarin BlaschkeOscarNBRBAFTAASC
Nosferatu
R
Jomo FraySpirit
Nickel Boys
Phedon PapamichaelASC
A Complete Unknown
Stéphane FontaineBAFTAASC
Conclave
Paul GuilhaumeOscarBAFTA
Emilia Pérez
Đinh Duy HưngSpirit
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Maria von HausswolffSpirit
Janet Planet
Juan Pablo RamírezSpirit
La cocina
Edward Lachman and Ed LachmanOscarASC
Maria
Rina YangSpirit
The Fire Inside
Alice BrooksASC
Wicked
2023
R
Łukasz ŻalBAFTA
The Zone of Interest
R
Matthew LibatiqueOscarBAFTAASC
Maestro
R
Linus Sandgren
Saltburn
R
Edward LachmanOscarASC
El Conde
R
Carolina Costa
Heroic
Jomo FraySpirit
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Rodrigo PrietoNBR
Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon
Pablo LozanoSpirit
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Rodrigo PrietoOscarBAFTAASC
Killers of the Flower Moon
Katelin ArizmendiSpirit
Monica
Hoyte van HoytemaOscarBAFTAASC
Oppenheimer
Robbie RyanOscarBAFTAASC
Poor Things
Eigil BryldSpirit
The Holdovers
Pat ScolaSpirit
We Grown Now
2022
R
Riju Das and Ben Bernhard
All That Breathes
R
Florian HoffmeisterOscarSpirit
Tár
R
James FriendOscarBAFTA
All Quiet on the Western Front
R
Kim Ji-yong
Decision to Leave
R
Gregory OkeSpirit
Aftersun
Darius KhondjiOscarASC
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Mandy WalkerOscarBAFTAASC
Elvis
Roger DeakinsBAFTAASC
Empire of Light
Hélène LouvartSpirit
Murina
Anisia UzeymanSpirit
Neptune Frost
Eliot RockettSpirit
Pearl
Empire of LightOscar
Roger Deakins
Greig FraserBAFTAASC
The Batman
Claudio MirandaNBRBAFTAASC
Top Gun: Maverick
2021
R
Bruno DelbonnelOscarNBRBAFTAASC
The Tragedy of Macbeth
R
Nathan Truesdell and Jessica Kingdon
Ascension
R
Eduard GrauSpirit
Passing
R
Ari WegnerOscarBAFTAASC
The Power of the Dog
R
Erik Wilson
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Tim CurtinSpirit
A Chiara
Haris ZambarloukosASC
Belfast
Ante Cheng and Matthew ChuangSpirit
Blue Bayou
Greig FraserOscarBAFTAASC
Dune
Dan LaustsenOscarBAFTAASC
Nightmare Alley
Linus SandgrenBAFTA
No Time to Die
Lol CrawleySpirit
The Humans
Janusz KaminskiOscar
West Side Story
Ari WegnerSpirit
Zola
2020
R
Erik MesserschmidtOscarBAFTAASC
Mank
R
Joshua James RichardsOscarNBRBAFTASpiritASC
Nomadland
R
Benjamin Kracun
Promising Young Woman
R
Darius WolskiOscarBAFTAASC
News of the World
R
Christopher Blauvelt
First Cow
Shabier KirchnerSpirit
Bull
Newton Thomas SigelASC
Cherry
Sean BobbittOscarBAFTA
Judas and the Black Messiah
Hélène LouvartSpirit
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
Jay KeitelSpirit
She Dies Tomorrow
Michael LathamSpirit
The Assistant
Alwin H. KüchlerBAFTA
The Mauritanian
Phedon PapamichaelOscarASC
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2019
R
Roger DeakinsOscarNBRBAFTAASC
1917
R
Hong Kyung-pyo
Parasite
R
Adam Newport-Berra
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
R
Jarin BlaschkeOscarBAFTASpirit
The Lighthouse
R
Phedon PapamichaelASC
Ford v Ferrari
Natasha BraierSpirit
Honey Boy
Todd BanhazlSpirit
Hustlers
Lawrence SherOscarBAFTAASC
Joker
Phedon PapamichaelBAFTA
Le Mans '66
Pawel PogorzelskiSpirit
Midsommar
Robert RichardsonOscarASC
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Rodrigo PrietoOscarBAFTAASC
The Irishman
Chananun ChotrungrojSpirit
The Third Wife
2018
R
Łukasz ŻalOscarBAFTAASC
Cold War
R
Matthew LibatiqueOscarASC
A Star Is Born
R
Robbie RyanOscarBAFTAASC
The Favourite
R
Alfonso CuarónOscarBAFTAASC
Roma
Newton Thomas SigelBAFTA
Bohemian Rhapsody
Linus SandgrenBAFTAASC
First Man
Ashley ConnorSpirit
Madeline's Madeline
Benjamin LoebSpirit
Mandy
Caleb DeschanelOscar
Never Look Away
Sayombhu MukdeepromSpirit
Suspiria
Zak MulliganSpirit
We the Animals
Diego GarcíaSpirit
Wild Life
2017
R
Roger DeakinsOscarBAFTAASC
Blade Runner 2049
R
Sayoumbhu MukdeepromSpirit
Call Me by Your Name
R
Dan LaustsenOscarBAFTAASC
The Shape of Water
R
Hoyte van HoytemaOscarBAFTAASC
Dunkirk
R
Hélène LouvartSpirit
Beach Rats
Elisha ChristianSpirit
Columbus
Bruno DelbonnelOscarBAFTAASC
Darkest Hour
Rachel MorrisonOscarASC
Mudbound
Thimios BakatakisSpirit
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Joshua James RichardsSpirit
The Rider
Ben DavisBAFTA
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
2016
R
James LaxtonOscarSpiritASC
Moonlight
R
Kim Ki-Jin
Spa Night
R
Seamus McGarveyBAFTA
Nocturnal Animals
R
Mandy Walker
Hidden Figures
R
Danny Cohen
Florence Foster Jenkins
Robbie RyanSpirit
American Honey
Bradford YoungOscarBAFTAASC
Arrival
Ava BerkofskySpirit
Free in Deed
Giles NuttgensBAFTA
Hell or High Water
Linus SandgrenOscarBAFTAASC
La La Land
Greig FraserOscarBAFTAASC
Lion
Rodrigo PrietoOscarASC
Silence
Lol CrawleySpirit
The Childhood of a Leader
Zach KupersteinSpirit
The Eyes of My Mother
2015
R
Emmanuel LubezkiOscarBAFTAASC
The Revenant
R
Mike GioulakisSpirit
It Follows
R
John SealeOscarBAFTAASC
Mad Max: Fury Road
R
Edward LachmanOscarBAFTASpiritASC
Carol
R
Janusz KamińskiBAFTAASC
Bridge of Spies
Cary Joji FukunagaSpirit
Beasts of No Nation
Reed MoranoSpirit
Meadowland
Roger DeakinsOscarBAFTAASC
Sicario
Joshua James RichardsSpirit
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Robert RichardsonOscar
The Hateful Eight
2014
R
Daniel Landin
Under the Skin
R
Robert D. YeomanOscarBAFTAASC
The Grand Budapest Hotel
R
Dick PopeOscarBAFTAASC
Mr. Turner
R
Tomm Moore
Song of the Sea
R
Hoyte van HoytemaBAFTA
Interstellar
Lyle VincentSpirit
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Emmanuel LubezkiOscarBAFTASpiritASC
Birdman
Łukasz Żal and Ryszard LenczewskiOscarBAFTA
Ida
Sean PorterSpirit
It Felt Like Love
Bradford YoungSpirit
Selma
Óscar FauraASC
The Imitation Game
Darius KhondjiSpirit
The Immigrant
Roger DeakinsOscarASC
Unbroken
2013
R
Sofian El Fani
Blue Is the Warmest Colour
R
Emmanuel LubezkiOscarBAFTAASC
Gravity
R
Hoyte van Hoytema
Her
R
Jakob Ihre
Oslo, 31. August
R
Luca Bigazzi
The Great Beauty
Sean BobbittBAFTASpiritASC
12 Years a Slave
Frank G. DeMarcoSpirit
All Is Lost
Barry AckroydBAFTAASC
Captain Phillips
Matthias GrunskySpirit
Computer Chess
Bruno DelbonnelOscarBAFTASpiritASC
Inside Llewyn Davis
Phedon PapamichaelOscarBAFTAASC
Nebraska
Roger DeakinsOscarASC
Prisoners
Benoît DebieSpirit
Spring Breakers
Philippe Le SourdOscarASC
The Grandmaster
2012
R
Greig Fraser
Zero Dark Thirty
R
Robert D. YeomanSpirit
Moonrise Kingdom
R
Eric Gautier
On the Road
R
Mihai Malaimare Jr.
The Master
Seamus McGarveyOscarBAFTAASC
Anna Karenina
Ben RichardsonSpirit
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Robert RichardsonOscar
Django Unchained
Roman VasyanovSpirit
End of Watch
Lol CrawleySpirit
Here
Danny CohenBAFTAASC
Les Misérables
Claudio MirandaOscarBAFTAASC
Life of Pi
Janusz KamińskiOscarBAFTAASC
Lincoln
Roger DeakinsOscarBAFTAASC
Skyfall
Yoni BrookSpirit
Valley of Saints
2011
R
Manuel Alberto Claro
Melancholia
R
Hoyte van HoytemaBAFTAASC
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
R
Javier Aguirresarobe
A Better Life
R
Emmanuel LubezkiOscarASC
The Tree of Life
Joel HodgeSpirit
Bellflower
Robert RichardsonOscarBAFTAASC
Hugo
Darius KhondjiSpirit
Midnight in Paris
Guillaume SchiffmanOscarBAFTASpiritASC
The Artist
Jeffrey WaldronSpirit
The Dynamiter
Jeff CronenwethOscarBAFTAASC
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Benjamin KasulkeSpirit
The Off Hours
Janusz KamińskiOscarBAFTA
War Horse
2010
R
Matthew LibatiqueOscarBAFTASpiritASC
Black Swan
R
Andrij Parekh
Blue Valentine
R
Adam Arkpaw
Animal Kingdom
R
Frank G. DeMarco
Rabbit Hole
R
Roger DeakinsOscarBAFTAASC
True Grit
Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique ChediakBAFTA
127 Hours
Harris SavidesSpirit
Greenberg
Wally PfisterOscarBAFTAASC
Inception
Adam KimmelSpirit
Never Let Me Go
Danny CohenOscarBAFTAASC
The King's Speech
Jeff CronenwethOscarASC
The Social Network
Jody Lee LipesSpirit
Tiny Furniture
Michael McDonoughSpirit
Winter's Bone
2009
R
Robbie Ryan
Fish Tank
R
Greig Fraser
Bright Star
R
Barry AckroydOscarBAFTAASC
The Hurt Locker
R
Yamasaki Yutaka
Still Walking
R
Robert RichardsonOscarBAFTAASC
Inglourious Basterds
Roger DeakinsSpirit
A Serious Man
Mauro FioreOscarBAFTAASC
Avatar
Peter ZeitlingerSpirit
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Andrij ParekhSpirit
Cold Souls
Trent OpalochBAFTA
District 9
Bruno DelbonnelOscar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Dion BeebeASC
Nine
Adriano GoldmanSpirit
Sin nombre
Javier AguirresarobeBAFTA
The Road
Christian BergerOscarASC
The White Ribbon
Anne MisawaSpirit
Treeless Mountain
2008
R
Hoyte van Hoytema
Let the Right One In
R
Jérémy Clapin and Jean-François Sarazin
Split
R
Anthony Dod MantleOscarBAFTAASC
Slumdog Millionaire
R
Tom SternOscarBAFTA
Changeling
R
Roger Deakins
Doubt
Lol CrawleySpirit
Ballast
Michael SimmondsSpirit
Chop Shop
James LaxtonSpirit
Medicine for Melancholy
Harris SavidesSpirit
Milk
Roger DeakinsASC
Revolutionary Road
Claudio MirandaOscarBAFTAASC
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally PfisterOscarBAFTAASC
The Dark Knight
Roger Deakins and Chris MengesOscarBAFTAASC
The Reader
Maryse AlbertiSpirit
The Wrestler
2007
R
Roger DeakinsOscarBAFTAASC
No Country for Old Men
R
Slavomir Idziak
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
R
Robert D. Yeoman
The Darjeeling Limited
R
Robert ElswitOscarBAFTAASC
There Will Be Blood
R
Robert D. Yeoman
Hotel Chevalier
Harris SavidesBAFTA
American Gangster
Seamus McGarveyOscarBAFTAASC
Atonement
Rodrigo PrietoSpirit
Lust, Caution
Roger DeakinsOscarASC
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Oliver WoodBAFTA
The Bourne Ultimatum
Janusz KamińskiOscarSpiritASC
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
W. Mott Hupfel IIISpirit
The Savages
Milton KamSpirit
Vanaja
Mihai Mălaimare Jr.Spirit
Youth Without Youth
2006
R
Antonio Calvache
Little Children
R
Tim Suhrstedt
Little Miss Sunshine
R
Emmanuel LubezkiOscarBAFTAASC
Children of Men
Dean SemlerASC
Apocalypto
Rodrigo PrietoBAFTA
Babel
Anthony Dod MantleSpirit
Brothers of the Head
Phil MéheuxBAFTA
Casino Royale
Arin CrumleySpirit
Four Eyed Monsters
Michael SimmondsSpirit
Man Push Cart
Guillermo NavarroOscarSpirit
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo NavarroBAFTA
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
Vilmos ZsigmondOscarASC
The Black Dahlia
Robert RichardsonASC
The Good Shepherd
Dick PopeOscarASC
The Illusionist
Wally PfisterOscar
The Prestige
Barry AckroydBAFTA
United 93
Aaron PlattSpirit
Wild Tigers I Have Known
2005
R
Robert ElswitOscarSpiritASC
good night, and good luck.
Wally PfisterOscarASC
Batman Begins
Rodrigo PrietoOscarBAFTAASC
Brokeback Mountain
Adam KimmelSpirit
Capote
J. Michael MuroBAFTA
Crash
John FosterSpirit
Keane
Andrew LesnieASC
King Kong
Harris SavidesSpirit
Last Days
Laurent ChaletBAFTA
March of the Penguins
Dion BeebeOscarBAFTAASC
Memoirs of a Geisha
César CharloneBAFTA
The Constant Gardener
Emmanuel LubezkiOscar
The New World
Chris MengesSpirit
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Roger Deakins
35
Łukasz Żal
22
Hoyte van Hoytema
15
Emmanuel Lubezki
14
Matthew Libatique
13
Robbie Ryan
13
Robert Elswit
12
Greig Fraser
03
Robert D. Yeoman
03
Jarin Blaschke
02
Benjamin Kracun
02
Edward Lachman
02
Dan Laustsen
02

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Roger Deakins
35
Łukasz Żal
22
Hoyte van Hoytema
15
Emmanuel Lubezki
14
Matthew Libatique
13
Robbie Ryan
13
Robert Elswit
12
Greig Fraser
03
Robert D. Yeoman
03
Jarin Blaschke
02
Benjamin Kracun
02
Edward Lachman
02
Dan Laustsen
02
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