AACTA Award for Best Cinematography
| AACTA Award for Best Cinematography | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |
| First awarded | 1976 |
| Currently held by | Simon Duggan, Hacksaw Ridge (2016) |
| Website | http://www.aacta.org |
The AACTA Award for Best Cinematography is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."[1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films.[2] From 1976 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards).[3] When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Cinematography.[3]
Best Cinematography was first presented in 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards with the winner being chosen by the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). The award is presented to the cinematographer of a film that is Australian-made, or with a significant amount of Australian content. Russell Boyd, Peter James, Donald McAlpine and Geoffrey Simpson have won the award three times each, more than any other cinematographer. Boyd has received the most nominations with nine.
Winners and nominees[]
In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year.[A] The cinematographer in yellow background have won the award. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning cinematographer first and then the other nominees.[4][5]
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| AFI Awards (1976-2010) AACTA Awards (2011-present) 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s |
Winner
| Year | Cinematographer(s) | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFI Awards | |||
| 1970s | |||
| 1976 | |||
| Ian Baker | The Devil's Playground | ||
| Russell Boyd | Picnic at Hanging Rock | ||
| and Paul Cox | Illuminations | ||
| David Gribble | Polly Me Love | ||
| 1977 (19th) | |||
| Russell Boyd | Break of Day | ||
| Russell Boyd | Summer of Secrets | ||
| Storm Boy | |||
| Raw Deal | |||
| 1978 | |||
| Russell Boyd | The Last Wave | ||
| Ian Baker | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | ||
| Newsfront | |||
| The Mango Tree | |||
| 1979 (21st) | |||
| Donald McAlpine | My Brilliant Career | ||
| In Search of Anna | |||
| David Eggby | Mad Max | ||
| Snapshot | |||
| 1980s | |||
| 1980 (22nd) | |||
| Donald McAlpine | Breaker Morant | ||
| Manganinnie | |||
| Stir | |||
| Russell Boyd | The Chain Reaction | ||
| 1981 (23rd) | |||
| Russell Boyd | Gallipoli | ||
| Donald McAlpine | |||
| Roadgames | |||
| John Seale | The Survivor | ||
| 1982 (24th) | |||
| We of the Never Never | |||
| David Gribble | Monkey Grip | ||
| Dean Semler | Mad Max 2 | ||
| The Man from Snowy River | |||
| 1983 (25th) | |||
| John Seale | Careful, He Might Hear You | ||
| Russell Boyd | The Year of Living Dangerously | ||
| Dean Semler | Undercover | ||
| Man of Flowers | |||
| 1984 | |||
| Dean Semler | Razorback | ||
| John Seale | Strikebound | ||
| Silver City | |||
| My First Wife | |||
| 1985 (27th) | |||
| Peter James | Rebel | ||
| Ray Argall | Wrong World | ||
| Bliss | |||
| Dean Semler | The Coca-Cola Kid | ||
| 1986 | |||
| Peter James | The Right-Hand Man | ||
| Russell Boyd | Burke & Wills | ||
| Young Einstein | |||
| Donald McAlpine | The Fringe Dwellers | ||
| 1987 (29th) | |||
| Ground Zero | |||
| The Umbrella Woman | |||
| Belinda | |||
| Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train | |||
| 1988 (30th) | |||
| Geoffrey Simpson | The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | ||
| David Connell | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | ||
| Grievous Bodily Harm | |||
| Dean Semler | The Lighthorsemen | ||
| 1989 (31st) | |||
| Dean Semler | Dead Calm | ||
| Sweetie | |||
| Emerald City | |||
| Ben Lewin | Georgia | ||
| 1990s | |||
| 1990 (32nd) | |||
| The Crossing | |||
| Russell Boyd | Blood Oath | ||
| Flirting | |||
| Golden Braid | |||
| 1991 (33rd) | |||
| Spotswood | |||
| Aya | |||
| Denis Lenoir | Dingo | ||
| Death in Brunswick | |||
| 1992 (34th) | |||
| Peter James | Black Robe | ||
| Hammers Over the Anvil | |||
| Strictly Ballroom | |||
| Geoffrey Simpson | The Last Days of Chez Nous | ||
| 1993 (35th) | |||
| Stuart Dryburgh | The Piano | ||
| Broken Highway | |||
| Vic Sarin | On My Own | ||
| Eduardo Serra | Map of the Human Heart | ||
| Stephen F. Windon | No Worries | ||
| 1994 (36th) | |||
| Exile | |||
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | |||
| Bad Boy Bubby | |||
| Stephen F. Windon | Country Life | ||
| 1995 | |||
| Angel Baby | |||
| Epsilon | |||
| That Eye, the Sky | |||
| 1996 (38th) | |||
| Geoffrey Simpson | Shine | ||
| Dion Beebe | What I Have Written | ||
| Children of the Revolution | |||
| David Parker | Mr. Reliable | ||
| 1997 (39th) | |||
| Andrew Lesnie | Doing Time for Patsy Cline | ||
| Kiss or Kill | |||
| Blackrock | |||
| Mandy Walker | The Well | ||
| 1998 (40th) | |||
| Geoffrey Simpson | Oscar and Lucinda | ||
| Simon Duggan | The Interview | ||
| The Boys | |||
| In the Winter Dark | |||
| 1999 | |||
| Passion | |||
| Dion Beebe | Praise | ||
| Two Hands | |||
| In a Savage Land | |||
| 2000s | |||
| 2000 | |||
| Bootmen | |||
| 15 Amore | |||
| Geoffrey Hall and | Chopper | ||
| Toby Oliver | Looking for Alibrandi | ||
| 2001 | |||
| Donald McAlpine | Moulin Rouge! | ||
| La Spagnola | |||
| The Bank | |||
| Yolngu Boy | |||
| 2002 (44th) | |||
| Beneath Clouds | |||
| Christopher Doyle | Rabbit-Proof Fence | ||
| Geoffrey Hall | Dirty Deeds | ||
| The Tracker | |||
| 2003 | |||
| Ian Baker | Japanese Story | ||
| Travelling Light | |||
| Gettin' Square | |||
| Oliver Stapleton | Ned Kelly | ||
| 2004 | |||
| Somersault | |||
| Andrew Lesnie | Love's Brother | ||
| Toby Oliver | Tom White | ||
| One Perfect Day | |||
| 2005 (47th) | |||
| Benoît Delhomme | The Proposition | ||
| Alun Bollinger | Oyster Farmer | ||
| Wolf Creek | |||
| Little Fish | |||
| 2006 (48th) | |||
| Ten Canoes | |||
| Macbeth | |||
| Suburban Mayhem | |||
| Jindabyne | |||
| 2007 (49th) | |||
| The Home Song Stories | |||
| Laszlo Baranyai | Noise | ||
| Geoffrey Simpson | Romulus, My Father | ||
| Clubland | |||
| 2008 (50th) | |||
| Unfinished Sky | |||
| The Black Balloon | |||
| Geoffrey Simpson | The Tender Hook | ||
| Haris Zambarloukos | Death Defying Acts | ||
| 2009 (51st) | |||
| Warwick Thornton | Samson and Delilah | ||
| Beautiful Kate | |||
| Greig Fraser | Last Ride | ||
| Balibo | |||
| 2010s | |||
| 2010 (52nd) | |||
| Greig Fraser | Bright Star | ||
| Adam Arkapaw | Animal Kingdom | ||
| The Waiting City | |||
| Toby Oliver | Beneath Hill 60 | ||
| AACTA Awards | |||
| 2011 (1st) | |||
| Robert Humphreys | The Hunter | ||
| Adam Arkapaw | Snowtown | ||
| Geoffrey Hall | Red Dog | ||
| Geoffrey Simpson | Sleeping Beauty | ||
| 2012 (2nd) | |||
| Warwick Thornton | The Sapphires | ||
| Adam Arkapaw | Lore | ||
| Wish You Were Here | |||
| Burning Man | |||
| 2013 (3rd) | |||
| Simon Duggan | The Great Gatsby | ||
| The Rocket | |||
| Geoffrey Hall, and | Drift | ||
| Goddess | |||
| 2014 (4th) | |||
| Ben Nott | Predestination | ||
| Marden Dean | Fell | ||
| Gary Phillips | The Railway Man | ||
| Mandy Walker | Tracks | ||
| 2015 (5th) | |||
| John Seale | Mad Max: Fury Road | ||
| Donald M. McAlpine | The Dressmaker | ||
| Steve Arnold | Last Cab to Darwin | ||
| Damian Wyvill | Oddball | ||
| 2016 (6th) | |||
| Simon Duggan | Hacksaw Ridge | ||
| Andrew Commis | Girl Asleep | ||
| Bonnie Elliott | Spear | ||
| Bentley Dean | Tanna | ||
(7th) | |||
| Greig Fraser | Lion | ||
| Stefan Duscio | Jungle | ||
| Geoffrey Hall | Red Dog: True Blue | ||
| Michael McDermott | Hounds of Love | ||
(8th) | |||
| Warwick Thornton | Sweet Country | ||
| Marden Dean, Rick Rifici | Breath | ||
| Peter James | Ladies in Black | ||
| Thom Neal | West of Sunshine | ||
(9th) | |||
| Adam Arkapaw | The King | ||
| Ben Nott | Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | ||
| Nick Remy Matthews | Hotel Mumbai | ||
| Radek Ladczuk | The Nightingale | ||
(10th) | |||
| Stefan Duscio | The Invisible Man | ||
| Andrew Commis | Babyteeth | ||
| Brad Shield | Bloody Hell | ||
| Geoffrey Hall | Escape from Pretoria | ||
| Bonnie Elliott | H is for Happiness | ||
(11th) | |||
| Stefan Duscio | The Dry | ||
| Andrew Commis | High Ground | ||
| Germain McMicking | Mortal Kombat | ||
| Nitram | |||
| Sam Chiplin | Penguin Bloom | ||
Further reading[]
- Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. 2009. ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "AACTA – The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ "AACTA – The Academy – The Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ a b "AACTA – The Academy – Background". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "AFI/AACTA - Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 4 June 2012. Note: User must select years listed on page to view winners of that decade/year.
- ^ Additional winners and nominees references:
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 165. ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 166. ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 167. ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 168. ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
- ^ "AACTA - Past Winners - 1970-1979 - 1974-1975". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ Bodey, Michael (8 November 2011). "Industry academy announces new awards". The Australian. News Limited (News Corporation). Retrieved 5 June 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- AACTA Awards
- Awards for best cinematography
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- Awards established in 1976
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