British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film
The following is a list of those who have won the British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film. The award is given by the British Society of Cinematographers.
Winners and nominees[]
1950s[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Moulin Rouge | Oswald Morris |
| 1954 | Romeo and Juliet | Robert Krasker |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Jack Cardiff |
| Bhowani Junction | Freddie Young | |
| Invitation to the Dance | ||
| Moby Dick | Oswald Morris | |
| A Town Like Alice | Geoffrey Unsworth | |
| 1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Jack Hildyard |
| 1959 | Sapphire | Harry Waxman |
1960s[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Sons and Lovers | Freddie Francis |
| 1961 | El Cid | Robert Krasker |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Freddie Young |
| 1963 | From Russia With Love | Ted Moore |
| The Servant | Douglas Slocombe | |
| 1964 | Becket | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| 1965 | 2nd Unit Photography | Skeets Kelly |
| 1966 | Doctor Zhivago | Freddie Young |
| The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Oswald Morris | |
| 1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | |
| 1968 | The Lion in Winter | Douglas Slocombe |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Gerry Turpin |
1970s[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Freddie Young |
| 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Oswald Morris |
| 1972 | Cabaret | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| 1973 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Douglas Slocombe |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon | John Alcott |
| 1976 | The Omen | Gil Taylor |
| Aces High | Gerry Fisher | |
| Marathon Man | Conrad Hall | |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | Russell Boyd | |
| 1977 | 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[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Freddie Francis |
| The Black Stallion | Caleb Deschanel | |
| Flash Gordon | Gil Taylor | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Freddie Francis |
| Atlantic City | Richard Ciupka | |
| Chariots of Fire | David Watkin | |
| Excalibur | Alex Thomson | |
| Tess | Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet | |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor |
| Blade Runner | Jordan Cronenweth | |
| On Golden Pond | Billy Williams | |
| Victor/Victoria | Dick Bush | |
| 1983 | Fanny and Alexander | Sven Nykvist |
| Eureka | Alex Thomson | |
| 1984 | 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 Slocombe | |
| 1985 | Legend | Alex Thomson |
| Amadeus | Miroslav Ondříček | |
| A Passage to India | Ernest Day | |
| Witness | John Seale | |
| 1986 | Out of Africa | David Watkin |
| The Color Purple | Allen Daviau | |
| The Mission | Chris Menges | |
| A Room with a View | Tony Pierce-Roberts | |
| 1987 | Hope and Glory | Philippe Rousselot |
| Jean de Florette | Bruno Nuytten | |
| 1988 | The Last Emperor | Vittorio Storaro |
| A Handful of Dust | Peter Hannan | |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Sven Nykvist | |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Dean Cundey | |
| 1989 | Mississippi Burning | Peter Biziou |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Philippe Rousselot | |
| Dead Poets Society | John Seale | |
| Shirley Valentine | Alan Hume |
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Glory | Freddie Francis |
| Dick Tracy | Vittorio Storaro | |
| Goodfellas | Michael Ballhaus | |
| Memphis Belle | David Watkin | |
| 1991 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Pierre Lhomme |
| Dances with Wolves | Dean Semler | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Adam Greenberg | |
| Thelma & Louise | Adrian Biddle | |
| 1992 | Howards End | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
| Chaplin | Sven Nykvist | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Dante Spinotti | |
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Adrian Biddle | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Janusz Kamiński |
| The Piano | Stuart Dryburgh | |
| Shadowlands | Roger Pratt | |
| 1994 | Interview with a 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 Biziou | |
| 1995 | The Madness of King George | Andrew Dunn |
| Apollo 13 | Dean Cundey | |
| Richard III | Peter Biziou | |
| Sense and Sensibility | Michael Coulter | |
| Seven | Darius Khondji | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Alex Thomson |
| The English Patient | John Seale | |
| Evita | Darius Khondji | |
| Michael Collins | Chris Menges | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Dante Spinotti |
| Firelight | Nic Morris | |
| The Horse Whisperer | Robert Richardson | |
| Titanic | Russell Carpenter | |
| The Wings of the Dove | Eduardo Serra | |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Remi Adefarasin |
| Saving Private Ryan | Janusz Kamiński | |
| Shakespeare in Love | Richard Greatrex | |
| The Truman Show | Peter Biziou | |
| The Thin Red Line | John Toll | |
| 1999 | 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[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(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 Soderbergh | |
| 2001 | 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 McAlpine | |
| 2002 | 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 Edelman | |
| 2003 [1] |
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 Lesnie | |
| 2005 [2][3] |
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 Dunn | |
| 2006 [4] |
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 Alcaine | |
| 2007 [5] |
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 Pope | |
| 2008 [5] |
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 Elswit | |
| 2009 [6] |
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[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 [5] |
True Grit | Roger Deakins |
| Black Swan | Matthew Libatique | |
| Inception | Wally Pfister | |
| 2011 [7] |
The Artist | Guillaume Schiffman |
| Hugo | Robert Richardson | |
| Midnight in Paris | Darius Khondji | |
| The Tree of Life | Emmanuel Lubezki | |
| 2012 [8] |
Anna Karenina | Seamus McGarvey |
| Great Expectation | John Mathieson | |
| Les Misérables | Danny Cohen | |
| Skyfall | Roger Deakins | |
| 2013 [9] |
Nebraska | Phedon Papamichael |
| 12 Years a Slave | Sean Bobbitt | |
| Captain Phillips | Barry Ackroyd | |
| Gravity | Emmanuel Lubezki | |
| 2014 [10] |
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 Lenczewski | |
| 2015 | Carol | Edward Lachman |
| Bridge of Spies | Janusz Kamiński | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | John Seale | |
| The Revenant | Emmanuel Lubezki | |
| Sicario | Roger Deakins | |
| 2016 [8] |
Nocturnal Animals | Seamus McGarvey |
| Arrival | Bradford Young | |
| La La Land | Linus Sandgren | |
| Lion | Greig Fraser | |
| Moonlight | James Laxton | |
| 2017 [11][12] |
Blade Runner 2049 | Roger Deakins |
| Darkest Hour | Bruno Delbonnel | |
| The Shape of Water | Dan Laustsen | |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Ben Davis | |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Bad Times at the El Royale | Seamus McGarvey | |
| Cold War | Łukasz Żal | |
| The Favourite | Robbie Ryan | |
| First Man | Linus Sandgren | |
| 2019 [13][14] |
1917 | Roger Deakins |
| The Irishman | Rodrigo Prieto | |
| Joker | Lawrence Sher | |
| The Lighthouse | Jarin Blaschke | |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Robert Richardson |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [15] |
Mank | Erik Messerschmidt |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Sean Bobbitt | |
| The Mauritanian | Alwin H. Küchler | |
| News of the World | Dariusz Wolski | |
| Nomadland | Joshua James Richards |
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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