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The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for work in one particular motion picture.
In its first year, 1927-28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) was not tied to a specific film; all of the work by the nominated cinematographers during the qualifying period was listed after their names. The problem with this system became obvious the first year, since Karl Struss and Charles Rosher were nominated for their work together on Sunrise but three other films shot individually by either Rosher or Struss were also listed as part of the nomination. The second year, 1928-29, there were no nominations at all, although the Academy has a list of unofficial titles which were under consideration by the Board of Judges. In the third year, 1929-30, films, not cinematographers, were nominated, and the final award did not show the cinematographer's name.
Finally, for the 1931 awards, the modern system in which the nomination is tied to a single film was adopted in all categories. From 1939 to 1967 (with the single exception of 1957), there were also separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography. Since then, the only black-and-white film to win is Schindler's List (1993).
Floyd Crosby won the last Academy Award to go to a silent film for Tabu in 1931. Hal Mohr won the only write-in Academy Award ever, in 1935 for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mohr was also the first person to win for both black and white and color cinematography.
For many years, separate Oscars were given in the same year for black-and-white and color cinematography. This did not change until the late 1960's, when the category was altered because few black-and-white films were being made.
No winners are lost, although some of the earliest nominees (and of the unofficial nominees of 1928-29) are lost, including The Devil Dancer (1927), The Magic Flame (1927), and Four Devils (1928). The Right To Love (1930) is incomplete, and Sadie Thompson (1927) is incomplete and partially reconstructed with stills.
1920s
1930s
- NOTE: This was and still is the only time in the history of the Academy Awards that a write-in candidate won in any category: Mohr had not been nominated by his fellow cinematographers, but won the award on the strength of an overwhelming write-in campaign by the full membership.
From 1939, there were separate awards for Black and White and for Color:
1940s
- 1940 - George Barnes, Rebecca (B&W)
- 1941 - Arthur C. Miller, How Green Was My Valley (B&W)
- 1942 - Joseph Ruttenberg, Mrs. Miniver (B&W)
- 1943 - Arthur C. Miller, The Song of Bernadette (B&W)
- 1944 - Joseph LaShelle, Laura (B&W)
- 1945 - Harry Stradling, The Picture of Dorian Gray (B&W)
- 1946 - Arthur C. Miller, Anna and the King of Siam (B&W)
- 1947 - Guy Green, Great Expectations (B&W)
- 1948 - William H. Daniels, The Naked City (B&W)
- 1949 - Paul C. Vogel, Battleground (B&W)
1950s
For 1957, there was a single award:
From 1958, there were separate awards for Black and White and for Color:
1960s
From 1967, there was a single award again:
1970s
- 1970 - Freddie Young, Ryan's Daughter
- 1971 - Oswald Morris, Fiddler on the Roof
- 1972 - Geoffrey Unsworth, Cabaret
- 1973 - Sven Nykvist, Cries and Whispers
- 1974 - Fred Koenekamp and Joseph Biroc, The Towering Inferno
- 1975 - John Alcott, Barry Lyndon
- 1976 - Haskell Wexler, Bound for Glory
- 1977 - Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- 1978 - Nestor Almendros, Days of Heaven
- 1979 - Vittorio Storaro, Apocalypse Now
1980s
- 1980 - Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet, Tess
- 1981 - Vittorio Storaro, Reds
- 1982 - Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor, Gandhi
- 1983 - Sven Nykvist, Fanny and Alexander
- 1984 - Chris Menges, The Killing Fields
- 1985 - David Watkin, Out of Africa
- 1986 - Chris Menges, The Mission
- 1987 - Vittorio Storaro, The Last Emperor
- 1988 - Peter Biziou, Mississippi Burning
- 1989 - Freddie Francis, Glory
1990s
- 1990 - Dean Semler, Dances with Wolves
- 1991 - Robert Richardson, JFK
- 1992 - Philippe Rousselot, A River Runs Through It
- 1993 - Janusz Kaminski, Schindler's List
- 1994 - John Toll, Legends of the Fall
- 1995 - John Toll, Braveheart
- 1996 - John Seale, The English Patient
- 1997 - Russell Carpenter, Titanic
- 1998 - Janusz Kaminski, Saving Private Ryan
- 1999 - Conrad Hall, American Beauty
2000s
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