BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography

1960s

Best Cinematography – Colour

• 1963: From Russia with Love – Ted Moore
  • Nine Hours to Rama – Arthur Ibbetson
  • The Running Man – Robert Krasker
  • Sammy Going South – Erwin Hillier
  • The Scarlet Blade – Jack Asher
  • Tamahine – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The V.I.P.s – Jack Hildyard
• 1964: Becket – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The 7th Dawn – Freddie Young
  • The Chalk Garden – Arthur Ibbetson
  • Nothing But the Best – Nicolas Roeg
  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce – Jack Hildyard
• 1965: The Ipcress File – Otto Heller
  • Help! – David Watkin
  • Lord Jim – Freddie Young
  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes – Christopher Challis
• 1966: Arabesque – Christopher Challis
  • Alfie – Otto Heller
  • The Blue Max – Douglas Slocombe
  • Modesty Blaise – Jack Hildyard
• 1967: A Man for All Seasons – Ted Moore
  • Blow-Up – Carlo Di Palma
  • The Deadly Affair – Freddie Young
  • Far from the Madding Crowd – Nicolas Roeg

Best Cinematography – Black and White

• 1963: The Servant – Douglas Slocombe
  • Billy Liar – Denys N. Coop
  • Heavens Above! – Mutz Greenbaum
  • Station Six-Sahara – Gerald Gibbs
  • The Victors – Christopher Challis
• 1964: The Pumpkin Eater – Oswald Morris
  • Guns at Batasi – Douglas Slocombe
  • King & Country – Denys N. Coop
  • Séance on a Wet Afternoon – Gerry Turpin
• 1965: The Hill – Oswald Morris
  • Darling – Kenneth Higgins
  • The Knack ...and How to Get It – David Watkin
  • Repulsion – Gilbert Taylor
• 1966: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold – Oswald Morris
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing – Denys N. Coop
  • Cul-de-sac – Gilbert Taylor
  • Georgy Girl – Kenneth Higgins
• 1967: The Whisperers – Gerry Turpin
  • Mademoiselle – David Watkin
  • The Sailor from Gibraltar – Raoul Coutard
  • Ulysses – Wolfgang Suschitzky

Best Cinematography

• 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade – David Watkin
  • Elvira Madigan – Jörgen Persson
  • The Lion in Winter – Douglas Slocombe
• 1969: Oh! What a Lovely War – Gerry Turpin
  • Bullitt – William A. Fraker
  • Funny Girl – Harry Stradling, Sr.
  • Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling, Sr.
  • The Magus – Billy Williams
  • Women in Love – Billy Williams

1970s

• 1970: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Conrad L. Hall
  • Catch-22 – David Watkin
  • Ryan's Daughter – Freddie Young
  • Waterloo – Armando Nannuzzi
• 1971: Death in Venice – Pasqualino De Santis
  • Fiddler on the Roof – Oswald Morris
  • The Go-Between – Gerry Fisher
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday – Billy Williams
• 1972: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Cabaret – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • A Clockwork Orange – John Alcott
  • Deliverance – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Ennio Guarnieri
  • Images – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Vilmos Zsigmond
• 1973: Don't Look Now – Anthony B. Richmond
  • Jesus Christ Superstar – Douglas Slocombe
  • Sleuth – Oswald Morris
  • Travels with My Aunt – Douglas Slocombe
  • Viskningar och rop – Sven Nykvist
• 1974: The Great Gatsby – Douglas Slocombe
  • Chinatown – John A. Alonzo
  • Murder on the Orient Express – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The Three Musketeers – David Watkin
  • Zardoz – Geoffrey Unsworth
• 1975: Barry Lyndon – John Alcott
  • The Man Who Would Be King – Oswald Morris
  • Rollerball – Douglas Slocombe
  • The Towering Inferno – Fred J. Koenekamp
• 1976: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Russell Boyd
  • Aces High – Gerry Fisher and Peter Allwork
  • All the President's Men – Gordon Willis
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Bill Butler, William A. Fraker, and Haskell Wexler
• 1977: A Bridge Too Far – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • Fellini's Casanova – Giuseppe Rotunno
  • The Deep – Christopher Challis
  • Valentino – Peter Suschitzky
• 1978: Julia – Douglas Slocombe
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • The Duellists – Frank Tidy
  • Superman – Geoffrey Unsworth
• 1979: The Deer Hunter – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro
  • Manhattan – Gordon Willis
  • Yanks – Dick Bush

1980s

• 1980: All That Jazz – Giuseppe Rotunno
  • The Black Stallion – Caleb Deschanel
  • The Elephant Man – Freddie Francis
  • Kagemusha – Takao Saitô and Masaharu Ueda
• 1981: Tess – Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet
  • Chariots of Fire – David Watkin
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman – Freddie Francis
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark – Douglas Slocombe
• 1982: Blade Runner – Jordan Cronenweth
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau
  • Gandhi – Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor
  • Reds – Vittorio Storaro
• 1983: Fanny och Alexander – Sven Nykvist
  • Heat and Dust – Walter Lassally
  • Local Hero – Chris Menges
  • Zelig – Gordon Willis
• 1984: The Killing Fields – Chris Menges
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes – John Alcott
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – Douglas Slocombe
  • Once Upon a Time in America – Tonino Delli Colli
• 1985: Amadeus – Miroslav Ondříček
  • The Emerald Forest – Philippe Rousselot
  • A Passage to India – Ernest Day
  • Witness – John Seale
• 1986: Out of Africa – David Watkin
  • The Mission – Chris Menges
  • Ran – Takao Saitô and Masaharu Ueda
  • A Room with a View – Tony Pierce-Roberts
• 1987: Jean de Florette – Bruno Nuytten
  • Cry Freedom – Ronnie Taylor
  • Hope and Glory – Philippe Rousselot
  • Platoon – Robert Richardson
• 1988: Empire of the Sun – Allen Daviau
  • Babettes gæstebud – Henning Kristiansen
  • The Last Emperor – Vittorio Storaro
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit – Dean Cundey
• 1989: Mississippi Burning – Peter Biziou
  • Dangerous Liaisons – Philippe Rousselot
  • Gorillas in the Mist – John Seale and Alan Root
  • Henry V – Kenneth MacMillan
  • L'Ours – Philippe Rousselot

1990s

• 1990: Vittorio Storaro – The Sheltering Sky
  • Freddie Francis – Glory
  • Michael Ballhaus – Goodfellas
  • Blasco Giurato – Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)
• 1991: Pierre Lhomme – Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Dean Semler – Dances with Wolves
  • Tak Fujimoto – The Silence of the Lambs
  • Adrian Biddle – Thelma & Louise
• 1992: Dante Spinotti – The Last of the Mohicans
  • Freddie Francis – Cape Fear
  • Tony Pierce-Roberts – Howards End
  • Jack N. Green – Unforgiven
• 1993: Janusz Kamiński – Schindler's List
  • Michael Ballhaus – The Age of Innocence
  • Stuart Dryburgh – The Piano
  • Tony Pierce-Roberts – The Remains of the Day
• 1994: Philippe Rousselot – Interview with the Vampire
  • Brian J. Breheny – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • Don Burgess – Forrest Gump
  • Andrzej Sekuła – Pulp Fiction
• 1995: John Toll – Braveheart
  • Dean Cundey – Apollo 13
  • Andrew Dunn – The Madness of King George
  • Michael Coulter – Sense and Sensibility
• 1996: John Seale – The English Patient
  • Darius Khondji – Evita
  • Roger Deakins – Fargo
  • Chris Menges – Michael Collins
• 1997: Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove
  • Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
  • Donald McAlpine – Romeo + Juliet
  • Russell Carpenter – Titanic
• 1998: Remi Adefarasin – Elizabeth
  • Janusz Kamiński – Saving Private Ryan
  • Richard Greatrex – Shakespeare in Love
  • Peter Biziou – The Truman Show
• 1999: Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
  • Michael Seresin – Angela's Ashes
  • Roger Pratt – The End of the Affair
  • Bill Pope – The Matrix
  • John Seale – The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000s

• 2000: John Mathieson – Gladiator
  • Brian Tufano – Billy Elliot
  • Roger Pratt – Chocolat
  • Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
  • Roger Deakins – O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• 2001: Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Bruno Delbonnel – Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
  • Slawomir Idziak – Black Hawk Down
  • Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Donald McAlpine – Moulin Rouge!
• 2002: Conrad L. Hall – Road to Perdition
  • Dion Beebe – Chicago
  • Michael Ballhaus – Gangs of New York
  • Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • Pawel Edelman – The Pianist
• 2003: Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • John Seale – Cold Mountain
  • Eduardo Serra – Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • Lance Acord – Lost in Translation
  • Russell Boyd – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• 2004: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral
  • Robert Richardson – The Aviator
  • Roberto Schaefer – Finding Neverland
  • Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
  • Eric Gautier – The Motorcycle Diaries
• 2005: Dion Beebe – Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Brokeback Mountain
  • César Charlone – The Constant Gardener
  • J. Michael Muro – Crash
  • Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison – March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)
• 2006: Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Babel
  • Phil Meheux – Casino Royale
  • Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
  • Barry Ackroyd – United 93
• 2007: Roger Deakins – No Country for Old Men
  • Harris Savides – American Gangster
  • Seamus McGarvey – Atonement
  • Oliver Wood – The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Robert Elswit – There Will Be Blood
• 2008: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Tom Stern – Changeling
  • Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight
  • Roger Deakins and Chris Menges – The Reader
• 2009: Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
  • Mauro Fiore – Avatar
  • Trent Opaloch – District 9
  • Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
  • Javier Aguirresarobe – The Road

2010s

• 2010: Roger Deakins – True Grit
  • Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak – 127 Hours
  • Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
  • Wally Pfister – Inception
  • Danny Cohen – The King's Speech
• 2011: Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
  • Jeff Cronenweth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Robert Richardson – Hugo
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Janusz Kamiński – War Horse
• 2012: Claudio Miranda – Life of Pi
  • Seamus McGarvey – Anna Karenina
  • Danny Cohen – Les Misérables
  • Janusz Kamiński – Lincoln
  • Roger Deakins – Skyfall
• 2013: Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity
  • Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave
  • Barry Ackroyd – Captain Phillips
  • Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska
• 2014: Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Dick Pope – Mr. Turner
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Interstellar
  • Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski – Ida
• 2015: Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
  • Janusz Kamiński – Bridge of Spies
  • Edward Lachman – Carol
  • John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Roger Deakins – Sicario

See also

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography
• Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
• American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases