Every Oscars Best Cinematography winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 21 different winners. The longest run was Emmanuel Lubezki, 3 years straight (2014–2016).

Emmanuel Lubezki ×3Conrad L. Hall ×2Robert Richardson ×2Roger Deakins ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by distributor; hover for details.

Conrad L. Hall'00

Peter Pau'01

Andrew Lesnie'02

Conrad L. Hall'03

Russell Boyd'04

Robert Richardson'05

Dion Beebe'06

Guillermo Navarro'07

Robert Elswit'08

Anthony Dod Mantle'09

Mauro Fiore'10

Wally Pfister'11

Robert Richardson'12

Claudio Miranda'13

Emmanuel Lubezki'14–'16×3

Linus Sandgren'17

Roger Deakins'18

Alfonso Cuarón'19

Roger Deakins'20

Erik Messerschmidt'21

Greig Fraser'22

James Friend'23

Hoyte van Hoytema'24

Lol Crawley'25

Wins by distributor

Warner Bros.519%
20th Century415%
Universal415%
Netflix312%
Paramount28%
Searchlight28%
Other623%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Bruno Delbonnel6 noms
Edward Lachman4 noms
Janusz Kamiński4 noms
Rodrigo Prieto4 noms
Caleb Deschanel3 noms
Matthew Libatique3 noms

Most losses

Roger Deakins10L · 2W
Bruno Delbonnel6L · 0W
Robert Richardson5L · 2W
Edward Lachman4L · 0W
Emmanuel Lubezki4L · 3W
Janusz Kamiński4L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Distributor
2025	Lol Crawley (The Brutalist) beat 4 others Greig Fraser (Dune: Part Two) Paul Guilhaume (Emilia Pérez) Edward Lachman (Maria) Jarin Blaschke (Nosferatu)	A24
2024	Hoyte van Hoytema (Oppenheimer) beat 4 others Edward Lachman (El Conde) Rodrigo Prieto (Killers of the Flower Moon) Matthew Libatique (Maestro) Robbie Ryan (Poor Things)	Universal Pictures
2023	James Friend (All Quiet on the Western Front) beat 4 others Darius Khondji (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) Mandy Walker (Elvis) Roger Deakins (Empire of Light) Florian Hoffmeister (Tár)	Netflix
2022	Greig Fraser (Dune) beat 4 others Dan Laustsen (Nightmare Alley) Ari Wegner (The Power of the Dog) Bruno Delbonnel (The Tragedy of Macbeth) Janusz Kamiński (West Side Story)	Warner Bros.
2021	Erik Messerschmidt (Mank) beat 4 others Sean Bobbitt (Judas and the Black Messiah) Dariusz Wolski (News of the World) Joshua James Richards (Nomadland) Phedon Papamichael (The Trial of the Chicago 7)	Netflix
2020	Roger Deakins (1917) beat 4 others Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman) Lawrence Sher (Joker) Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse) Robert Richardson (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)	Universal Pictures
2019	Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) beat 4 others Łukasz Żal (Cold War) Robbie Ryan (The Favourite) Caleb Deschanel (Never Look Away) Matthew Libatique (A Star Is Born)	Netflix
2018	Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049) beat 4 others Bruno Delbonnel (Darkest Hour) Hoyte van Hoytema (Dunkirk) Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water)	Warner Bros.
2017	Linus Sandgren (La La Land) beat 4 others Bradford Young (Arrival) Greig Fraser (Lion) James Laxton (Moonlight) Rodrigo Prieto (Silence)	Lionsgate
2016	Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)repeat beat 4 others Edward Lachman (Carol) Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight) John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road) Roger Deakins (Sicario)	20th Century Fox
2015	Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)repeat beat 4 others Robert Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel) Łukasz Żal & Ryszard Lenczewski (Ida) Dick Pope (Mr. Turner) Roger Deakins (Unbroken)	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014	Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) beat 4 others Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster) Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis) Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska) Roger Deakins (Prisoners)	Warner Bros.
2013	Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi) beat 4 others Seamus McGarvey (Anna Karenina) Robert Richardson (Django Unchained) Janusz Kamiński (Lincoln) Roger Deakins (Skyfall)	20th Century Fox
2012	Robert Richardson (Hugo) beat 4 others Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist) Jeff Cronenweth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life) Janusz Kamiński (War Horse)	Paramount Pictures
2011	Wally Pfister (Inception) beat 4 others Matthew Libatique (Black Swan) Danny Cohen (The King's Speech) Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network) Roger Deakins (True Grit)	Warner Bros.
2010	Mauro Fiore (Avatar) beat 4 others Bruno Delbonnel (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) Barry Ackroyd (The Hurt Locker) Robert Richardson (Inglourious Basterds) Christian Berger (The White Ribbon)	20th Century Fox
2009	Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire) beat 4 others Tom Stern (Changeling) Claudio Miranda (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight) Roger Deakins & Chris Menges (The Reader)	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2008	Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood) beat 4 others Roger Deakins (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) Seamus McGarvey (Atonement) Janusz Kamiński (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men)	Paramount Vantage
2007	Guillermo Navarro (Pan's Labyrinth) beat 4 others Vilmos Zsigmond (The Black Dahlia) Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men) Dick Pope (The Illusionist) Wally Pfister (The Prestige)	Picturehouse
2006	Dion Beebe (Memoirs of a Geisha) beat 4 others Wally Pfister (Batman Begins) Rodrigo Prieto (Brokeback Mountain) Robert Elswit (Good Night, and Good Luck) Emmanuel Lubezki (The New World)	Columbia Pictures
2005	Robert Richardson (The Aviator) beat 4 others Zhao Xiaoding (House of Flying Daggers) Caleb Deschanel (The Passion of the Christ) John Mathieson (The Phantom of the Opera) Bruno Delbonnel (A Very Long Engagement)	Miramax
2004	Russell Boyd (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) beat 4 others César Charlone (City of God) John Seale (Cold Mountain) Eduardo Serra (Girl with a Pearl Earring) John Schwartzman (Seabiscuit)	20th Century Fox
2003	Conrad L. Hall (Road to Perdition) beat 4 others Dion Beebe (Chicago) Edward Lachman (Far from Heaven) Michael Ballhaus (Gangs of New York) Paweł Edelman (The Pianist)	DreamWorks Pictures
2002	Andrew Lesnie (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) beat 4 others Bruno Delbonnel (Amélie) Sławomir Idziak (Black Hawk Down) Roger Deakins (The Man Who Wasn't There) Donald McAlpine (Moulin Rouge!)	New Line Cinema
2001	Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) beat 4 others John Mathieson (Gladiator) Lajos Koltai (Malèna) Roger Deakins (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) Caleb Deschanel (The Patriot)	Sony Pictures Classics
2000	Conrad L. Hall (American Beauty) beat 4 others Roger Pratt (The End of the Affair) Dante Spinotti (The Insider) Emmanuel Lubezki (Sleepy Hollow) Robert Richardson (Snow Falling on Cedars)	DreamWorks Pictures

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