BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography |
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Currently held by | Michael Bauman for One Battle After Another (2025) |
The BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography is a special prize given each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It celebrates the amazing work of a cinematographer, who is the person in charge of how a movie looks. They make sure the lighting, camera angles, and overall visual style are perfect for the story. This award honors the best visual storytelling in a film.
BAFTA is a famous British group that gives out awards for movies, TV shows, and video games. They used to give awards for children's films and TV too! Since 1963, talented cinematographers have received this BAFTA award at a yearly event.
In the lists below, you'll see the films and cinematographers who won. Their names and the film titles are in bold with a gold background. The other names are the nominees who were also recognized for their great work. The year shown is when the film came out, not when the award ceremony happened. The ceremony usually takes place early the next year.
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Celebrating Amazing Camera Work in Films
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Winners and Nominees from the 2000s
| Year | Film | Cinematographer |
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| 2000 | Gladiator | John Mathieson |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Roger Deakins | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Peter Pau | |
| Chocolat | Roger Pratt | |
| Billy Elliot | Brian Tufano | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Roger Deakins |
| Amélie | Bruno Delbonnel | |
| Black Hawk Down | Sławomir Idziak | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Andrew Lesnie | |
| Moulin Rouge! | Donald McAlpine | |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | Conrad L. Hall |
| Gangs of New York | Michael Ballhaus | |
| Chicago | Dion Beebe | |
| The Pianist | Paweł Edelman | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Andrew Lesnie | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Andrew Lesnie |
| Lost in Translation | Lance Acord | |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Russell Boyd | |
| Cold Mountain | John Seale | |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Eduardo Serra | |
| 2004 | Collateral | Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | Éric Gautier | |
| The Aviator | Robert Richardson | |
| Finding Neverland | Roberto Schaefer | |
| House of Flying Daggers | Zhao Xiaoding | |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Dion Beebe |
| March of the Penguins | Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison | |
| The Constant Gardener | César Charlone | |
| Crash | J. Michael Muro | |
| Brokeback Mountain | Rodrigo Prieto | |
| 2006 | Children of Men | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| United 93 | Barry Ackroyd | |
| Casino Royale | Phil Méheux | |
| Pan's Labyrinth | Guillermo Navarro | |
| Babel | Rodrigo Prieto | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Roger Deakins |
| There Will Be Blood | Robert Elswit | |
| Atonement | Seamus McGarvey | |
| American Gangster | Harris Savides | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum | Oliver Wood | |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Anthony Dod Mantle |
| The Reader | Roger Deakins and Chris Menges | |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Claudio Miranda | |
| The Dark Knight | Wally Pfister | |
| Changeling | Tom Stern | |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Barry Ackroyd |
| The Road | Javier Aguirresarobe | |
| Avatar | Mauro Fiore | |
| District 9 | Trent Opaloch | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Robert Richardson |
Winners and Nominees from the 2010s
| Year | Film | Cinematographer |
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| 2010 | True Grit | Roger Deakins |
| 127 Hours | Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle | |
| The King's Speech | Danny Cohen | |
| Black Swan | Matthew Libatique | |
| Inception | Wally Pfister | |
| 2011 | The Artist | Guillaume Schiffman |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Jeff Cronenweth | |
| War Horse | Janusz Kamiński | |
| Hugo | Robert Richardson | |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Hoyte van Hoytema | |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Claudio Miranda |
| Les Misérables | Danny Cohen | |
| Skyfall | Roger Deakins | |
| Lincoln | Janusz Kamiński | |
| Anna Karenina | Seamus McGarvey | |
| 2013 | Gravity | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Captain Phillips | Barry Ackroyd | |
| 12 Years a Slave | Sean Bobbitt | |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | Bruno Delbonnel | |
| Nebraska | Phedon Papamichael | |
| 2014 | Birdman | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Ida | Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal | |
| Mr. Turner | Dick Pope | |
| Interstellar | Hoyte van Hoytema | |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Robert Yeoman | |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Sicario | Roger Deakins | |
| Bridge of Spies | Janusz Kamiński | |
| Carol | Edward Lachman | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | John Seale | |
| 2016 | La La Land | Linus Sandgren |
| Lion | Greig Fraser | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Seamus McGarvey | |
| Hell or High Water | Giles Nuttgens | |
| Arrival | Bradford Young | |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Roger Deakins |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Ben Davis | |
| Darkest Hour | Bruno Delbonnel | |
| The Shape of Water | Dan Laustsen | |
| Dunkirk | Hoyte van Hoytema | |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| The Favourite | Robbie Ryan | |
| First Man | Linus Sandgren | |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Newton Thomas Sigel | |
| Cold War | Łukasz Żal | |
| 2019 | 1917 | Roger Deakins |
| Le Mans '66 | Phedon Papamichael | |
| The Irishman | Rodrigo Prieto | |
| Joker | Lawrence Sher | |
| The Lighthouse | Jarin Blaschke |
Winners and Nominees from the 2020s
| Year | Film | Cinematographer |
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| 2020 | Nomadland | Joshua James Richards |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Sean Bobbitt | |
| Mank | Erik Messerschmidt | |
| The Mauritanian | Alwin H. Küchler | |
| News of the World | Dariusz Wolski | |
| 2021 | Dune | Greig Fraser |
| Nightmare Alley | Dan Laustsen | |
| No Time to Die | Linus Sandgren | |
| The Power of the Dog | Ari Wegner | |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Bruno Delbonnel | |
| 2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front | James Friend |
| The Batman | Greig Fraser | |
| Elvis | Mandy Walker | |
| Empire of Light | Roger Deakins | |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Claudio Miranda | |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Hoyte van Hoytema |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Rodrigo Prieto | |
| Maestro | Matthew Libatique | |
| Poor Things | Robbie Ryan | |
| The Zone of Interest | Łukasz Żal | |
| 2024 | The Brutalist | Lol Crawley |
| Conclave | Stéphane Fontaine | |
| Dune: Part Two | Greig Fraser | |
| Emilia Pérez | Paul Guilhaume | |
| Nosferatu | Jarin Blaschke | |
| 2025 | One Battle After Another | Michael Bauman |
| Frankenstein | Dan Laustsen | |
| Marty Supreme | Darius Khondji | |
| Sinners | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | |
| Train Dreams | Adolpho Veloso |
Top Cinematographers: Multiple Wins and Nominations
This section highlights the cinematographers who have been recognized many times by BAFTA.
Cinematographers with Many Nominations
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Cinematographers with Multiple Wins
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More About Film Awards
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA a la mejor fotografía para niños
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