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Best Cinematography
  • 1997 (70th)
          Titanic
             - Russell Carpenter, ASC
  • 1996 (69th)
          The English Patient
             - John Seale, ASC, ACS
  • 1995 (68th)
          Braveheart
             - John Toll, ASC
  • 1994 (67th)
          Legends of the Fall
             - John Toll, ASC
  • 1993 (66th)
          Schindler's List
             - Janusz Kaminski, ASC
  • 1992 (65th)
          A River Runs Through It
             - Philippe Rousselot, AFC
  • 1991 (64th)
          JFK
             - Robert Richardson, ASC
  • 1990 (63rd)
          Dances With Wolves
             - Dean Semler, ASC, ACS
  • 1989 (62nd)
          Glory
             - Freddie Francis, BSC
  • 1988 (61st)
          Mississippi Burning
             - Peter Biziou, BSC
  • 1987 (60th)
          The Last Emperor
             - Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC
  • 1986 (59th)
          The Mission
             - Chris Menges, BSC
  • 1985 (58th)
          Out of Africa
             - David Watkin, BSC
  • 1984 (57th)
          The Killing Fields
             - Chris Menges, BSC
  • 1983 (56th)
          Fanny and Alexander
             - Sven Nykvist, ASC
  • 1982 (55th)
          Gandhi
             - Ronnie Taylor, BSC and Billy Williams, BSC
  • 1981 (54th)
          Reds
             - Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC
  • 1980 (53rd)
          Tess
             - Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth, BSC
  • 1979 (52nd)
          Apocalypse Now
             - Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC
  • 1978 (51st)
          Days of Heaven
             - Nestor Almendros, ASC
  • 1977 (50th)
          Close Encounters of the Third Kind
             - Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
  • 1976 (49th)
          Bound for Glory
             - Haskell Wexler, ASC
  • 1975 (48th)
          Barry Lyndon
             - John Alcott, BSC
  • 1974 (47th)
          The Towering Inferno
             - Joseph Biroc, ASC and Fred Koenekamp, ASC
  • 1973 (46th)
          Cries and Whispers
             - Sven Nykvist, ASC
  • 1972 (45th)
          Cabaret
             - Geoffrey Unsworth, BSC
  • 1971 (44th)
          Fiddler on the Roof
             - Oswald Morris, BSC
  • 1970 (43rd)
          Ryan's Daughter
             - Freddie Young, BSC
  • 1969 (42nd)
          Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
             - Conrad Hall, ASC
  • 1968 (41st)
          Romeo and Juliet
             - Pasqualino De Santis
  • 1967 (40th)
          Bonnie and Clyde
             - Burnett Guffey, ASC
  • 1966 (39th)
          Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?
             - Haskell Wexler, ASC (black-and-white)
          A Man For All Seasons
             - Ted Moore, BSC (color)
  • 1965 (38th)
          Ship of Fools
             - Ernest Laszlo, ASC (black-and-white)
          Doctor Zhivago
             - Freddie Young, BSC (color)
  • 1964 (37th)
          Zorba the Greek
             - Walter Lassally, BSC (black-and-white)
          My Fair Lady
             - Harry Stradling, ASC (color)
  • 1963 (36th)
          Hud
             - James Wong Howe, ASC (black-and-white)
          Cleopatra
            (1963) - Leon Shamroy, ASC (color)
  • 1962 (35th)
          The Longest Day
             - Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz (black-and-white)
          Lawrence of Arabia
             - Fred A. Young, BSC (color)
  • 1961 (34th)
          The Hustler
             - Eugen Shuftan (black-and-white)
          West Side Story
             - Daniel L. Fapp, ASC (color)
  • 1960 (33rd)
          Sons and Lovers
             - Freddie Francis, BSC (black-and-white)
          Spartacus
             - Russell Metty, ASC (color)
  • 1959 (32nd)
          The Diary of Anne Frank
             - William C. Mellor, ASC (black-and-white)
          Ben-Hur
             - Robert Surtees, ASC (color)
  • 1958 (31st)
          The Defiant Ones
             - Sam Leavitt, ASC (black-and-white)
          Gigi
             - Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC (color)
    1957 (30th)
          The Bridge on the River Kwai
             - Jack Hildyard, BSC
  • 1956 (29th)
          Somebody Up There Likes Me
             - Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC (black-and-white)
          Around the World in 80 Days
             - Lionel Lindon, ASC (color)
  • 1955 (28th)
          The Rose Tattoo
             - James Wong Howe, ASC (black-and-white)
          To Catch a Thief
             - Robert Burks, ASC (color)
  • 1954 (27th)
          On the Waterfront
             - Boris Kaufman, ASC (black-and-white)
          Three Coins in the Fountain
             - Milton Krasner, ASC (color)
  • 1953 (26th)
          From Here to Eternity
             - Burnett Guffey, ASC (black-and-white)
          Shane
             - Loyal Griggs, ASC (color)
  • 1952 ( 25th)
          The Bad and the Beautiful
             - Robert Surtees, ASC (black-and-white)
          The Quiet Man
             - Winton C. Hoch, ASC and Archie Stout, ASC (color)
  • 1951 (24th)
          A Place in the Sun
             - William C. Mellor, ASC (black-and-white)
          An American in Paris
             - John Alton and Alfred Gilks (color)
  • 1950 (23rd)
          The Third Man
             - Robert Krasker, BSC (black-and-white)
          King Solomon's Mines
             - Robert Surtees, ASC (color)
  • 1949 (22nd)
          Battleground
             - Paul C. Vogel, ASC (black-and-white)
          She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
             - Winton Hoch, ASC (color)
  • 1948 (21st)
          The Naked City
             - William Daniels, ASC (black-and-white)
          Joan of Arc
             - Winton Hoch, ASC,
             - William V. Skall, ASC and Joseph A. Valentine, ASC (color)
  • 1947 (20th)
          Great Expectations
             - Guy Green, BSC (black-and-white)
          Black Narcissus
             - Jack Cardiff, BSC (color)
  • 1946 (19th)
          Anna and the King of Siam
             - Arthur Miller, ASC (black-and-white)
          The Yearling
             - Arthur Arling, ASC,
               Charles Rosher, ASC
               Leonard M. Smith, ASC (color)
  • 1945 (18th)
          The Picture of Dorian Gray
             - Harry Stradling, ASC (black-and-white)
          Leave Her to Heaven
             - Leon Shamroy, ASC (color)
  • 1944 (17th)
          Laura
             - Joseph LaShelle, ASC (black-and-white)
          Wilson
             - Leon Shamroy, ASC (color)
  • 1943 (16th)
          The Song of Bernadette
             - Arthur Miller, ASC (black-and-white)
          Phantom of the Opera
             - W. Howard Greene and Hal Mohr, ASC (color)
  • 1942 (15th)
          Mrs. Miniver
             - Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC (black-and-white)
          The Black Swan
             - Leon Shamroy, ASC (color)
  • 1941 (14th)
          How Green Was My Valley
             - Arthur Miller, ASC (black-and-white)
          Blood and Sand
             - Ernest S. Palmer, ASC and Ray Rennahan, ASC (color)
  • 1940 (13th)
          Rebecca
             - George Barnes, ASC (black-and-white)
          The Thief of Bagdad
             - Georges Perinal (color)
  • 1939 (12th)
          Wuthering Heights
             - Gregg Toland, ASC (black-and-white)
          Gone With the Wind
             - Ernest Haller, ASC and Ray Rennahan, ASC (color)
  • 1938 (11th)
          The Great Waltz
             - Joseph Ruttenberg, ASC
  • 1937 (10th)
          The Good Earth
             - Karl Freund, ASC
  • 1936 (9th)
          Anthony Adverse
             - Gaetano Gaudio, ASC
  • 1935 (8th)
          A Midsummer Night's Dream
             - Hal Mohr, ASC
  • 1934 (7th)
          Cleopatra
             - Victor Milner, ASC
  • 1932/33 (6th)
          A Farewell to Arms
             - Charles B. Lang, Jr., ASC
  • 1931/32 (5th)
          Shanghai Express
             - Lee Garmes, ASC
  • 1930/31 (4th)
          Tabu
             - Floyd D. Crosby, ASC
  • 1929/30 (3rd)
          With Byrd at the South Pole
             - Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van Der Veer
  • 1928/29 (2nd)
          White Shadows in the South Seas
             - Clyde DeVinna, ASC
  • 1927/28 (1st)
          Sunrise
             - Charles Rosher, ASC and Karl Struss, ASC