British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film
BSC Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | |
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Location | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Society of Cinematographers |
Currently held by | Robbie Ryan for Poor Things (2023) |
Website | https://bscine.com/ |
The British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film is an award given annually by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). It was first given in 1953, since 1976 a set of nominees is presented.[1]
British cinematographer Roger Deakins holds the record of most wins in the category with seven, followed by Douglas Slocombe with five, Oswald Morris and Freddie Francis with four, and Freddie Young and Geoffrey Unsworth with three.
Winners and nominees
1950s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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1953 | Moulin Rouge | Oswald Morris |
1954 | Romeo and Juliet | Robert Krasker |
1956 | War and Peace | Jack Cardiff |
Bhowani Junction | Freddie Young | |
Invitation to the Dance | ||
Moby Dick | Oswald Morris | |
A Town Like Alice | Geoffrey Unsworth | |
1958 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Jack Hildyard |
1959 | Sapphire | Harry Waxman |
1960s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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1960 | Sons and Lovers | Freddie Francis |
1961 | El Cid | Robert Krasker |
1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Freddie Young |
1963 | From Russia With Love | Ted Moore |
The Servant | Douglas Slocombe | |
1964 | Becket | Geoffrey Unsworth |
1965 | 2nd Unit Photography | Skeets Kelly |
1966 | Doctor Zhivago | Freddie Young |
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold | Oswald Morris | |
1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | |
1968 | The Lion in Winter | Douglas Slocombe |
1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Gerry Turpin |
1970s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Freddie Young |
1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Oswald Morris |
1972 | Cabaret | Geoffrey Unsworth |
1973 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Douglas Slocombe |
1974 | The Great Gatsby | |
1975 | Barry Lyndon | John Alcott |
1976 | The Omen | Gil Taylor |
Aces High | Gerry Fisher | |
Marathon Man | Conrad Hall | |
Picnic at Hanging Rock | Russell Boyd | |
1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Star Wars | Gil Taylor | |
Valentino | Peter Suschitzky | |
1978 | Julia | Douglas Slocombe |
The Duellists | Frank Tidy | |
The Great Train Robbery | Geoffrey Unsworth | |
Superman | ||
1979 | Eagle's Wing | Billy Williams |
Alien | Derek Vanlint | |
Apocalypse Now | Vittorio Storaro | |
Days of Heaven | Néstor Almendros |
1980s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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1980 | The Elephant Man | Freddie Francis |
The Black Stallion | Caleb Deschanel | |
Flash Gordon | Gil Taylor | |
1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Freddie Francis |
Atlantic City | Richard Ciupka | |
Chariots of Fire | David Watkin | |
Excalibur | Alex Thomson | |
Tess | Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet | |
1982 | Gandhi | Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor |
Blade Runner | Jordan Cronenweth | |
On Golden Pond | Billy Williams | |
Victor/Victoria | Dick Bush | |
1983 | Fanny and Alexander | Sven Nykvist |
Eureka | Alex Thomson | |
1984 | The Killing Fields | Chris Menges |
The Bostonians | Walter Lassally | |
The Bounty | Arthur Ibbetson | |
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | John Alcott | |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Douglas Slocombe | |
1985 | Legend | Alex Thomson |
Amadeus | Miroslav Ondříček | |
A Passage to India | Ernest Day | |
Witness | John Seale | |
1986 | Out of Africa | David Watkin |
The Color Purple | Allen Daviau | |
The Mission | Chris Menges | |
A Room with a View | Tony Pierce-Roberts | |
1987 | Hope and Glory | Philippe Rousselot |
Jean de Florette | Bruno Nuytten | |
1988 | The Last Emperor | Vittorio Storaro |
A Handful of Dust | Peter Hannan | |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Sven Nykvist | |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Dean Cundey | |
1989 | Mississippi Burning | Peter Biziou |
Dangerous Liaisons | Philippe Rousselot | |
Dead Poets Society | John Seale | |
Shirley Valentine | Alan Hume |
1990s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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1990 | Glory | Freddie Francis |
Dick Tracy | Vittorio Storaro | |
Goodfellas | Michael Ballhaus | |
Memphis Belle | David Watkin | |
1991 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Pierre Lhomme |
Dances with Wolves | Dean Semler | |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Adam Greenberg | |
Thelma & Louise | Adrian Biddle | |
1992 | Howards End | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
Chaplin | Sven Nykvist | |
The Last of the Mohicans | Dante Spinotti | |
1492: Conquest of Paradise | Adrian Biddle | |
1993 | Schindler's List | Janusz Kamiński |
The Piano | Stuart Dryburgh | |
Shadowlands | Roger Pratt | |
1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Philippe Rousselot |
Four Weddings and a Funeral | Michael Coulter | |
The Hudsucker Proxy | Roger Deakins | |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Roger Pratt | |
The Road to Wellville | Peter Biziou | |
1995 | The Madness of King George | Andrew Dunn |
Apollo 13 | Dean Cundey | |
Richard III | Peter Biziou | |
Sense and Sensibility | Michael Coulter | |
Seven | Darius Khondji | |
1996 | Hamlet | Alex Thomson |
The English Patient | John Seale | |
Evita | Darius Khondji | |
Michael Collins | Chris Menges | |
1997 | L.A. Confidential | Dante Spinotti |
Firelight | Nic Morris | |
The Horse Whisperer | Robert Richardson | |
Titanic | Russell Carpenter | |
The Wings of the Dove | Eduardo Serra | |
1998 | Elizabeth | Remi Adefarasin |
Saving Private Ryan | Janusz Kamiński | |
Shakespeare in Love | Richard Greatrex | |
The Truman Show | Peter Biziou | |
The Thin Red Line | John Toll | |
1999 | American Beauty | Conrad L. Hall |
The End of the Affair | Roger Pratt | |
Gladiator | John Mathieson | |
Sleepy Hollow | Emmanuel Lubezki | |
Snow Falling on Cedars | Robert Richardson |
2000s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Roger Deakins |
Chocolat | Roger Pratt | |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Peter Pau | |
Enemy at the Gates | Robert Fraisse | |
Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | |
2001 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Roger Deakins |
Amélie | Bruno Delbonnel | |
Gosford Park | Andrew Dunn | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Andrew Lesnie | |
Moulin Rouge! | Donald McAlpine | |
2002 | Road to Perdition | Conrad L. Hall |
Chicago | Dion Beebe | |
Dirty Pretty Things | Chris Menges | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Andrew Lesnie | |
The Pianist | Paweł Edelman | |
2003 [2] | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Russell Boyd |
Cold Mountain | John Seale | |
Girl with a Pearl Earring | Eduardo Serra | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Andrew Lesnie | |
2005 [3][4] | The Phantom of the Opera | John Mathieson |
Batman Begins | Wally Pfister | |
The Constant Gardener | César Charlone | |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Roger Pratt | |
Mrs Henderson Presents | Andrew Dunn | |
2006 [5] | Casino Royale | Phil Méheux |
Children of Men | Emmanuel Lubezki | |
Memoirs of a Geisha | Dion Beebe | |
Pan's Labyrinth | Guillermo Navarro | |
The Prestige | Wally Pfister | |
Volver | José Luis Alcaine | |
2007 [6] | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Roger Deakins |
Atonement | Seamus McGarvey | |
Babel | Rodrigo Prieto | |
Eastern Promises | Peter Suschitzky | |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Remi Adefarasin | |
The Illusionist | Dick Pope | |
2008 [6] | No Country for Old Men | Roger Deakins |
Changeling | Tom Stern | |
The Dark Knight | Wally Pfister | |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Janusz Kamiński | |
There Will Be Blood | Robert Elswit | |
2009 [7] | The Hurt Locker | Barry Ackroyd |
An Education | John de Borman | |
Avatar | Mauro Fiore | |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Claudio Miranda | |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Bruno Delbonnel | |
The Reader | Roger Deakins and Chris Menges | |
Slumdog Millionaire | Anthony Dod Mantle | |
The White Ribbon | Christian Berger |
2010s
2020s
Year | Film | Cinematographer(s) |
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2020 [17] | Mank | Erik Messerschmidt |
Judas and the Black Messiah | Sean Bobbitt | |
The Mauritanian | Alwin H. Küchler | |
News of the World | Dariusz Wolski | |
Nomadland | Joshua James Richards | |
2021 [18] | The Power of the Dog | Ari Wegner |
Cyrano | Seamus McGarvey | |
Dune | Greig Fraser | |
The Tragedy of Macbeth | Bruno Delbonnel | |
West Side Story | Janusz Kamiński | |
2022 [19][20] | All Quiet on the Western Front | James Friend |
The Banshees of Inisherin | Ben Davis | |
The Batman | Greig Fraser | |
Elvis | Mandy Walker | |
Tár | Florian Hoffmeister | |
2023 [21] | Poor Things | Robbie Ryan |
Killers of the Flower Moon | Rodrigo Prieto | |
Maestro | Matthew Libatique | |
Oppenheimer | Hoyte van Hoytema | |
Saltburn | Linus Sandgren |
See also
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
- ASC Award for Best Feature Cinematography
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
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British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film
- Oswald Morris (1953)
- Robert Krasker (1954)
- Jack Cardiff (1956)
- Jack Hildyard (1958)
- Harry Waxman (1959)
- Freddie Francis (1960)
- Robert Krasker (1961)
- Freddie Young (1962)
- Ted Moore / Douglas Slocombe (1963)
- Geoffrey Unsworth (1964)
- Skeets Kelly (1965)
- Freddie Young / Oswald Morris (1966)
- Oswald Morris (1967)
- Douglas Slocombe (1968)
- Gerry Turpin (1969)
- Freddie Young (1970)
- Oswald Morris (1971)
- Geoffrey Unsworth (1972)
- Douglas Slocombe (1973)
- Douglas Slocombe (1974)
- John Alcott (1975)
- Gil Taylor (1976)
- Geoffrey Unsworth (1977)
- Douglas Slocombe (1978)
- Billy Williams (1979)
- Freddie Francis (1980)
- Freddie Francis (1981)
- Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982)
- Sven Nykvist (1983)
- Chris Menges (1984)
- Alex Thomson (1985)
- David Watkin (1986)
- Philippe Rousselot (1987)
- Vittorio Storaro (1988)
- Peter Biziou (1989)
- Freddie Francis (1990)
- Pierre Lhomme (1991)
- Tony Pierce-Roberts (1992)
- Janusz Kamiński (1993)
- Philippe Rousselot (1994)
- Andrew Dunn (1995)
- Alex Thomson (1996)
- Dante Spinotti (1997)
- Remi Adefarasin (1998)
- Conrad L. Hall (1999)
- Roger Deakins (2000)
- Roger Deakins (2001)
- Conrad L. Hall (2002)
- Russell Boyd (2003)
- John Mathieson (2005)
- Phil Méheux (2006)
- Roger Deakins (2007)
- Roger Deakins (2008)
- Barry Ackroyd (2009)
- Roger Deakins (2010)
- Guillaume Schiffman (2011)
- Seamus McGarvey (2012)
- Phedon Papamichael (2013)
- Dick Pope (2014)
- Edward Lachman (2015)
- Seamus McGarvey (2016)
- Roger Deakins (2017)
- Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
- Roger Deakins (2019)
- Erik Messerschmidt (2020)
- Ari Wegner (2021)
- James Friend (2022)
- Robbie Ryan (2023)