In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) was not tied to a specific film; all of the work by the nominated cinematographers during the qualifying period was listed after their names. The problem with this system became obvious the first year, since Karl Struss and Charles Rosher were nominated for their work together on Sunrise but three other films shot individually by either Rosher or Struss were also listed as part of the nomination. The second year, 1929, there were no nominations at all, although the Academy has a list of unofficial titles which were under consideration by the Board of Judges. In the third year, 1930, films, not cinematographers, were nominated, and the final award did not show the cinematographer's name.
Finally, for the 1931 awards, the modern system in which individuals are nominated for a single film each was adopted in all profession-related categories. From 1939 to 1967 with the exception of 1957, there were also separate awards for color and for black-and-white cinematography. Since then, the only black-and-white film to win is Schindler's List (1993).
Floyd Crosby won the award for Tabu in 1931, which was the last silent film to win in this category. Hal Mohr won the only write-in Academy Award ever, in 1935 for A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mohr was also the first person to win for both black-and-white and color cinematography.
No winners are lost, although some of the earliest nominees (and of the unofficial nominees of 1928–29) are lost, including The Devil Dancer (1927), The Magic Flame (1927), and Four Devils (1928). The Right to Love (1930) is incomplete, and Sadie Thompson (1927) is incomplete and partially reconstructed with stills.
The first nominees shot primarily on digital video were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, with Slumdog Millionaire the first winner.[1] The following year Avatar was the first nominee and winner to be shot entirely on digital video.[2]
In 2018, Rachel Morrison became the first woman to receive a nomination. Prior to that it had been the last Academy Award category to never nominate a woman.[3][4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography#Winners_and_nominees
The top 300 best silent era films are based on the votes on the silentera.com website. The list is not limited to features exclusively. True silent films (like City Lights) not made in the default silent cinema timeline (1891-1929) are also accepted. Films receiving votes must still exist somewhere and in some viewable form. We limit the list to films that were produced to be silent films exclusively (synchronized music tracks are acceptable, but part-talkies and talkies that have only survived as silents are out).
Source: http://silentera.com/info/top100.html
This list contains all movies that have won the Best Cinematography prize in the Academy Awards.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography
This is a list of all winners of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography since 1927.
List of Nominees and Winners.
WARNER BAXTER "In Old Arizona - WINNER
GEORGE BANCROFT "Thunderbolt"
CHESTER MORRIS "Alibi"
PAUL MUNI "The Valiant"
LEWIS STONE "The Patriot"
MARY PICKFORD "Coquette" - WINNER
RUTH CHATTERTON "Madame X"
BETTY COMPSON "The Barker"
JEANNE EAGELS "The Letter"
CORINNE GRIFFITH "The Divine Lady"
BESSIE LOVE "The Broadway Melody"
"THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY" Cedric Gibbons - WINNER
"THE PATRIOT" Hans Dreier
"DYNAMITE" Mitchell Leisen
"ALIBI" William Cameron Menzies
"THE AWAKENING" William Cameron Menzies
"STREET ANGEL" Harry Oliver
"WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS" Clyde De Vinna - WINNER
"OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS" George Barnes
"IN OLD ARIZONA" Arthur Edeson
"FOUR DEVILS" Ernest Palmer
"STREET ANGEL" Ernest Palmer
"THE DIVINE LADY" John Seitz
"THE DIVINE LADY" Frank Lloyd - WINNER
"MADAME X" Lionel Barrymore
"THE BROADWAY MELODY" Harry Beaumont
"IN OLD ARIZONA" Irving Cummings
"DRAG" Frank Lloyd
"WEARY RIVER" Frank Lloyd
"THE PATRIOT" Ernst Lubitsch
"THE BROADWAY MELODY" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - WINNER
"ALIBI" Feature Productions
"IN OLD ARIZONA" Fox
"HOLLYWOOD REVUE" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"THE PATRIOT" Paramount Famous Lasky
"THE PATRIOT" Hans Kraly - WINNER
"THE VALIANT" Tom Barry
"IN OLD ARIZONA" Tom Barry
"THE LEATHERNECK" Elliott Clawson
"SAL OF SINGAPORE" Elliott Clawson
"SKYSCRAPER" Elliott Clawson
"THE COP" Elliott Clawson
"THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY" Hans Kraly
"OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS" Josephine Lovett
"WONDER OF WOMEN" Bess Meredyth
"A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS" Bess Meredyth
List of films that have won the Oscar for Best Cinematography
Updated with 2024 winners.
Notes:
- From 1936 until 1939 two oscars were awarded, one additional for color movies.
Oscar Award Winners for Cinematography
Movies I need to see
List of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
All the winners in the Best Cinematography category of the Oscars.
List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Cinematography: http://bit.ly/37Jf8tg
A list of every movie nominated for an Academy Award (Oscars) from 1927 to present.
My list of silent movies to watch.
The 481 films listed below were included in previous editions of the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?'s 1,000 Greatest Films.
A list of the films from the 1928/29 Academy Awards.
Note: There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930. Though not official nominations, the additional names in each category, according to in-house records, were under consideration by the various boards of judges.
Academy Award Winners For Best Cinematography
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