Latest winner Oscar Ledger Dossier
Cinematography Dossier
The image-making ledger: winning visual languages, photographed worlds, and the films that defined how Oscar saw the movies.
Latest Winner
Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Span
1927/28-2025
Ceremonies
71
Winners
71
Era Browser
CINEMATOGRAPHY Through the Eras
71 ceremonies, 71 winners, 276 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Fast view shows every winner and keeps older nominee trails linked through each ceremony ledger.
2020s
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2010s
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- Nominee Bradford Young Arrival Film History Person History
- Nominee Greig Fraser Lion Film History Person History
- Nominee James Laxton Moonlight Film History Person History
- Nominee Rodrigo Prieto Silence Film History Person History
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- Nominee Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski Ida Credits Lukasz Zal Ryszard Lenczewski Film History
- Nominee Dick Pope Mr. Turner Film History Person History
- Nominee Robert Yeoman The Grand Budapest Hotel Film History Person History
- Nominee Roger Deakins Unbroken Film History Person History
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2000s
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1990s
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1980s
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Winner
Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
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1970s
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1960s
Era Marker
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
A visual entry point into the 1960s CINEMATOGRAPHY run.
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1950s
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1930s
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1920s
Winner
Joseph T. Rucker, Willard Van Der Veer
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