BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography is a British Academy Film award presented each year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

• 1963 - From Russia with Love - Ted Moore
  • Nine Hours to Rama – Arthur Ibbetson
  • The Running Man – Robert Krasker
  • Sammy Going South – Erwin Hillier
  • The Scarlet Blade – Jack Asher
  • Tamahine – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The V.I.P.s – Jack Hildyard

• 1964 - Becket - Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The 7th Dawn – Freddie Young
  • The Chalk Garden – Arthur Ibbetson
  • Nothing But the Best – Nicolas Roeg
  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce – Jack Hildyard

• 1965 - The Ipcress File - Otto Heller
  • Help! – David Watkin
  • Lord Jim – Freddie Young
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes – Christopher Challis

• 1966 - Arabesque - Christopher Challis
  • Alfie – Otto Heller
  • The Blue Max – Douglas Slocombe
  • Modesty Blaise – Jack Hildyard

• 1967 - A Man for All Seasons - Ted Moore
  • Blow-Up – Carlo Di Palma
  • The Deadly Affair – Freddie Young
  • Far from the Madding Crowd – Nicolas Roeg

• 1963 - The Servant - Douglas Slocombe
  • Billy Liar – Denys N. Coop
  • Heavens Above! – Mutz Greenbaum
  • Station Six-Sahara – Gerald Gibbs
  • The Victors – Christopher Challis

• 1964 - The Pumpkin Eater - Oswald Morris
  • Guns at Batasi – Douglas Slocombe
  • King & Country – Denys N. Coop
  • Séance on a Wet Afternoon – Gerry Turpin

• 1965 - The Hill - Oswald Morris
  • Darling – Kenneth Higgins
  • The Knack …and How to Get It – David Watkin
  • Repulsion – Gilbert Taylor

• 1966 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Oswald Morris
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing – Denys N. Coop
  • Cul-de-sac – Gilbert Taylor
  • Georgy Girl – Kenneth Higgins

• 1967 - The Whisperers - Gerry Turpin
  • Mademoiselle – David Watkin
  • The Sailor from Gibraltar – Raoul Coutard
  • Ulysses – Wolfgang Suschitzky

• 1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey - Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade – David Watkin
  • Elvira Madigan – Jörgen Persson
  • The Lion in Winter – Douglas Slocombe

• 1969 - Oh! What a Lovely War - Gerry Turpin
  • Bullitt – William A. Fraker
  • Funny Girl – Harry Stradling Sr.
  • Hello, Dolly! – Harry Stradling Sr.
  • The Magus – Billy Williams
  • Women in Love – Billy Williams

• 1970 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Conrad L. Hall
  • Catch-22 – David Watkin
  • Ryan's Daughter – Freddie Young
  • Waterloo – Armando Nannuzzi

• 1971 - Death in Venice - Pasqualino De Santis
  • Fiddler on the Roof – Oswald Morris
  • The Go-Between – Gerry Fisher
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday – Billy Williams

• 1972 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Geoffrey Unsworth and Cabaret - Geoffrey Unsworth
  • A Clockwork Orange – John Alcott
  • Deliverance – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Ennio Guarnieri
  • Images – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Vilmos Zsigmond

• 1973 - Don't Look Now - Anthony B. Richmond
  • Jesus Christ Superstar – Douglas Slocombe
  • Sleuth – Oswald Morris
  • Travels with My Aunt – Douglas Slocombe
  • Viskningar och rop – Sven Nykvist

• 1974 - The Great Gatsby - Douglas Slocombe
  • Chinatown – John A. Alonzo
  • Murder on the Orient Express – Geoffrey Unsworth
  • The Three Musketeers – David Watkin
  • Zardoz – Geoffrey Unsworth

• 1975 - Barry Lyndon - John Alcott
  • The Man Who Would Be King – Oswald Morris
  • Rollerball – Douglas Slocombe
  • The Towering Inferno – Fred J. Koenekamp

• 1976 - Picnic at Hanging Rock - Russell Boyd
  • Aces High – Gerry Fisher Peter Allwork
  • All the President's Men – Gordon Willis
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – Haskell Wexler Bill Butler William A. Fraker

• 1977 - A Bridge Too Far - Geoffrey Unsworth
  • Fellini's Casanova – Giuseppe Rotunno
  • The Deep – Christopher Challis
  • Valentino – Peter Suschitzky

• 1978 - Julia - Douglas Slocombe
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Vilmos Zsigmond
  • The Duellists – Frank Tidy
  • Superman – Geoffrey Unsworth

• 1979 - The Deer Hunter - Vilmos Zsigmond
  • Apocalypse Now – Vittorio Storaro
  • Manhattan – Gordon Willis
  • Yanks – Dick Bush

• 1980 - All That Jazz - Giuseppe Rotunno
  • The Black Stallion – Caleb Deschanel
  • The Elephant Man – Freddie Francis
  • Kagemusha – Takao Saitô, Masaharu Ueda

• 1981 - Tess - Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet
  • Chariots of Fire – David Watkin
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman – Freddie Francis
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark – Douglas Slocombe

• 1982 - Blade Runner - Jordan Cronenweth
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Allen Daviau
  • Gandhi – Billy Williams Ronnie Taylor
  • Reds – Vittorio Storaro

• 1983 - Fanny och Alexander - Sven Nykvist
  • Heat and Dust - Walter Lassally
  • Local Hero - Chris Menges
  • Zelig - Gordon Willis

• 1984 - The Killing Fields - Chris Menges
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - John Alcott
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Douglas Slocombe
  • Once Upon a Time in America - Tonino Delli Colli

• 1985 - Amadeus - Miroslav Ondrícek
  • The Emerald Forest - Philippe Rousselot
  • A Passage to India - Ernest Day
  • Witness - John Seale

• 1986 - Out of Africa - David Watkin
  • The Mission - Chris Menges
  • Ran - Takao Saitô Masaharu Ueda
  • A Room with a View - Tony Pierce-Roberts

• 1987 - Jean de Florette - Bruno Nuytten
  • Cry Freedom - Ronnie Taylor
  • Hope and Glory - Philippe Rousselot
  • Platoon - Robert Richardson

• 1988 - Empire of the Sun - Allen Daviau
  • Babettes gæstebud - Henning Kristiansen
  • The Last Emperor - Vittorio Storaro
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Dean Cundey

• 1989 - Mississippi Burning - Peter Biziou
  • Dangerous Liaisons - Philippe Rousselot
  • Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey - John Seale Alan Root
  • Henry V - Kenneth MacMillan
  • L'Ours - Philippe Rousselot

• 1990: Vittorio Storaro – The Sheltering Sky
  • Freddie Francis – Glory
  • Michael Ballhaus – Goodfellas
  • Blasco Giurato – Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso)

• 1991: Pierre Lhomme – Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Dean Semler – Dances with Wolves
  • Tak Fujimoto – The Silence of the Lambs
  • Adrian Biddle – Thelma & Louise

• 1992: Dante Spinotti – The Last of the Mohicans
  • Freddie Francis – Cape Fear
  • Tony Pierce-Roberts – Howards End
  • Jack N. Green – Unforgiven

• 1993: Janusz Kamiński – Schindler's List
  • Michael Ballhaus – The Age of Innocence
  • Stuart Dryburgh – The Piano
  • Tony Pierce-Roberts – The Remains of the Day

• 1994: Philippe Rousselot – Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
  • Brian J. Breheny – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • Don Burgess – Forrest Gump
  • Andrzej Sekuła – Pulp Fiction

• 1995: John Toll – Braveheart
  • Dean Cundey – Apollo 13
  • Andrew Dunn – The Madness of King George
  • Michael Coulter – Sense and Sensibility

• 1996: John Seale – The English Patient
  • Darius Khondji – Evita
  • Roger Deakins – Fargo
  • Chris Menges – Michael Collins

• 1997: Eduardo Serra – The Wings of the Dove
  • Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
  • Donald McAlpine – Romeo + Juliet
  • Russell Carpenter – Titanic

• 1998: Remi Adefarasin – Elizabeth
  • Janusz Kamiński – Saving Private Ryan
  • Richard Greatrex – Shakespeare in Love
  • Peter Biziou – The Truman Show

• 1999: Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
  • Michael Seresin – Angela's Ashes
  • Roger Pratt – The End of the Affair
  • Bill Pope – The Matrix
  • John Seale – The Talented Mr. Ripley

• 2000: John Mathieson – Gladiator
  • Brian Tufano – Billy Elliot
  • Roger Pratt – Chocolat
  • Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
  • Roger Deakins – O Brother, Where Art Thou?

• 2001: Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn't There
  • Bruno Delbonnel – Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
  • Slawomir Idziak – Black Hawk Down
  • Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Donald McAlpine – Moulin Rouge!

• 2002: Conrad L. Hall – Road to Perdition
  • Dion Beebe – Chicago
  • Michael Ballhaus – Gangs of New York
  • Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • Pawel Edelman – The Pianist

• 2003: Andrew Lesnie – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • John Seale – Cold Mountain
  • Eduardo Serra – Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • Lance Acord – Lost in Translation
  • Russell Boyd – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

• 2004: Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron – Collateral
  • Robert Richardson – The Aviator
  • Roberto Schaefer – Finding Neverland
  • Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
  • Eric Gautier – The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)

• 2005: Dion Beebe – Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Brokeback Mountain
  • César Charlone – The Constant Gardener
  • J. Michael Muro – Crash
  • Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison – March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)

• 2006: Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
  • Rodrigo Prieto – Babel
  • Phil Meheux – Casino Royale
  • Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
  • Barry Ackroyd – United 93

• 2007: Roger Deakins – No Country for Old Men
  • Harris Savides – American Gangster
  • Seamus McGarvey – Atonement
  • Oliver Wood – The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Robert Elswit – There Will Be Blood

• 2008: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Tom Stern – Changeling
  • Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight
  • Roger Deakins and Chris Menges – The Reader

• 2009: Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
  • Mauro Fiore – Avatar
  • Trent Opaloch – District 9
  • Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
  • Javier Aguirresarobe – The Road

• 2010: Roger Deakins – True Grit
  • Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak – 127 Hours
  • Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
  • Wally Pfister – Inception
  • Danny Cohen – The King's Speech

• 2011: Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
  • Jeff Cronenweth – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Robert Richardson – Hugo
  • Hoyte van Hoytema – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  • Janusz Kamiński – War Horse