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{{Short description|Film award given for achievement by independent film cinematographers}}
The '''Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography''' is one of the annual awards given by [[Independent Spirit Awards]], a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.
{{Infobox award
| name = [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] for Best Cinematography
| awarded_for = Best Cinematography
| image =
| caption =
| presenter = Film Independent
| country = [[United States]]
| year = 1985
| holder = [[Eigil Bryld]] for ''[[The Holdovers]]'' (2023)
| website = {{url|https://www.filmindependent.org}}
}}


The '''Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography''' is one of the annual awards given out by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first given in 1985, with Japanese cinematographer [[Toyomichi Kurita]] being the first recipient of the award for his work in ''[[Trouble in Mind (film)|Trouble in Mind]]''.
== Winners and nominees ==


=== 1980s ===
==Winners and nominees==
===1980s===
* '''1985: [[Toyomichi Kurita]] – ''[[Trouble in Mind (film)|Trouble in Mind]]'' '''
{| class="wikitable" width="90%" cellpadding="5"
** [[Michael Ballhaus]] – ''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]''
|-
** [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] – ''[[Blood Simple]]''
!width="100"|'''Year'''
** Michael Chin – ''[[Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart]]''
!width="450"|'''Film'''
* '''1986: [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] – ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' '''
!width="450"|'''Recipient(s)'''
** [[Frederick Elmes]] – ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]''
|-
** [[Robby Müller]] – ''[[Down by Law (film)|Down by Law]]''
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|[[1st Independent Spirit Awards|1985]]<br /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Independent Spirit Awards - 34 Years of Nominees and Winners |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2019_SA_NomsWinners_092619.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230021022/https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2019_SA_NomsWinners_092619.pdf |archive-date=2019-12-30 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=s3.amazonaws.com |page=47}}</ref><ref>[https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/independent-spirit-awards-predictions-barry-jenkins-director-if-beale-street-could-talk/ Barry Jenkins expected to join tiny group of double directing champs at Spirit Awards - GoldDerby]</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Trouble in Mind (film)|Trouble in Mind]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Toyomichi Kurita]]'''
** [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] – ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]''
|-
** [[Edward Lachman]] – ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]''
| ''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]'' || [[Michael Ballhaus]]
* '''1987: [[Haskell Wexler]] – ''[[Matewan]]'' '''
|-
** [[Robby Müller]] – ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]''
| ''[[Blood Simple]]'' || [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
** [[Fred Murphy (cinematographer)|Fred Murphy]] – ''[[The Dead (1987 film)|The Dead]]''
|-
** [[Amir Mokri]] – ''[[Slam Dance (film)|Slam Dance]]''
| ''[[Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart]]'' || Michael Chin
** [[John Bailey (cinematographer)|John Bailey]] – ''[[Tough Guys Don't Dance (film)|Tough Guys Don't Dance]]''
|-
* '''1988: [[Sven Nykvist]] – ''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]'' '''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[2nd Independent Spirit Awards|1986]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]'''
** [[Toyomichi Kurita]] – ''[[The Moderns]]''
|-
** Gregory Cummins – ''[[Patti Rocks]]''
| ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' || [[Frederick Elmes]]
** [[Tom Richmond (cinematographer)|Tom Richmond]] – ''[[Stand and Deliver]]''
|-
** [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] – ''[[Talk Radio (film)|Talk Radio]]''
| ''[[Down by Law (film)|Down by Law]]'' || [[Robby Müller]]
* '''1989: [[Robert Yeoman]] – ''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]'' '''
|-
**[[Oliver Stapleton]] – ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]''
| ''[[Salvador (film)|Salvador]]'' || [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
** [[Robby Müller]] – ''[[Mystery Train (film)|Mystery Train]]''
|-
** [[Toyomichi Kurita]] – ''[[Powwow Highway]]''
| ''[[True Stories (film)|True Stories]]'' || [[Edward Lachman]]
** [[Robert Tregenza]] – ''Talking to Strangers''
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[3rd Independent Spirit Awards|1987]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Matewan]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Haskell Wexler]]'''
|-
| ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'' || [[Robby Müller]]
|-
| ''[[The Dead (1987 film)|The Dead]]'' || [[Fred Murphy (cinematographer)|Fred Murphy]]
|-
| ''[[Slam Dance (film)|Slam Dance]]'' || [[Amir Mokri]]
|-
| ''[[Tough Guys Don't Dance (film)|Tough Guys Don't Dance]]'' || [[John Bailey (cinematographer)|John Bailey]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[4th Independent Spirit Awards|1988]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)|The Unbearable Lightness of Being]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Sven Nykvist]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Moderns]]'' || [[Toyomichi Kurita]]
|-
| ''[[Patti Rocks]]'' || Gregory M. Cummins
|-
| ''[[Stand and Deliver]]'' || [[Tom Richmond (cinematographer)|Tom Richmond]]
|-
| ''[[Talk Radio (film)|Talk Radio]]'' || [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[5th Independent Spirit Awards|1989]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Robert Yeoman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'' || [[Oliver Stapleton]]
|-
| ''[[Mystery Train (film)|Mystery Train]]'' || [[Robby Müller]]
|-
| ''[[Powwow Highway]]'' || [[Toyomichi Kurita]]
|-
| ''[[Talking to Strangers (film)|Talking to Strangers]]'' || [[Rob Tregenza]]
|-
|}


=== 1990s ===
===1990s===
{| class="wikitable" width="90%" cellpadding="5"
* '''1990: [[Frederick Elmes]] – ''[[Wild at Heart (film)|Wild at Heart]]'''''<ref>[https://ascmag.com/articles/artistry-in-balance-fred-elmes-asc Artistry in Balance: Fred Elmes, ASC - The American Society of Cinematographers]</ref>
|-
** [[Peter Deming]] – ''[[House Party (film)|House Party]]''
!width="100"|'''Year'''
** [[Bojan Bazelli]] – ''[[King of New York]]''
!width="450"|'''Film'''
** [[Amir Mokri]] – ''[[Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive]]''
!width="450"|'''Recipient(s)'''
** [[Robert M. Young (film director)|Robert M. Young]] – ''[[The Plot Against Harry]]''
|-
* '''1991: Walt Lloyd – ''[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[6th Independent Spirit Awards|1990]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Wild at Heart (film)|Wild at Heart]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Frederick Elmes]]'''
** [[Roger Deakins]] – ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]''
|-
** Eric Alan Edwards and John Campbell – ''[[My Own Private Idaho]]''
| ''[[House Party (film)|House Party]]'' || [[Peter Deming]]
** [[Tom Richmond (cinematographer)|Tom Richmond]] – ''[[Pastime (film)|Pastime]]''
|-
** [[Johnny E. Jensen]] – ''[[Rambling Rose (film)|Rambling Rose]]''
| ''[[King of New York]]'' || [[Bojan Bazelli]]
* '''1992: [[Frederick Elmes]] – ''[[Night on Earth (film)|Night on Earth]]'''''<ref>[https://ascmag.com/articles/artistry-in-balance-fred-elmes-asc Artistry in Balance: Fred Elmes, ASC - The American Society of Cinematographers]</ref>
|-
** [[Jon Jost]] – ''[[All the Vermeers in New York]]''
| ''[[Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive]]'' || [[Amir Mokri]]
** [[Jean de Segonzac]] – ''[[Laws of Gravity (film)|Laws of Gravity]]''
|-
** [[Edward Lachman]] – ''[[Light Sleeper]]''
| ''[[The Plot Against Harry]]'' || [[Robert M. Young (director)|Robert M. Young]]
** [[Ellen Kuras]] – ''[[Swoon (film)|Swoon]]''
|-
* '''1993: Lisa Rinzler – ''[[Menace II Society]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[7th Independent Spirit Awards|1991]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Kafka (film)|Kafka]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Walt Lloyd'''
** James Bagdonas – ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]''
|-
** Nancy Schreiber – ''[[Chain of Desire]]''
| ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]'' || [[Roger Deakins]]
** [[Elliot Davis (cinematographer)|Elliot Davis]] – ''[[Equinox (1992 film)|Equinox]]''
|-
** Alex Vlacos – ''[[Ruby in Paradise]]''
| ''[[My Own Private Idaho]]'' || Eric Alan Edwards and John J. Campbell
* '''1994: John Thomas – ''[[Barcelona (film)|Barcelona]]'''''
|-
** [[Stevan Larner]] – ''[[The Beans of Egypt, Maine]]''
| ''[[Pastime (film)|Pastime]]'' || [[Tom Richmond (cinematographer)|Tom Richmond]]
** [[Jong Lin]] – ''[[Eat Drink Man Woman]]''
|-
** Alexander Gruzynski – ''[[I Like It Like That (film)|I Like It Like That]]''
| ''[[Rambling Rose (film)|Rambling Rose]]'' || [[Johnny E. Jensen]]
** [[Greg Gardiner]] – ''[[Suture (film)|Suture]]''
|-
* '''1995: [[Declan Quinn]] – ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[8th Independent Spirit Awards|1992]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Night on Earth]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Frederick Elmes]]'''
** [[Tom Richmond (cinematographer)|Tom Richmond]] – ''[[Little Odessa (film)|Little Odessa]]''
|-
** Jim Denault – ''[[Nadja (film)|Nadja]]''
| ''[[All the Vermeers in New York]]'' || [[Jon Jost]]
** [[Elliot Davis (cinematographer)|Elliot Davis]] – ''[[The Underneath (film)|The Underneath]]''
|-
** [[Newton Thomas Sigel]] – ''[[The Usual Suspects]]''
* '''1996: [[Roger Deakins]] – ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' '''
| ''[[Laws of Gravity (film)|Laws of Gravity]]'' || [[Jean de Segonzac]]
|-
** [[Bill Pope]] – ''[[Bound (1996 film)|Bound]]''
| ''[[Light Sleeper]]'' || [[Edward Lachman]]
** Rob Sweeney – ''[[Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day]]''
|-
** [[Robby Müller]] – ''[[Dead Man]]''
| ''[[Swoon (film)|Swoon]]'' || [[Ellen Kuras]]
** [[Ken Kelsch]] – ''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]''
|-
* '''1997: [[Declan Quinn]] – ''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[9th Independent Spirit Awards|1993]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Menace II Society]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Lisa Rinzler]]'''
** Alex Vendler – ''The Bible and Gun Club''
|-
** Frank G. DeMarco – ''[[Habit (1997 film)|Habit]]''
** [[Robert Elswit]] – ''[[Hard Eight (film)|Hard Eight]]''
| ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]'' || James R. Bagdonas
|-
** Michael Barrow and John Foster – ''[[Sunday (1997 film)|Sunday]]''
* '''1998: [[Maryse Alberti]] – ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]'''''
| ''[[Chain of Desire]]'' || [[Nancy Schreiber]]
|-
** [[Paul Sarossy]] – ''[[Affliction (1997 film)|Affliction]]''
| ''[[Equinox (1992 film)|Equinox]]'' || [[Elliot Davis (cinematographer)|Elliot Davis]]
** [[Malik Sayeed]] – ''[[Belly (film)|Belly]]''
|-
** [[Tami Reiker]] – ''[[High Art]]''
| ''[[Ruby in Paradise]]'' || Alex Vlacos
** [[Matthew Libatique]] – ''[[Pi (film)|Pi]]''
|-
* '''1999: Lisa Rinzler – ''[[Three Seasons]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[10th Independent Spirit Awards|1994]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Barcelona (film)|Barcelona]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''John Thomas'''
** Harlan Bosmajian – ''[[The City (1998 film)|The City]]''
|-
** Jeffrey Seckendorf – ''[[Judy Berlin]]''
| ''[[The Beans of Egypt, Maine]]'' || [[Stevan Larner]]
** [[Anthony Dod Mantle]] – ''[[Julien Donkey-Boy]]''
|-
** [[M. David Mullen]] – ''[[Twin Falls Idaho (film)|Twin Falls Idaho]]''
| ''[[Eat Drink Man Woman]]'' || [[Jong Lin]]
|-
| ''[[I Like It Like That (film)|I Like It Like That]]'' || [[Alexander Gruszynski]]
|-
| ''[[Suture (film)|Suture]]'' || [[Greg Gardiner]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[11th Independent Spirit Awards|1995]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Declan Quinn]]'''
|-
| ''[[Little Odessa (film)|Little Odessa]]'' || [[Tom Richmond (cinematographer)|Tom Richmond]]
|-
| ''[[Nadja (film)|Nadja]]'' || [[Jim Denault]]
|-
| ''[[The Underneath (film)|The Underneath]]'' || [[Elliot Davis (cinematographer)|Elliot Davis]]
|-
| ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' || [[Newton Thomas Sigel]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[12th Independent Spirit Awards|1996]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Roger Deakins]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bound (1996 film)|Bound]]'' || [[Bill Pope]]
|-
| ''[[Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day]]'' || Rob Sweeney
|-
| ''[[Dead Man]]'' || [[Robby Müller]]
|-
| ''[[The Funeral (1996 film)|The Funeral]]'' || [[Ken Kelsch]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[13th Independent Spirit Awards|1997]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Declan Quinn]]'''
|-
| ''The Bible and Gun Club'' || Alex Vendler
|-
| ''[[Habit (1997 film)|Habit]]'' || Frank G. DeMarco
|-
| ''[[Hard Eight (film)|Hard Eight]]'' || [[Robert Elswit]]
|-
| ''[[Sunday (1997 film)|Sunday]]'' || Michael Barrow and John Foster
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[14th Independent Spirit Awards|1998]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Velvet Goldmine]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Maryse Alberti]]'''
|-
| ''[[Affliction (1997 film)|Affliction]]'' || [[Paul Sarossy]]
|-
| ''[[Belly (film)|Belly]]'' || [[Malik Hassan Sayeed]]
|-
| ''[[High Art]]'' || [[Tami Reiker]]
|-
| ''[[Pi (film)|Pi]]'' || [[Matthew Libatique]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[15th Independent Spirit Awards|1999]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Three Seasons]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Lisa Rinzler]]'''
|-
| ''[[The City (1998 film)|The City]]'' || Harlan Bosmajian
|-
| ''[[Judy Berlin]]'' || Jeffrey Seckendorf
|-
| ''[[Julien Donkey-Boy]]'' || [[Anthony Dod Mantle]]
|-
| ''[[Twin Falls Idaho (film)|Twin Falls Idaho]]'' || [[M. David Mullen]]
|-
|}


=== 2000s ===
===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" width="90%" cellpadding="5"
* '''2000: [[Matthew Libatique]] – ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'''''
|-
** Xavier Grobet and Guillermo Rosas – ''[[Before Night Falls (film)|Before Night Falls]]''
!width="100"|'''Year'''
** [[Tim Orr]] – ''[[George Washington (film)|George Washington]]''
!width="450"|'''Film'''
** John De Borman – ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]''
!width="450"|'''Recipient(s)'''
** Lou Bogue – ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]]''
|-
* '''2001: [[Peter Deming]] – ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[16th Independent Spirit Awards|2000]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Requiem for a Dream]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Matthew Libatique]]'''
** [[W. Mott Hupfel III]] – ''[[The American Astronaut]]''
|-
** [[Giles Nuttgens]] – ''[[The Deep End (film)|The Deep End]]''
| ''[[Before Night Falls (film)|Before Night Falls]]'' || Xavier Pérez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas
** Frank G. DeMarco – ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]''
|-
** [[Wally Pfister]] – ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''
| ''[[George Washington (film)|George Washington]]'' || [[Tim Orr]]
* '''2002: [[Edward Lachman]] – ''[[Far from Heaven]]'''''
|-
** [[Harris Savides]] – ''[[Gerry (2002 film)|Gerry]]''
| ''[[Hamlet (2000 film)|Hamlet]]'' || [[John de Borman]]
** Richard Rutkowski – ''[[Interview with the Assassin]]''
|-
** [[Alex Nepomniaschy]] – ''[[Narc (film)|Narc]]''
| ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]]'' || Lou Bogue
** [[Ellen Kuras]] – ''[[Personal Velocity: Three Portraits]]''
|-
* '''2003: [[Declan Quinn]] – ''[[In America (film)|In America]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[17th Independent Spirit Awards|2001]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Peter Deming]]'''
** [[Harris Savides]] – ''[[Elephant (2003 film)|Elephant]]''
|-
** [[M. David Mullen]] – ''[[Northfork]]''
| ''[[The American Astronaut]]'' || [[W. Mott Hupfel III]]
** [[Mandy Walker]] – ''[[Shattered Glass (film)|Shattered Glass]]''
|-
** [[Derek Cianfrance]] – ''Streets of Legend''
* '''2004: [[Éric Gautier]] – ''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]'''''
| ''[[The Deep End (film)|The Deep End]]'' || [[Giles Nuttgens]]
|-
** [[Tim Orr]] – ''[[Dandelion (2004 film)|Dandelion]]''
| ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (film)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' || Frank G. DeMarco
** David Greene – ''[[Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story|Redemption]]''
|-
** [[Ryan Little]] – ''[[Saints and Soldiers]]''
| ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]'' || [[Wally Pfister]]
** [[Maryse Alberti]] – ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]''
|-
* '''2005: [[Robert Elswit]] – ''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'' '''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[18th Independent Spirit Awards|2002]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Far from Heaven]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Edward Lachman]]'''
** Adam Kimmel – ''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]''
|-
** John Foster – ''[[Keane (film)|Keane]]''
** [[Harris Savides]] – ''[[Last Days (2005 film)|Last Days]]''
| ''[[Gerry (2002 film)|Gerry]]'' || [[Harris Savides]]
|-
** [[Chris Menges]] – ''[[The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]]''
| ''[[Interview with the Assassin]]'' || Richard Rutkowski
* '''2006: [[Guillermo Navarro]] – ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' '''
|-
** [[Anthony Dod Mantle]] – ''[[Brothers of the Head]]''
| ''[[Narc (film)|Narc]]'' || [[Alex Nepomniaschy]]
** Arin Crumley – ''[[Four Eyed Monsters]]''
|-
** Michael Simmonds – ''[[Man Push Cart]]''
| ''[[Personal Velocity: Three Portraits]]'' || [[Ellen Kuras]]
** [[Aaron Platt]] – ''[[Wild Tigers I Have Known]]''
|-
* '''2007: [[Janusz Kamiński]] – ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'' '''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[19th Independent Spirit Awards|2003]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[In America (film)|In America]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Declan Quinn]]'''
** [[Rodrigo Prieto]] – ''[[Lust, Caution]]''
|-
** [[W. Mott Hupfel III]] – ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]''
** Milton Kam – ''[[Vanaja (film)|Vanaja]]''
| ''[[Elephant (2003 film)|Elephant]]'' || [[Harris Savides]]
|-
** [[Mihai Mălaimare Jr.]] – ''[[Youth Without Youth (film)|Youth Without Youth]]''
| ''[[Northfork]]'' || [[M. David Mullen]]
* '''2008: [[Maryse Alberti]] – ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]'''''
|-
** [[Lol Crawley]] – ''[[Ballast (film)|Ballast]]''
** Michael Simmonds – ''[[Chop Shop (film)|Chop Shop]]''
| ''[[Shattered Glass (film)|Shattered Glass]]'' || [[Mandy Walker]]
|-
** [[James Laxton]] – ''[[Medicine for Melancholy]]''
| ''Streets of Legend'' || [[Derek Cianfrance]]
** [[Harris Savides]] – ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]''
|-
* '''2009: [[Roger Deakins]] – ''[[A Serious Man]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[20th Independent Spirit Awards|2004]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Éric Gautier]]'''
** [[Peter Zeitlinger]] – ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]''
|-
** [[Andrij Parekh]] – ''[[Cold Souls]]''
** [[Adriano Goldman]] – ''[[Sin Nombre (2009 film)|Sin Nombre]]''
| ''[[Dandelion (2004 film)|Dandelion]]'' || [[Tim Orr]]
|-
** Anne Misawa – ''[[Treeless Mountain]]''
| ''[[Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story]]'' || David Greene
|-
| ''[[Saints and Soldiers]]'' || [[Ryan Little]]
|-
| ''[[We Don't Live Here Anymore]]'' || [[Maryse Alberti]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[21st Independent Spirit Awards|2005]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Robert Elswit]]'''
|-
| ''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]'' || Adam Kimmel
|-
| ''[[Keane (film)|Keane]]'' || John Foster
|-
| ''[[Last Days (2005 film)|Last Days]]'' || [[Harris Savides]]
|-
| ''[[The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]]'' || [[Chris Menges]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[22nd Independent Spirit Awards|2006]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Guillermo Navarro]]'''
|-
| ''[[Brothers of the Head]]'' || [[Anthony Dod Mantle]]
|-
| ''[[Four Eyed Monsters]]'' || Arin Crumley
|-
| ''[[Man Push Cart]]'' || Michael Simmonds
|-
| ''[[Wild Tigers I Have Known]]'' || [[Aaron Platt]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[23rd Independent Spirit Awards|2007]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Janusz Kamiński]]'''
|-
| ''[[Lust, Caution]]'' || [[Rodrigo Prieto]]
|-
| ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]'' || [[W. Mott Hupfel III]]
|-
| ''[[Vanaja (film)|Vanaja]]'' || Milton Kam
|-
| ''[[Youth Without Youth (film)|Youth Without Youth]]'' || [[Mihai Mălaimare Jr.]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[24th Independent Spirit Awards|2008]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Maryse Alberti]]'''
|-
| ''[[Ballast (film)|Ballast]]'' || [[Lol Crawley]]
|-
| ''[[Chop Shop (film)|Chop Shop]]'' || Michael Simmonds
|-
| ''[[Medicine for Melancholy]]'' || [[James Laxton]]
|-
| ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]'' || [[Harris Savides]]
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[25th Independent Spirit Awards|2009]]<br /> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[A Serious Man]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Roger Deakins]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans]]'' || [[Peter Zeitlinger]]
|-
| ''[[Cold Souls]]'' || [[Andrij Parekh]]
|-
| ''[[Sin nombre (2009 film)|Sin nombre]]'' || [[Adriano Goldman]]
|-
| ''[[Treeless Mountain]]'' || Anne Misawa
|-
|}


=== 2010s ===
===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" width="90%" cellpadding="5"
* '''2010: [[Matthew Libatique]] – ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' '''
|-
** [[Harris Savides]] – ''[[Greenberg (film)|Greenberg]]''
!width="100"|'''Year'''
** Adam Kimmel – ''[[Never Let Me Go (2010 film)|Never Let Me Go]]''
!width="450"|'''Film'''
** Jody Lee Lipes – ''[[Tiny Furniture]]''
!width="450"|'''Recipient(s)'''
** Michael McDonough – ''[[Winter's Bone]]''
|-
* '''2011: [[Guillaume Schiffman]] – ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' '''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[26th Independent Spirit Awards|2010]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-swan-takes-best-feature-161977/ |title=2011 Independent Spirit Awards Winners List |last=Fernandez |first=Sofia M. |date=February 26, 2011 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 26, 2011}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Matthew Libatique]]'''
** [[Joel Hodge]] – ''[[Bellflower (film)|Bellflower]]''
|-
** Benjamin Kasulke – ''[[The Off Hours]]''
| ''[[Never Let Me Go (2010 film)|Never Let Me Go]]'' || Adam Kimmel
** [[Darius Khondji]] – ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''
|-
** Jeffrey Waldron – ''[[The Dynamiter (film)|The Dynamiter]]''
* '''2012: [[Ben Richardson]] – ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'''''
| ''[[Tiny Furniture]]'' || [[Jody Lee Lipes]]
|-
** [[Roman Vasyanov]] – ''[[End of Watch]]''
| ''[[Winter's Bone]]'' || Michael McDonough
** [[Lol Crawley]] – ''[[Here (2011 film)|Here]]''
|-
** [[Robert Yeoman]] – ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
| ''[[Greenberg (film)|Greenberg]]'' || [[Harris Savides]]
** Yoni Brook – ''[[Valley of Saints (film)|Valley of Saints]]''
|-
* '''2013: [[Sean Bobbitt]] – ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'''''
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[27th Independent Spirit Awards|2011]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/indie-spirit-awards-winners-list-the-artist-294970/ |title=Indie Spirit Awards 2012: Complete Winners List |last=Fernandez |first=Jay |date=February 25, 2012 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Guillaume Schiffman]]'''
** [[Benoît Debie]] – ''[[Spring Breakers]]''
|-
** [[Bruno Delbonnel]] – ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]''
| ''[[Bellflower (film)|Bellflower]]'' || [[Joel Hodge]]
** Frank G. DeMarco – ''[[All Is Lost]]''
|-
** [[Matthias Grunsky]] – ''[[Computer Chess (film)|Computer Chess]]''
| ''[[The Off Hours]]'' || Benjamin Kasulke
* '''2014: [[Emmanuel Lubezki]] – ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)]]'''''
|-
** Lyle Vincent – ''[[A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night]]''
| ''[[Midnight in Paris]]'' || [[Darius Khondji]]
** [[Darius Khondji]] – ''[[The Immigrant (2013 film)|The Immigrant]]''
|-
** [[Sean Porter (cinematographer)|Sean Porter]] – ''[[It Felt Like Love]]''
| ''[[The Dynamiter (film)|The Dynamiter]]'' || [[Jeffrey Waldron]]
** [[Bradford Young]] – ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]''
|-
* '''2015: [[Edward Lachman]] – ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]''''' <ref>[https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/02/2016-independent-spirit-awards-winners-spotlight-tangerine-and-beasts-of-no-nation/ 2016 Independent Spirit Awards Winners: Spotlight, Tangerine, and Beasts of No Nation|Consequence of Sound]</ref>
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[28th Independent Spirit Awards|2012]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/independent-spirit-awards-2013-winners-423644/ |title=Independent Spirit Awards 2013: Winners List |author=THR Staff |date=February 23, 2013 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 23, 2013}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Ben Richardson]]'''
** [[Cary Fukunaga|Cary Joji Fukunaga]] – ''[[Beasts of No Nation (film)|Beasts of No Nation]]''
|-
** Mike Gioulakis – ''[[It Follows]]''
| ''[[Valley of Saints (film)|Valley of Saints]]'' || Yoni Brook
** [[Reed Morano]] – ''[[Meadowland (film)|Meadowland]]''
|-
** Joshua James Richards – ''[[Songs My Brothers Taught Me]]''
| ''[[Here (2011 film)|Here]]'' || [[Lol Crawley]]
* '''2016: [[James Laxton]] – ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'''''
|-
** Ava Berkofsky – ''[[Free in Deed]]''
| ''[[End of Watch]]'' || [[Roman Vasyanov]]
** [[Lol Crawley]] – ''[[The Childhood of a Leader (film)|The Childhood of a Leader]]''
|-
** Zach Kuperstein – ''[[The Eyes of My Mother]]''
| ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' || [[Robert Yeoman]]
** [[Robbie Ryan (cinematographer)|Robbie Ryan]] – ''[[American Honey (film)|American Honey]]''
|-
* '''2017: [[Sayombhu Mukdeeprom]] – ''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]'''''<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2018-film-independent-spirit-awards-winners-announced-300607779.html 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Announced: PR Newswire]</ref>
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[29th Independent Spirit Awards|2013]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/independent-spirit-awards-2013-winners-684633/ |title=Independent Spirit Awards: '12 Years a Slave' Named Best Feature |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=March 1, 2014 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Sean Bobbitt]]'''
** [[Thimios Bakatakis]] – ''[[The Killing of a Sacred Deer]]''
|-
** Elisha Christian – ''[[Columbus (2017 film)|Columbus]]''
** [[Hélène Louvart]] – ''[[Beach Rats]]''
| ''[[Spring Breakers]]'' || [[Benoît Debie]]
|-
** Joshua James Richards – ''[[The Rider (film)|The Rider]]''
| ''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]'' || [[Bruno Delbonnel]]
* '''2018: [[Sayombhu Mukdeeprom]] – ''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]'''''
|-
** Ashley Connor – ''[[Madeline’s Madeline]]''
| ''[[All Is Lost]]'' || Frank G. DeMarco
** Benjamin Loeb – ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]''
|-
** Zak Mulligan – ''[[We the Animals (film)|We the Animals]]''
| ''[[Computer Chess (film)|Computer Chess]]'' || [[Matthias Grunsky]]
** Diego Garcia – ''[[Wildlife (film)|Wildlife]]''
|-
* '''2019: Jarin Blaschke – ''[[The Lighthouse (2019 film)|The Lighthouse]]'' '''<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/spirit-award-winners-2020-updating-live-1275924 Spirit Award Winners 2020: Complete List|Hollywood Reporter]</ref>
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|[[30th Independent Spirit Awards|2014]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/spirit-awards-2015-winners-complete-775905/ |title=Spirit Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List |author=THR Staff |date=February 21, 2015 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 21, 2015}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Emmanuel Lubezki]]'''
** Todd Banhazl – ''[[Hustlers (film)|Hustlers]]''
|-
** [[Natasha Braier]] – ''[[Honey Boy (film)|Honey Boy]]''
| ''[[The Immigrant (2013 film)|The Immigrant]]'' || [[Darius Khondji]]
** Chananun Chotrungroj – ''[[The Third Wife]]''
|-
** Pawel Pogorzelski – ''[[Midsommar (film)|Midsommar]]''
| ''[[It Felt Like Love]]'' || [[Sean Porter (cinematographer)|Sean Porter]]
|-
| ''[[A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night]]'' || Lyle Vincent
|-
| ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'' || [[Bradford Young]]
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[31st Independent Spirit Awards|2015]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/full-winners-list-2016-independent-863128/ |title=Spirit Awards: The Complete Winners List |author=THR Staff |date=February 27, 2016 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 27, 2016}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Edward Lachman]]'''
|-
| ''[[Beasts of No Nation (film)|Beasts of No Nation]]'' || [[Cary Joji Fukunaga]]
|-
| ''[[It Follows]]'' || [[Mike Gioulakis]]
|-
| ''[[Meadowland (film)|Meadowland]]'' || [[Reed Morano]]
|-
| ''[[Songs My Brothers Taught Me]]'' || Joshua James Richards
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[32nd Independent Spirit Awards|2016]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2017-independent-spirit-award-winners-complete-list-966489/ |title=Spirit Awards: The Complete Winners List |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=February 25, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 25, 2017}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[James Laxton]]'''
|-
| ''[[Free in Deed]]'' || [[Ava Berkofsky]]
|-
| ''[[The Childhood of a Leader (film)|The Childhood of a Leader]]'' || [[Lol Crawley]]
|-
| ''[[The Eyes of My Mother]]'' || [[Zach Kuperstein]]
|-
| ''[[American Honey (film)|American Honey]]'' || [[Robbie Ryan (cinematographer)|Robbie Ryan]]
|-
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | [[33rd Independent Spirit Awards|2017]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/spirit-award-winners-2018-updating-live-1067773/ |title=Spirit Awards: Complete Winners List |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=March 3, 2018 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=March 3, 2018}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Sayombhu Mukdeeprom]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Killing of a Sacred Deer]]'' || [[Thimios Bakatakis]]
|-
| ''[[Columbus (2017 film)|Columbus]]'' || Elisha Christian
|-
| ''[[Beach Rats]]'' || [[Hélène Louvart]]
|-
| ''[[The Rider (film)|The Rider]]'' || Joshua James Richards
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | [[34th Independent Spirit Awards|2018]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/film-independent-spirit-award-winners-2019-list-full-1181250/ |title=Spirit Awards: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Wins Best Feature; Complete Winners List |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=February 23, 2019 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Suspiria (2018 film)|Suspiria]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Sayombhu Mukdeeprom]]'''
|-
| ''[[Madeline's Madeline]]'' || [[Ashley Connor]]
|-
| ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'' || Benjamin Loeb
|-
| ''[[We the Animals (film)|We the Animals]]'' || [[Zak Mulligan]]
|-
| ''[[Wildlife (film)|Wildlife]]'' || Diego Garcia
|-
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | [[35th Independent Spirit Awards|2019]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/spirit-award-winners-2020-updating-live-1275924/ |title=Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'The Farewell' Takes Best Feature; Complete Winners List |last1=Galuppo |last2=Nordyke |last3=Howard |first1=Mia |first2=Kimberly |first3=Annie |date=February 8, 2020 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=February 8, 2020}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[The Lighthouse (2019 film)|The Lighthouse]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Jarin Blaschke]]'''
|-
| ''[[Hustlers (film)|Hustlers]]'' || Todd Banhazl
|-
| ''[[Honey Boy (film)|Honey Boy]]'' || [[Natasha Braier]]
|-
| ''[[The Third Wife]]'' || Chananun Chotrungroj
|-
| ''[[Midsommar]]'' || [[Pawel Pogorzelski]]
|-
|}


=== 2020s ===
===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" width="90%" cellpadding="5"
* '''2020:'''
|-
** Jay Keitel – ''[[She Dies Tomorrow]]''
!width="100"|'''Year'''
** Shabier Kirchner – ''[[Bull (2019 film)|Bull]]''
!width="450"|'''Film'''
** Michael Latham – ''[[The Assistant (2019 film)|The Assistant]]''
!width="450"|'''Recipient(s)'''
** [[Hélène Louvart]] – ''[[Never Rarely Sometimes Always]]''
|-
** '''Joshua James Richards''' – ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/04/nomadland-wins-four-independent-spirit-awards-on-road-to-oscars-1234742245/ ‘Nomadland’ Wins Independent Spirit Awards For Best Picture, Director, Editing & Cinematography, Further Solidifying Oscars Prospects — Deadline]</ref>
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | [[36th Independent Spirit Awards|2020]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2021-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-4171081/ |title=Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'Nomadland' Wins Best Feature, Best Director for Chloe Zhao |last1=Galuppo |last2=Nordyke |last3=Drury |last4=Perez |first1=Mia |first2=Kimberly |first3=Sharareh |first4=Lexy |date=April 22, 2021 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=April 22, 2021}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''Joshua James Richards'''
|-
| ''[[She Dies Tomorrow]]'' || Jay Keitel
|-
| ''[[Bull (2019 film)|Bull]]'' || [[Shabier Kirchner]]
|-
| ''[[The Assistant (2019 film)|The Assistant]]'' || Michael Latham
|-
| ''[[Never Rarely Sometimes Always]]'' || [[Hélène Louvart]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |[[37th Independent Spirit Awards|2021]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2022-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-1235105427/ |title=Spirit Awards: Winners List |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=March 6, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=March 6, 2022}}</ref> || style="background:#B0C4DE" |'''''[[Passing (film)|Passing]]''''' || style="background:#B0C4DE" | '''[[Eduard Grau]]'''
|-
| ''[[Blue Bayou (film)|Blue Bayou]]'' || [[Ante Cheng]] and Matthew Chuang
|-
| ''[[The Humans (film)|The Humans]]'' || [[Lol Crawley]]
|-
| ''[[A Chiara]]'' || Tim Curtin
|-
| ''[[Zola (film)|Zola]]'' || [[Ari Wegner]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |[[38th Independent Spirit Awards|2022]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-spirit-awards-movie-nominations-nominees-list-1235268096/ |title=Independent Spirit Awards Film Nominations: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Leads With Eight Nods |last1=Lewis |last2=Coates |first1=Hilary |first2=Tyler |date=November 22, 2022 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref>
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | '''''[[Tár]]'''''
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | '''[[Florian Hoffmeister]]'''
|-
| ''[[Murina (film)|Murina]]'' || [[Hélène Louvart]]
|-
| ''[[Aftersun]]'' || Gregory Oke
|-
| ''[[Pearl (2022 film)|Pearl]]'' || Eliot Rockett
|-
| ''[[Neptune Frost]]'' || [[Anisia Uzeyman]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |[[39th Independent Spirit Awards|2023]]
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | '''''[[The Holdovers]]'''''
|style="background:#B0C4DE;" | '''[[Eigil Bryld]]'''
|-
| ''[[All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt]]'' || Jomo Fray
|-
| ''[[Chronicles of a Wandering Saint]]'' || Pablo Lozano
|-
| ''[[Monica (2022 film)|Monica]]'' || [[Katelin Arizmendi]]
|-
| ''[[We Grown Now]]'' || Pat Scola
|-
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]]
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography]]
*[[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]]
*[[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography]]
* [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography]]
* [[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases]]

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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:26, 15 September 2024

Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded forBest Cinematography
CountryUnited States
Presented byFilm Independent
First awarded1985
Currently held byEigil Bryld for The Holdovers (2023)
Websitewww.filmindependent.org

The Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography is one of the annual awards given out by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It was first given in 1985, with Japanese cinematographer Toyomichi Kurita being the first recipient of the award for his work in Trouble in Mind.

Winners and nominees

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1980s

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Year Film Recipient(s)
1985
[1][2]		 Trouble in Mind Toyomichi Kurita
After Hours Michael Ballhaus
Blood Simple Barry Sonnenfeld
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Michael Chin
1986
 Platoon Robert Richardson
Blue Velvet Frederick Elmes
Down by Law Robby Müller
Salvador Robert Richardson
True Stories Edward Lachman
1987
 Matewan Haskell Wexler
Barfly Robby Müller
The Dead Fred Murphy
Slam Dance Amir Mokri
Tough Guys Don't Dance John Bailey
1988
 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Sven Nykvist
The Moderns Toyomichi Kurita
Patti Rocks Gregory M. Cummins
Stand and Deliver Tom Richmond
Talk Radio Robert Richardson
1989
 Drugstore Cowboy Robert Yeoman
Earth Girls Are Easy Oliver Stapleton
Mystery Train Robby Müller
Powwow Highway Toyomichi Kurita
Talking to Strangers Rob Tregenza

1990s

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Year Film Recipient(s)
1990
 Wild at Heart Frederick Elmes
House Party Peter Deming
King of New York Bojan Bazelli
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive Amir Mokri
The Plot Against Harry Robert M. Young
1991
 Kafka Walt Lloyd
Homicide Roger Deakins
My Own Private Idaho Eric Alan Edwards and John J. Campbell
Pastime Tom Richmond
Rambling Rose Johnny E. Jensen
1992
 Night on Earth Frederick Elmes
All the Vermeers in New York Jon Jost
Laws of Gravity Jean de Segonzac
Light Sleeper Edward Lachman
Swoon Ellen Kuras
1993
 Menace II Society Lisa Rinzler
American Heart James R. Bagdonas
Chain of Desire Nancy Schreiber
Equinox Elliot Davis
Ruby in Paradise Alex Vlacos
1994
 Barcelona John Thomas
The Beans of Egypt, Maine Stevan Larner
Eat Drink Man Woman Jong Lin
I Like It Like That Alexander Gruszynski
Suture Greg Gardiner
1995
 Leaving Las Vegas Declan Quinn
Little Odessa Tom Richmond
Nadja Jim Denault
The Underneath Elliot Davis
The Usual Suspects Newton Thomas Sigel
1996
 Fargo Roger Deakins
Bound Bill Pope
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day Rob Sweeney
Dead Man Robby Müller
The Funeral Ken Kelsch
1997
 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Declan Quinn
The Bible and Gun Club Alex Vendler
Habit Frank G. DeMarco
Hard Eight Robert Elswit
Sunday Michael Barrow and John Foster
1998
 Velvet Goldmine Maryse Alberti
Affliction Paul Sarossy
Belly Malik Hassan Sayeed
High Art Tami Reiker
Pi Matthew Libatique
1999
 Three Seasons Lisa Rinzler
The City Harlan Bosmajian
Judy Berlin Jeffrey Seckendorf
Julien Donkey-Boy Anthony Dod Mantle
Twin Falls Idaho M. David Mullen

2000s

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Year Film Recipient(s)
2000
 Requiem for a Dream Matthew Libatique
Before Night Falls Xavier Pérez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas
George Washington Tim Orr
Hamlet John de Borman
Shadow of the Vampire Lou Bogue
2001
 Mulholland Drive Peter Deming
The American Astronaut W. Mott Hupfel III
The Deep End Giles Nuttgens
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Frank G. DeMarco
Memento Wally Pfister
2002
 Far from Heaven Edward Lachman
Gerry Harris Savides
Interview with the Assassin Richard Rutkowski
Narc Alex Nepomniaschy
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Ellen Kuras
2003
 In America Declan Quinn
Elephant Harris Savides
Northfork M. David Mullen
Shattered Glass Mandy Walker
Streets of Legend Derek Cianfrance
2004
 The Motorcycle Diaries Éric Gautier
Dandelion Tim Orr
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story David Greene
Saints and Soldiers Ryan Little
We Don't Live Here Anymore Maryse Alberti
2005
 Good Night, and Good Luck Robert Elswit
Capote Adam Kimmel
Keane John Foster
Last Days Harris Savides
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Chris Menges
2006
 Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Navarro
Brothers of the Head Anthony Dod Mantle
Four Eyed Monsters Arin Crumley
Man Push Cart Michael Simmonds
Wild Tigers I Have Known Aaron Platt
2007
 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Janusz Kamiński
Lust, Caution Rodrigo Prieto
The Savages W. Mott Hupfel III
Vanaja Milton Kam
Youth Without Youth Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
2008
 The Wrestler Maryse Alberti
Ballast Lol Crawley
Chop Shop Michael Simmonds
Medicine for Melancholy James Laxton
Milk Harris Savides
2009
 A Serious Man Roger Deakins
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Peter Zeitlinger
Cold Souls Andrij Parekh
Sin nombre Adriano Goldman
Treeless Mountain Anne Misawa

2010s

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Year Film Recipient(s)
2010
[3]		 Black Swan Matthew Libatique
Never Let Me Go Adam Kimmel
Tiny Furniture Jody Lee Lipes
Winter's Bone Michael McDonough
Greenberg Harris Savides
2011
[4]		 The Artist Guillaume Schiffman
Bellflower Joel Hodge
The Off Hours Benjamin Kasulke
Midnight in Paris Darius Khondji
The Dynamiter Jeffrey Waldron
2012
[5]		 Beasts of the Southern Wild Ben Richardson
Valley of Saints Yoni Brook
Here Lol Crawley
End of Watch Roman Vasyanov
Moonrise Kingdom Robert Yeoman
2013
[6]		 12 Years a Slave Sean Bobbitt
Spring Breakers Benoît Debie
Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel
All Is Lost Frank G. DeMarco
Computer Chess Matthias Grunsky
2014
[7]		 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Emmanuel Lubezki
The Immigrant Darius Khondji
It Felt Like Love Sean Porter
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Lyle Vincent
Selma Bradford Young
2015
[8]		 Carol Edward Lachman
Beasts of No Nation Cary Joji Fukunaga
It Follows Mike Gioulakis
Meadowland Reed Morano
Songs My Brothers Taught Me Joshua James Richards
2016
[9]		 Moonlight James Laxton
Free in Deed Ava Berkofsky
The Childhood of a Leader Lol Crawley
The Eyes of My Mother Zach Kuperstein
American Honey Robbie Ryan
2017
[10]		 Call Me by Your Name Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
The Killing of a Sacred Deer Thimios Bakatakis
Columbus Elisha Christian
Beach Rats Hélène Louvart
The Rider Joshua James Richards
2018
[11]		 Suspiria Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Madeline's Madeline Ashley Connor
Mandy Benjamin Loeb
We the Animals Zak Mulligan
Wildlife Diego Garcia
2019
[12]		 The Lighthouse Jarin Blaschke
Hustlers Todd Banhazl
Honey Boy Natasha Braier
The Third Wife Chananun Chotrungroj
Midsommar Pawel Pogorzelski

2020s

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Year Film Recipient(s)
2020
[13]		 Nomadland Joshua James Richards
She Dies Tomorrow Jay Keitel
Bull Shabier Kirchner
The Assistant Michael Latham
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Hélène Louvart
2021
[14]		 Passing Eduard Grau
Blue Bayou Ante Cheng and Matthew Chuang
The Humans Lol Crawley
A Chiara Tim Curtin
Zola Ari Wegner
2022
[15] 		Tár Florian Hoffmeister
Murina Hélène Louvart
Aftersun Gregory Oke
Pearl Eliot Rockett
Neptune Frost Anisia Uzeyman
2023 The Holdovers Eigil Bryld
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Jomo Fray
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint Pablo Lozano
Monica Katelin Arizmendi
We Grown Now Pat Scola

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Film Independent Spirit Awards - 34 Years of Nominees and Winners" (PDF). s3.amazonaws.com. p. 47. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
  2. ^ Barry Jenkins expected to join tiny group of double directing champs at Spirit Awards - GoldDerby
  3. ^ Fernandez, Sofia M. (February 26, 2011). "2011 Independent Spirit Awards Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  4. ^ Fernandez, Jay (February 25, 2012). "Indie Spirit Awards 2012: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  5. ^ THR Staff (February 23, 2013). "Independent Spirit Awards 2013: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
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  7. ^ THR Staff (February 21, 2015). "Spirit Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
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