Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
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.
Winners and nominees
1980s
- 1985: Toyomichi Kurita – Trouble in Mind
- Michael Ballhaus – After Hours
- Barry Sonnenfeld – Blood Simple
- Michael Chin – Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
- 1986: Robert Richardson – Platoon
- 1987: Haskell Wexler – Matewan
- 1988: Sven Nykvist – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Toyomichi Kurita – The Moderns
- Gregory Cummins – Patti Rocks
- Tom Richmond – Stand and Deliver
- Robert Richardson – Talk Radio
- 1989: Robert Yeoman – Drugstore Cowboy
- Oliver Stapleton – Earth Girls Are Easy
- Robby Müller – Mystery Train
- Toyomichi Kurita – Powwow Highway
- Robert Tregenza – Talking to Strangers
1990s
- 1990: Frederick Elmes – Wild at Heart[1]
- 1991: Walt Lloyd – Kafka
- Roger Deakins – Homicide
- Eric Alan Edwards and John Campbell – My Own Private Idaho
- Tom Richmond – Pastime
- Johnny E. Jensen – Rambling Rose
- 1992: Frederick Elmes – Night on Earth[2]
- 1993: Lisa Rinzler – Menace II Society
- James Bagdonas – American Heart
- Nancy Schreiber – Chain of Desire
- Elliot Davis – Equinox
- Alex Vlacos – Ruby in Paradise
- 1994: John Thomas – Barcelona
- Stevan Larner – The Beans of Egypt, Maine
- Jong Lin – Eat Drink Man Woman
- Alexander Gruzynski – I Like It Like That
- Greg Gardiner – Suture
- 1995: Declan Quinn – Leaving Las Vegas
- Tom Richmond – Little Odessa
- Jim Denault – Nadja
- Elliot Davis – The Underneath
- Newton Thomas Sigel – The Usual Suspects
- 1996: Roger Deakins – Fargo
- Bill Pope – Bound
- Rob Sweeney – Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
- Robby Müller – Dead Man
- Ken Kelsch – The Funeral
- 1997: Declan Quinn – Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- Alex Vendler – The Bible and Gun Club
- Frank G. DeMarco – Habit
- Robert Elswit – Hard Eight
- Michael Barrow and John Foster – Sunday
- 1998: Maryse Alberti – Velvet Goldmine
- 1999: Lisa Rinzler – Three Seasons
- Harlan Bosmajian – The City
- Jeffrey Seckendorf – Judy Berlin
- Anthony Dod Mantle – Julien Donkey-Boy
- M. David Mullen – Twin Falls Idaho
2000s
- 2000: Matthew Libatique – Requiem for a Dream
- Xavier Grobet and Guillermo Rosas – Before Night Falls
- Tim Orr – George Washington
- John De Borman – Hamlet
- Lou Bogue – Shadow of the Vampire
- 2001: Peter Deming – Mulholland Drive
- W. Mott Hupfel III – The American Astronaut
- Giles Nuttgens – The Deep End
- Frank G. DeMarco – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Wally Pfister – Memento
- 2002: Edward Lachman – Far from Heaven
- Harris Savides – Gerry
- Richard Rutkowski – Interview with the Assassin
- Alex Nepomniaschy – Narc
- Ellen Kuras – Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
- 2003: Declan Quinn – In America
- Harris Savides – Elephant
- M. David Mullen – Northfork
- Mandy Walker – Shattered Glass
- Derek Cianfrance – Streets of Legend
- 2004: Éric Gautier – The Motorcycle Diaries
- Tim Orr – Dandelion
- David Greene – Redemption
- Ryan Little – Saints and Soldiers
- Maryse Alberti – We Don't Live Here Anymore
- 2005: Robert Elswit – Good Night, and Good Luck
- Adam Kimmel – Capote
- John Foster – Keane
- Harris Savides – Last Days
- Chris Menges – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- 2006: Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth
- Anthony Dod Mantle – Brothers of the Head
- Arin Crumley – Four Eyed Monsters
- Michael Simmonds – Man Push Cart
- Aaron Platt – Wild Tigers I Have Known
- 2007: Janusz Kamiński – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Rodrigo Prieto – Lust, Caution
- W. Mott Hupfel III – The Savages
- Milton Kam – Vanaja
- Mihai Mălaimare Jr. – Youth Without Youth
- 2008: Maryse Alberti – The Wrestler
- Lol Crawley – Ballast
- Michael Simmonds – Chop Shop
- James Laxton – Medicine for Melancholy
- Harris Savides – Milk
- 2009: Roger Deakins – A Serious Man
2010s
- 2010: Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
- Harris Savides – Greenberg
- Adam Kimmel – Never Let Me Go
- Jody Lee Lipes – Tiny Furniture
- Michael McDonough – Winter's Bone
- 2011: Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
- Joel Hodge – Bellflower
- Benjamin Kasulke – The Off Hours
- Darius Khondji – Midnight in Paris
- Jeffrey Waldron – The Dynamiter
- 2012: Ben Richardson – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Roman Vasyanov – End of Watch
- Lol Crawley – Here
- Robert Yeoman – Moonrise Kingdom
- Yoni Brook – Valley of Saints
- 2013: Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave
- Benoît Debie – Spring Breakers
- Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
- Frank G. DeMarco – All Is Lost
- Matthias Grunsky – Computer Chess
- 2014: Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Lyle Vincent – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Darius Khondji – The Immigrant
- Sean Porter – It Felt Like Love
- Bradford Young – Selma
- 2015: Edward Lachman – Carol [3]
- Cary Joji Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation
- Mike Gioulakis – It Follows
- Reed Morano – Meadowland
- Joshua James Richards – Songs My Brothers Taught Me
- 2016: James Laxton – Moonlight
- Ava Berkofsky – Free in Deed
- Lol Crawley – The Childhood of a Leader
- Zach Kuperstein – The Eyes of My Mother
- Robbie Ryan – American Honey
- 2017: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Call Me by Your Name[4]
- Thimios Bakatakis – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Elisha Christian – Columbus
- Hélène Louvart – Beach Rats
- Joshua James Richards – The Rider
- 2018: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Suspiria
- Ashley Connor – Madeline’s Madeline
- Benjamin Loeb – Mandy
- Zak Mulligan – We the Animals
- Diego Garcia – Wildlife
- 2019: Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse [5]
- Todd Banhazl – Hustlers
- Natasha Braier – Honey Boy
- Chananun Chotrungroj – The Third Wife
- Pawel Pogorzelski – Midsommar
2020s
- 2020:
- Jay Keitel – She Dies Tomorrow
- Shabier Kirchner – Bull
- Michael Latham – The Assistant
- Hélène Louvart – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Joshua James Richards – Nomadland
See also
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography
References
- ^ Artistry in Balance: Fred Elmes, ASC - The American Society of Cinematographers
- ^ Artistry in Balance: Fred Elmes, ASC - The American Society of Cinematographers
- ^ 2016 Independent Spirit Awards Winners: Spotlight, Tangerine, and Beasts of No Nation|Consequence of Sound
- ^ 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Announced: PR Newswire
- ^ Spirit Award Winners 2020: Complete List|Hollywood Reporter