Academy Award for Best Cinematography

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Academy Award film award

The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is a prestigious Oscar presented annually to honor outstanding achievement in motion picture photography and visual composition.

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Observed surface forms (35)

Surface form	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	24
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color	10
Academy Award for Best Cinematography nomination	6
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)	3
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color)	2
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (as producer of winning films)	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for 1917	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for A Little Princess	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Amadeus	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Blade Runner 2049	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Children of Men	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Girl with a Pearl Earring	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Gravity	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for L.A. Confidential	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Matewan	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Nightmare Alley	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Ragtime	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Roma	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Sleepy Hollow	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Insider	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The New World	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Piano	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Revenant	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Shape of Water	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Tree of Life	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The Wings of the Dove	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black-and-White	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White for Wuthering Heights	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography\|Bound for Glory	1
Academy Award for Best Cinematography\|Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	1
Best Cinematography	1
Oscar for Best Cinematography	1
Oscar for Best Cinematography for Avatar	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award ⓘ film award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Oscar for Best Cinematography
awardCategoryOf	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards
awardedForYearOfRelease	previous calendar year ⓘ
belongsToGenreOfAwards	technical and craft awards ⓘ
blackAndWhiteCategoryIntroduced	1939 ⓘ
ceremonyCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ceremonyLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
colorCategoryIntroduced	1939 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibleWorks	feature films ⓘ
field	cinematography ⓘ
firstAwardedForYear	1927–1928 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasCriterion	artistic quality of lighting ⓘ camera movement and framing ⓘ composition and visual style ⓘ technical proficiency in image capture ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	primarily U.S.-released films, with international eligibility rules ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	online streaming ⓘ print and digital press ⓘ television ⓘ
hasSignificance	considered one of the most prestigious cinematography honors in the world ⓘ
hasSubcategoryHistory	separate categories for black-and-white and color cinematography (historical) ⓘ
hasTypeOfRecipient	cinematographer ⓘ director of photography ⓘ
inception	1929 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
isPartOf	Oscar telecast ⓘ
languageOfCeremony	English ⓘ
mergedIntoSingleCategory	1967 ⓘ
notableAspect	one of the major technical Oscars ⓘ recognizes the director of photography ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
presentedFor	excellence in motion picture photography ⓘ outstanding achievement in cinematography ⓘ visual composition in film ⓘ
relatedAward	American Society of Cinematographers Award ⓘ surface form: American Society of Cinematographers Awards BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
separateCategoriesEnded	1967 ⓘ
symbolizes	peer recognition for visual storytelling ⓘ
timeOfYearAwarded	early in the calendar year ⓘ
trophyName	Oscar ⓘ surface form: Oscar statuette
typicalPresenter	film industry figures ⓘ

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The Towering Inferno → AcademyAward → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Alejandro G. Iñárritu → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (as producer of winning films)

Doctor Zhivago → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color)

Fiddler on the Roof → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Rebecca (1940 film) → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Wuthering Heights (1939 film) → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Gaslight → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

subject surface form: Gaslight (1944 film)

The Reader → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Cinematography → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Cinematography

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

All Quiet on the Western Front → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

subject surface form: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)

Anna and the King of Siam → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Bonnie and Clyde → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Joan of Arc (1948 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Mauro Fiore → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Cinematography for Avatar

Schindler's List → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Slumdog Millionaire → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

The Black Swan → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

The Yearling (1946 film) → award → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

The Insider (film) → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

subject surface form: The Insider

Children of Men → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Dante Spinotti → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Eduardo Serra → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Good Night, and Good Luck → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Sol Polito → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Alfonso Cuarón → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

American Beauty → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Apocalypse Now → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Arthur C. Miller → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Ben-Hur → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Dune (2021 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Emmanuel Lubezki → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Chivo → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

subject surface form: Emmanuel Lubezki

Ernest Haller → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Gone with the Wind → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

Gravity → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Gregg Toland → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Guillermo Navarro → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Harold Rosson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nomination

Haskell Wexler → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

How Green Was My Valley → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Hoyte van Hoytema → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nomination

Hoyte → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoyte van Hoytema

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography nomination

Inception → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

Joseph LaShelle → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White