Online Film Critics Society Awards / Best Cinematography
The OFCSA for the best camera has been awarded every year since 1998.
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| Most frequently honored cameraman | Roger Deakins (6 wins) |
| Most frequently nominated cameraman | Roger Deakins (10 nominations) |
| Most nominated cameraman without a win | Matthew Libatique , Rodrigo Prieto (3 nominations each) |
Winners and nominees
All nominees for a year are listed, the winner is always on top.
1998 to 1999
1998
Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kamiński
- Pleasantville - Too good to be true (Pleasantville) - John Lindley
- The fine line - John Toll
1999
Sleepy Hollow - Emmanuel Lubezki
- American Beauty - Conrad L. Hall
- Eyes Wide Shut - Larry Smith
- A true story - The Straight Story - Freddie Francis
- Three Kings - It's nice to be a king - Newton Thomas Sigel
2000 to 2009
2000
- Gladiator - John Mathieson
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Roger Deakins
- Requiem for a Dream - Matthew Libatique
- Traffic - Power of the Cartel - Peter Andrews
2001
The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Andrew Lesnie
- Moulin Rouge - Donald McAlpine
- Mulholland Drive - Peter Deming
- AI - Artificial Intelligence - Janusz Kamiński
2002
So far from heaven - Edward Lachman
- Gangs of New York - Michael Ballhaus
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Andrew Lesnie
- Minority Report - Janusz Kamiński
- Road to Perdition - Conrad L. Hall
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Andrew Lesnie
- The Girl with the Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 - Robert Richardson
- Last Samurai - John Toll
- Nomads of the skies - The secret of the migratory birds - Olli Barbé , Michel Benjamin , Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou , Laurent Charbonnier , Luc Drion , Laurent Fleutot , Philippe Garguil , Dominique Gentil , Bernard Lutic , Thierry Machado , Stéphane Martin , Fabrice Moindrot , Ernst Sasse , Michel Terrasse and Thierry Thomas
2004
- Aviator - Robert Richardson
- Collateral - Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron
- Forget Me Not! - Ellen Kuras
- House of Flying Daggers - Zhao Xiaoding
2005
- 2046 - Christopher Doyle , Kwan Pun Leung, and Yiu-Fai Lai
- Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
- The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki
- Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto
2006
Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki
- Apocalypto - Dean Semler
- Babylon - Rodrigo Prieto
- The Fountain - Matthew Libatique
- Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
2007
No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins
- Atonement - Seamus McGarvey
- The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins
- Butterfly and diving bell - Janusz Kamiński
- There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit
2008
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
- Che - Revolución (Che - Part One: The Argentine) - Peter Andrews
- The Strange Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
- The Fall - Colin Watkinson
- Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
2009
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
- A Serious Man - Roger Deakins
- Avatar - Departure for Pandora - Mauro Fiore
- District 9 - Trent Opaloch
- Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
2010 to 2019
2010
- 127 Hours - Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak
- Black Swan - Matthew Libatique
- Inception - Wally Pfister
- Shutter Island - Robert Richardson
2011
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
- Drive - Newton Thomas Sigel
- Hugo Cabret - Robert Richardson
- Melancholia - Manuel Alberto Claro
2012
James Bond 007: Skyfall - Roger Deakins
- Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger - Claudio Miranda
- Lincoln - Janusz Kamiński
- The Master - Mihai Mălaimare Junior
- Moonrise Kingdom - Robert D. Yeoman
2013
- 12 Years a Slave - Sean Bobbitt
- The Grandmaster - Philippe Le Sourd
- La Grande Bellezza - The great beauty (La Grande Bellezza) - Luca Bigazzi
- Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
2014
Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert D. Yeoman
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Power of Cluelessness) - Emmanuel Lubezki
- Ida - Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal
- Mr. Turner - Master of Light - Dick Pope
- Under the Skin - Dan Landin
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
- The Assassin - Mark Lee Ping Bin
- Carol - Edward Lachman
- The Revenant - The returnees (The Revenant) - Emmanuel Lubezki
- Sicario - Roger Deakins
2016
- Arrival - Bradford Young
- Jackie: The First Lady - Stéphane Fontaine
- Moonlight - James Laxton
- The Neon Demon - Natasha Braier
2017
Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins
- Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema
- The lost city Z (The Lost City of Z) - Darius Khondji
- Mudbound - Rachel Morrison
- Shape of Water - The whisper of water - Dan Laustsen
2018
- Cold War - The latitude of love (Zimna wojna) - Łukasz Żal
- The Favorite - Intrigue and Madness - Robbie Ryan
- Departure to the Moon (First Man) - Linus Sandgren
- If Beale Street Could Talk - James Laxton
2019
- The Irishman - Rodrigo Prieto
- The Lighthouse (The Lighthouse) - Jarin Blaschke
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Robert Richardson
- Portrait of a Young Woman on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) - Claire Mathon