Satellite Awards / Film / Best Cinematography

The Satellite Award Best Camera honors the outstanding image design of a film created by camera operators.

statistics
Most frequently rewarded camera work	Janusz Kamiński , Roger Deakins (three wins each)
Most frequently nominated camera work	Janusz Kamiński (seven nominations)
Most frequently nominated camera work without a win	Robert Richardson (five nominations)

The camera work of a film from the previous year is always awarded.

Nominations and winners

1996-1999

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
1996	John Seale	The English patient	Robby Muller for Breaking the Waves Darius Khondji for Evita Alex Thomson for Hamlet Donald M. McAlpine for William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
1997	Janusz Kamiński	Amistad	Don Burgess for Contact Amy Vincent for Eve's Bayou Dante Spinotti for LA Confidential Russell Carpenter for Titanic
1998	John great	The fine line	Tak Fujimoto for Human Child John Lindley for Pleasantville - Too Good to Be True Janusz Kamiński for Saving Private Ryan Richard Greatrex for Shakespeare in Love
1999	Emmanuel Lubezki	Sleepy Hollow	Conrad L. Hall for American Beauty Caleb Deschanel for Anna and King Larry Smith for Eyes Wide Shut Robert Richardson for Snow That Falls on Cedars John Seale for The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000-2009

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
2000	John Mathieson	gladiator	Peter Pau for Tiger and Dragon Michael Ballhaus for The Legend of Bagger Vance Jeffrey L. Kimball for Mission: Impossible II Peter Andrews for Traffic - Power of the Cartel
2001	Roger Deakins	The Man Who Wasn't There	Piotr Sobociński for Hearts in Atlantis Andrew Lesnie for The Lord of the Rings: The Companions of Donald M. McAlpine for Moulin Rouge John Schwartzman for Pearl Harbor
2002	Conrad L. Hall	Road to Perdition	Edward Lachman for So Far From Heaven Michael Ballhaus for Gangs of New York Andrew Lesnie for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Janusz Kamiński for Minority Report
2003	John great	Last samurai	Eduardo Serra for The Girl with the Pearl Earring Andrew Lesnie for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Russell Boyd and Sandi Sissel for Master & Commander - To the End of the World Tom Stern for Mystic River John Schwartzman for Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success
2004	Zhao Xiaoding	House of Flying Daggers	Bruno Delbonnel for Mathilde - A Great Love Robert Richardson for Aviator Emmanuel Lubezki for Lemony Snicket - Enigmatic Events John Mathieson for The Phantom of the Opera Bill Pope and Anette Haellmigk for Spider-Man 2
2005	César Charlone	The eternal gardener	Robert Rodriguez for Sin City Philippe Rousselot for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dion Beebe for The Geisha Robert Elswit for Good Night, and Good Luck. Hang-Sang Poon for Kung Fu Hustle Christopher Doyle for 2046
2006	Tom Stern	Flags of Our Fathers	Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia Zhao Xiaoding for The Curse of the Golden Flower Ricardo Della Rosa for The House of Sand Matthew Libatique for The Fountain Philippe Le Sourd for A Good Year Dante Spinotti for X-Men: The Last Stand
2007	Janusz Kamiński	Butterfly and diving bell	Harris Savides for Zodiac Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood Bruno Delbonnel for Across the Universe Roger Deakins for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Henry Braham for The Golden Compass
2008	Mandy Walker	Australia	Jess Hall for Reunion with Brideshead Tom Stern for The Stranger Son Claudio Miranda for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button Gyula Pados for The Duchess Tim Orr for Angels in the Snow
2009	Dion Beebe	Nine	Roger Deakins for A Serious Man Lü Yue and Zhang Li for Red Cliff Robert Richardson for Inglourious Basterds Guillermo Navarro and Erich Roland for It Might Get Loud Dante Spinotti for Public Enemies

2010-2019

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
2010	Wally Pfister	Inception	Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak for 127 Hours Eduardo Serra for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Yorick Le Saux for I Am Love Ben Seresin for Unstoppable - Out of Control Robert Richardson for Shutter Island Dean Semler for Secretariat - A Horse Becomes Legend Robert Elswit for Salt
2011	Janusz Kamiński	Companions	Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist Newton Thomas Sigel for Drive Bruno Delbonnel for Faust Robert Richardson for Hugo Cabret Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
2012	Claudio Miranda	Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger	Seamus McGarvey for Anna Karenina Ben Richardson for Beasts of the Southern Wild Janusz Kamiński for Lincoln Mihai Mălaimare Junior for The Master Roger Deakins for James Bond 007: Skyfall
2013	Bruno Delbonnel	Inside Llewyn Davis	Sean Bobbitt for 12 Years a Slave Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity Roger Deakins for Prisoners Anthony Dod Mantle for Rush - All for Victory Stuart Dryburgh for The Amazing Life of Walter Mitty
2014	Dick Pope	Mr. Turner - Master of Light	Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman or (The Unexpected Power of Cluelessness) Jeff Cronenweth for Gone Girl - The Perfect Sacrifice Robert Elswit for Inherent Vice - Natural Defects Hoyte van Hoytema for Interstellar Benoît Delhomme for The Discovery of Infinity
2015	John Seale	Mad Max: Fury Road	Janusz Kamiński for Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator Roger Deakins for Sicario Hoyte van Hoytema for James Bond 007: Specter Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant - The Returned Dariusz Wolski for The Martian - Save Mark Watney
2016	Bill Pope	The Jungle Book	John Toll for Billy Lynn Simon Duggan's Insane Tour of Heroes for Hacksaw Ridge - Jani-Petteri Passi's decision for Olli Mäki Linus Sandgren for La La Land James Laxton for Moonlight
2017	Roger Deakins	Blade Runner 2049	Ben Davis for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Bruno Delbonnel for The Darkest Hour Hoyte van Hoytema for Dunkirk Dan Laustsen for Shape of Water - The Whispering of Water Sam Levy for Lady Bird
2018	Matthew Libatique	A star is born	Rachel Morrison for Black Panther Łukasz Żal for Cold War - The Latitude of Love Robbie Ryan for The Favorite - Intrigue and Insanity James Laxton for If Beale Street Could Talk Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
2019	Roger Deakins	1917	Phedon Papamichael for Le Mans 66 - Against Any Chance Rodrigo Prieto for The Irishman Lawrence Sher for Joker Dick Pope for Motherless Brooklyn George Richmond for Rocketman