The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography is one of the annual film awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winners
1970s Year Winner Cinematographer(s) 1975 Barry Lyndon John Alcott 1976 Bound for Glory Haskell Wexler 1977 Julia Douglas Slocombe 1978 Days of Heaven Néstor Almendros 1979 The Black Stallion Caleb Deschanel
1980s Year Winner Cinematographer(s) 1980 Tess Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth (posthumous) 1981 Reds Vittorio Storaro 1982 Blade Runner Jordan Cronenweth 1983 Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) Sven Nykvist 1984 The Killing Fields Chris Menges 1985 Out of Africa David Watkin 1986 The Mission Chris Menges 1987 The Last Emperor Vittorio Storaro 1988 Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) Henri Alekan 1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys Michael Ballhaus
1990s Year Winner Cinematographer(s) 1990 Goodfellas Michael Ballhaus1991 Barton Fink Roger DeakinsHomicide 1992 Raise the Red Lantern (Da hong deng long gao gao gua) Zhao Fei1993 Schindler's List Janusz KamińskiThe Piano Stuart Dryburgh 1994 Ed Wood Stefan Czapsky 1995 Shanghai Triad (Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao) Lü Yue 1996 The English Patient John SealeMichael Collins Chris Menges 1997 L.A. Confidential Dante Spinotti 1998 Saving Private Ryan Janusz Kamiński 1999 The Insider Dante Spinotti
2000s Year Winner Cinematographer(s) 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Peter Pau 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There Roger Deakins 2002 Far from Heaven Edward Lachman 2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring Eduardo Serra 2004 Collateral Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. Robert Elswit 2006 Children of Men Emmanuel Lubezki 2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) Janusz Kamiński 2008 Still Life (Sanxia haoren) Yu Lik-wai 2009 The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) Christian Berger
2010s Year Winner Cinematographer(s) 2010 Black Swan Matthew Libatique 2011 The Tree of Life Emmanuel Lubezki 2012 Skyfall Roger Deakins 2013 Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki 2014 Birdman Emmanuel Lubezki 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road John Seale 2016 Moonlight James Laxton 2017 The Shape of Water Dan Laustsen 2018 Roma Alfonso CuarónLos Angeles Film Critics Association 2018 Winners|IndieWire2019 Atlantics Claire MathonLos Angeles Film Critics Awards 2019 Winners — Full List — DeadlinePortrait of a Lady on Fire
2020s Year Winner Cinematographer(s) 2020 Small Axe Shabier Kirchner'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety 2021 The Power of the Dog Ari WegnerLos Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety 2022 EO Michał DymekLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2022 Winners - Variety 2023 Poor Things Robbie RyanLos Angeles Film Critics Awards: Winners List 2024 Nickel Boys Jomo Fray 2025 Train Dreams Adolpho Veloso
Multiple winners 4 wins Emmanuel Lubezki (2006, 2011, 2013, 2014)
3 wins Roger Deakins (1991, 2001, 2012) Janusz Kamiński (1993, 1998, 2007) Chris Menges (1984, 1986, 1996)
2 wins Michael Ballhaus (1989, 1990) John Seale (1996, 2015) Dante Spinotti (1997, 1999) Vittorio Storaro (1981, 1987)
See also Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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