American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases

The following is a list of those who have won the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases. The award is given by the American Society of Cinematographers.

Winners and nominees

Movies marked with an asterisk (*) won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

1980s

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1986	Peggy Sue Got Married	Jordan Cronenweth
	The Karate Kid, Part II	James Crabe
	The Mission*	Chris Menges
	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Donald Peterman
	A Room with a View	Tony Pierce-Roberts
1987	Empire of the Sun	Allen Daviau
	The Untouchables	Stephen H. Burum
	Someone to Watch Over Me	Steven Poster
	The Last Emperor*	Vittorio Storaro
	Matewan	Haskell Wexler
1988	Tequila Sunrise	Conrad L. Hall
	Mississippi Burning*	Peter Biziou
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Sven Nykvist
	Dangerous Liaisons	Philippe Rousselot
	Rain Man	John Seale
1989	Blaze	Haskell Wexler
	The War of the Roses	Stephen H. Burum
	Born on the Fourth of July	Robert Richardson
	The Bear	Philippe Rousselot
	The Abyss	Mikael Salomon

1990s

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1990	Dances with Wolves*	Dean Semler
	Avalon	Allen Daviau
	Dick Tracy	Vittorio Storaro
	Ghost	Adam Greenberg
	The Godfather Part III	Gordon Willis
1991	Bugsy	Allen Daviau
	Hook	Dean Cundey
	The Prince of Tides	Stephen Goldblatt
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Adam Greenberg
	JFK*	Robert Richardson
1992	Hoffa	Stephen H. Burum
	Howards End	Tony Pierce-Roberts
	A Few Good Men	Robert Richardson
	A River Runs Through It*	Philippe Rousselot
	The Last of the Mohicans	Dante Spinotti
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Conrad L. Hall
	The Fugitive	Michael Chapman
	The Piano	Stuart Dryburgh
	Schindler's List*	Janusz Kamiński
	Heaven & Earth	Robert Richardson
1994	The Shawshank Redemption	Roger Deakins
	Forrest Gump	Don Burgess
	Love Affair	Conrad L. Hall
	Wyatt Earp	Owen Roizman
	Legends of the Fall*	John Toll
1995	Braveheart*	John Toll
	Apollo 13	Dean Cundey
	Batman Forever	Stephen Goldblatt
	The Bridges of Madison County	Jack N. Green
	Seven	Darius Khondji
	Crimson Tide	Dariusz Wolski
1996	The English Patient*	John Seale
	Fargo	Roger Deakins
	Fly Away Home	Caleb Deschanel
	Evita	Darius Khondji
	Michael Collins	Chris Menges
	The Ghost and the Darkness	Vilmos Zsigmond
1997	Titanic*	Russell Carpenter
	Amistad	Janusz Kamiński
	The Boxer	Chris Menges
	Kundun	Roger Deakins
	L.A. Confidential	Dante Spinotti
1998	The Thin Red Line	John Toll
	Elizabeth	Remi Adefarasin
	Shakespeare in Love	Richard Greatrex
	Saving Private Ryan*	Janusz Kamiński
	The Horse Whisperer	Robert Richardson
1999	American Beauty*	Conrad L. Hall
	The Sixth Sense	Tak Fujimoto
	Sleepy Hollow	Emmanuel Lubezki
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Robert Richardson
	The Insider	Dante Spinotti

2000s

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
2000	The Patriot	Caleb Deschanel
	Gladiator	John Mathieson
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Roger Deakins
	The Perfect Storm	John Seale
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*	Peter Pau
2001	The Man Who Wasn't There	Roger Deakins
	Amélie	Bruno Delbonnel
	Moulin Rouge!	Don McAlpine
	Pearl Harbor	John Schwartzman
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*	Andrew Lesnie
2002	Road to Perdition*	Conrad L. Hall (posthumous)
	Far from Heaven	Edward Lachman
	Frida	Rodrigo Prieto
	Gangs of New York	Michael Ballhaus
	The Pianist	Pawel Edelman
2003	Seabiscuit	John Schwartzman
	Cold Mountain	John Seale
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*	Russell Boyd
	The Last Samurai	John Toll
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Andrew Lesnie
2004	A Very Long Engagement	Bruno Delbonnel
	The Aviator*	Robert Richardson
	Collateral	Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron
	The Passion of the Christ	Caleb Deschanel
	Ray	Paweł Edelman
2005	Memoirs of a Geisha*	Dion Beebe
	Batman Begins	Wally Pfister
	Brokeback Mountain	Rodrigo Prieto
	Good Night, and Good Luck	Robert Elswit
	King Kong	Andrew Lesnie
2006	Children of Men	Emmanuel Lubezki
	The Illusionist	Dick Pope
	The Good Shepherd	Robert Richardson
	Apocalypto	Dean Semler
	The Black Dahlia	Vilmos Zsigmond
2007	There Will Be Blood*	Robert Elswit
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Roger Deakins
	No Country for Old Men	Roger Deakins
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Janusz Kamiński
	Atonement	Seamus McGarvey
2008	Slumdog Millionaire*	Anthony Dod Mantle
	Revolutionary Road	Roger Deakins
	The Reader	Roger Deakins and Chris Menges
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Claudio Miranda
	The Dark Knight	Wally Pfister
2009	The White Ribbon	Christian Berger
	The Hurt Locker	Barry Ackroyd
	Nine	Dion Beebe
	Avatar*	Mauro Fiore
	Inglourious Basterds	Robert Richardson

2010s

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
2010	Inception*	Wally Pfister
	The King's Speech	Danny Cohen
	The Social Network	Jeff Cronenweth
	True Grit	Roger Deakins
	Black Swan	Matthew Libatique
2011	The Tree of Life	Emmanuel Lubezki
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Jeff Cronenweth
	Hugo*	Robert Richardson
	The Artist	Guillaume Schiffman
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Hoyte van Hoytema
2012	Skyfall	Roger Deakins
	Les Misérables	Danny Cohen
	Lincoln	Janusz Kaminski
	Anna Karenina	Seamus McGarvey
	Life of Pi*	Claudio Miranda