Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography is one of the annual awards given by Independent Spirit Awards, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.
Winners and nominees
1980s
- 1985: Toyomichi Kurita – Trouble in Mind
- 1986: Robert Richardson – Platoon
- 1987: Haskell Wexler – Matewan
- 1988: Sven Nykvist – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- 1989: Robert Yeoman – Drugstore Cowboy
1990s
- 1990: Frederick Elmes – Wild at Heart
- 1991: Walt Lloyd – Kafka
- 1992: Frederick Elmes – Night on Earth
- 1993: Lisa Rinzler – Menace II Society
- James Bagdonas – American Heart
- Nancy Schreiber – Chain of Desire
- Elliot Davis – Equinox
- Alex Vlacos – Ruby in Paradise
- 1994: John Thomas – Barcelona
- 1995: Declan Quinn – Leaving Las Vegas
- 1996: Roger Deakins – Fargo
- 1997: Declan Quinn – Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
- 1998: Maryse Alberti – Velvet Goldmine
- 1999: Lisa Rinzler – Three Seasons
2000s
- 2000: Matthew Libatique – Requiem for a Dream
- 2001: Peter Deming – Mulholland Drive
- 2002: Edward Lachman – Far from Heaven
- 2003: Declan Quinn – In America
- 2004: Eric Gautier – The Motorcycle Diaries
- 2005: Robert Elswit – Good Night, and Good Luck
- 2006: Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth
- 2007: Janusz Kamiński – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- 2008: Maryse Alberti – The Wrestler
- 2009: Roger Deakins – A Serious Man
2010s
- 2010: Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
- Harris Savides – Greenberg
- Adam Kimmel – Never Let Me Go
- Jody Lee Lipes – Tiny Furniture
- Michael McDonough – Winter's Bone
- 2011: Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
- Joel Hodge – Bellflower
- Benjamin Kasulke – The Off Hours
- Darius Khondji – Midnight in Paris
- Jeffrey Waldron – The Dynamiter
- 2012: Ben Richardson – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- 2013: Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave
- 2014: Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Lyle Vincent – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Darius Khondji – The Immigrant
- Sean Porter – It Felt Like Love
- Bradford Young – Selma
- 2015: Edward Lachman – Carol
- Cary Joji Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation
- Michael Gioulakis – It Follows
- Reed Morano – Meadowland
- Joshua James Richards – Songs My Brothers Taught Me
- 2016: TBA – TBA
- Ava Berkofsky – Free in Deed
- Lol Crawley – The Childhood of a Leader
- Zach Kuperstein – The Eyes of My Mother
- James Laxton – Moonlight
- Robbie Ryan – American Honey