The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture.
The 2025 recipient: Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Charles Rosher, the first recipient in 1928
Charles Rosher was the inaugural co-winner of this category, winning the award twice, first for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) alongside Karl Struss and his second for The Yearling (1946) alongside Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling.
Karl Struss was the inaugural co-winner of this category, winning alongside Charles Rosher for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
Hoyte van Hoytema
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Hoyte van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swiss cinematographer, known for his collaboration with director Christopher Nolan.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
…directed the film. Erik Messerschmidt won for Mank (2020). Greig Fraser won for Dune (2021). James Friend won for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022). Hoyte van Hoytema won for Oppenheimer (2023). Lol Crawley won for The Brutalist (2024). 1920s Year Film Nominees 1927/28 (1st) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Charles…
Van Hoytema in November 2012