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2025 (98th) Academy Awards

Best Cinematography (Color)

Cinematography · 27 ceremonies · 1939-1966

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Nominations

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Winners only

Best Cinematography (Color)

A Man for All Seasons

Fantastic Voyage

The Professionals

Joseph MacDonald

The Sand Pebbles

Best Cinematography (Color)

The Agony and the Ecstasy

William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Sound of Music

Best Cinematography (Color)

Harry Stradling

Geoffrey Unsworth

William H. Clothier

Cheyenne Autumn

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Best Cinematography (Color)

William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang Jr., Joseph LaShelle

How the West Was Won

Joseph LaShelle

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Best Cinematography (Color)

Lawrence of Arabia

Harry Stradling Sr.

Robert L. Surtees

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Best Cinematography (Color)

West Side Story

Flower Drum Song

Harry Stradling Sr.

A Majority of One

Charles Lang Jr.

Best Cinematography (Color)

William H. Clothier

Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten

Best Cinematography (Color)

Robert L. Surtees

The Big Fisherman

The Five Pennies

The Nun's Story

Best Cinematography (Color)

Joseph Ruttenberg

Harry Stradling Sr.

William Daniels

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

James Wong Howe

The Old Man and the Sea

Best Cinematography (Color)

Around the World in 80 Days

Harry Stradling

The Eddy Duchin Story

The Ten Commandments

Best Cinematography (Color)

To Catch a Thief

Harry Stradling

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Harold Lipstein

A Man Called Peter

Best Cinematography (Color)

Three Coins in the Fountain

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

William V. Skall

The Silver Chalice

Best Cinematography (Color)

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Edward Cronjager

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Best Cinematography (Color)

Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout

Harry Stradling

Hans Christian Andersen

George J. Folsey

Million Dollar Mermaid

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Best Cinematography (Color)

Alfred Gilks, John Alton

An American in Paris

David and Bathsheba

Robert Surtees, William V. Skall

John F. Seitz, W. Howard Greene

When Worlds Collide

Best Cinematography (Color)

King Solomon's Mines

Annie Get Your Gun

The Flame and the Arrow

Samson and Delilah

Best Cinematography (Color)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Harry Stradling

The Barkleys of Broadway

Jolson Sings Again

Robert Planck, Charles Schoenbaum

Charles G. Clarke

Best Cinematography (Color)

Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch

Charles G. Clarke

Green Grass of Wyoming

The Loves of Carmen

The Three Musketeers

Best Cinematography (Color)

Black Narcissus

Peverell Marley, William V. Skall

Life with Father

Mother Wore Tights

Best Cinematography (Color)

Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling

The Jolson Story

Best Cinematography (Color)

Leave Her to Heaven

Robert Planck, Charles Boyle

National Velvet

Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey

A Song to Remember

The Spanish Main

Best Cinematography (Color)

Rudolph Maté, Allen M. Davey

Edward Cronjager

Home in Indiana

Lady in the Dark

Meet Me in St. Louis

Best Cinematography (Color)

Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene

Phantom of the Opera

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Edward Cronjager

Heaven Can Wait

Charles G. Clarke, Allen Davey

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Lassie Come Home

Thousands Cheer

Best Cinematography (Color)

Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene

Captains of the Clouds

W. Howard Greene

Victor Milner, William V. Skall

Reap the Wild Wind

Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall

To the Shores of Tripoli

Best Cinematography (Color)

Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan

Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder

Aloma of the South Seas

William V. Skall, Leonard Smith

Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene

Blossoms in the Dust

Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan

Louisiana Purchase

Best Cinematography (Color)

Georges Périnal

The Thief of Bagdad

Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey

Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan

Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan

Down Argentine Way

Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene

North West Mounted Police

Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall

Northwest Passage

Best Cinematography (Color)

Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan

Gone with the Wind

Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

#
1	Leon Shamroy	15	4	18	4
2	Charles Lang Jr.	2	0	18	1
3	Robert L. Surtees	5	2	16	3
4	Harry Stradling	8	1	14	2
5	George Folsey	5	0	13	0
6	Joseph Ruttenberg	2	1	10	4
7	Conrad Hall	1	0	10	3
8	James Wong Howe	1	0	10	2
9	Joseph LaShelle	2	0	9	1
10	William V. Skall	9	1	9	1
11	Ernest Laszlo	2	0	8	1
12	Victor Milner	2	0	8	1
13	Ray Rennahan	7	2	7	2
14	Daniel L. Fapp	3	1	7	1
15	Ernest Haller	2	1	7	1
16	W. Howard Greene	7	1	7	1
17	Milton Krasner	3	1	7	1
18	Edward Cronjager	4	0	7	0
19	Arthur Miller	1	0	6	3
20	Charles Rosher	4	1	6	2
21	John F. Seitz	1	0	6	0
22	Russell Harlan	3	0	6	0
23	F. A. Young	3	2	5	3
24	George Barnes	2	0	5	1
25	Tony Gaudio	1	0	5	1
26	Rudolph Maté	1	0	5	0
27	Franz Planer	1	0	5	0
28	William C. Mellor	1	0	4	2
29	Geoffrey Unsworth	1	0	4	2
30	Karl Struss	1	0	4	1
31	William Daniels	2	0	4	1
32	Lee Garmes	1	0	4	1
33	Joseph Valentine	1	1	4	1
34	Leonard Smith	4	1	4	1
35	Jack Cardiff	3	1	4	1
36	Robert Burks	2	1	4	1
37	Loyal Griggs	3	1	4	1
38	Allen Davey	4	0	4	0
39	Charles G. Clarke	3	0	4	0
40	Robert Planck	4	0	4	0
41	Winton C. Hoch	3	3	3	3
42	Lionel Lindon	1	1	3	1
43	Karl Freund	1	0	3	1
44	Sam Leavitt	1	0	3	1
45	William Snyder	3	0	3	0
46	Ted McCord	1	0	3	0
47	Sol Polito	2	0	3	0
48	Joseph Walker	1	0	3	0
49	Joe MacDonald	2	0	3	0
50	Hal Mohr	1	1	2	2
51	Paul C. Vogel	1	0	2	1
52	Ernest Palmer	2	1	2	1
53	Russell Metty	2	1	2	1
54	Arthur Arling	1	1	2	1
55	Bert Glennon	1	0	2	0
56	William H. Clothier	2	0	2	0
57	Sidney Wagner	1	0	2	0
58	Peverell Marley	1	0	2	0
59	Edward Colman	1	0	2	0
60	Alfred Gilks	1	1	1	1
61	John Alton	1	1	1	1
62	Archie Stout	1	1	1	1
63	Ted Moore	1	1	1	1
64	Georges Périnal	1	1	1	1
65	Oliver T. Marsh	1	0	1	0
66	Wilfred M. Cline	1	0	1	0
67	Harold Lipstein	1	0	1	0
68	Charles Harten	1	0	1	0
69	Harry Jackson	1	0	1	0
70	Charles Schoenbaum	1	0	1	0
71	Harry Hallenberger	1	0	1	0
72	Charles Boyle	1	0	1	0

Known as

Best Cinematography (Color)

1958-1966

Best Cinematography (Color)

1939-1956