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| 2009 | Winner | Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | Anthony Dod Mantle | Best Achievement in Cinematography |
| Nominated | Changeling (2008) | Tom Stern (II) |
| Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008) | Claudio Miranda (II) |
| Dark Knight, The (2008) | Wally Pfister |
| Reader, The (2008) | Chris Menges, Roger Deakins |
| 2008 | Winner | There Will Be Blood (2007) | Robert Elswit |
| Nominated | Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007) | Roger Deakins |
| Atonement (2007) | Seamus McGarvey |
| No Country for Old Men (2007) | Roger Deakins |
| Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) | Janusz Kaminski (I) |
| 2007 | Winner | Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) | Guillermo Navarro |
| Nominated | Black Dahlia, The (2006) | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Children of Men (2006) | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Illusionist, The (2006) | Dick Pope |
| Prestige, The (2006) | Wally Pfister |
| 2006 | Winner | Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) | Dion Beebe |
| Nominated | Batman Begins (2005) | Wally Pfister |
| Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Rodrigo Prieto (I) |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) | Robert Elswit |
| New World, The (2005) | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| 2005 | Winner | Aviator, The (2004) | Robert Richardson (I) |
| Nominated | Passion of the Christ, The (2004) | Caleb Deschanel |
| Phantom of the Opera, The (2004) | John Mathieson |
| Shi mian mai fu (2004) | Xiaoding Zhao |
| Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) | Bruno Delbonnel |
| 2004 | Winner | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Russell Boyd (I) | Best Cinematography |
| Nominated | Cidade de Deus (2002) | César Charlone |
| Cold Mountain (2003) | John Seale (I) |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) | Eduardo Serra |
| Seabiscuit (2003) | John Schwartzman (I) |
| 2003 | Winner | Road to Perdition (2002) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Nominated | Chicago (2002) | Dion Beebe |
| Far from Heaven (2002) | Edward Lachman |
| Gangs of New York (2002) | Michael Ballhaus (I) |
| Pianist, The (2002) | Pawel Edelman |
| 2002 | Winner | Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) | Andrew Lesnie |
| Nominated | Black Hawk Down (2001) | Slawomir Idziak |
| Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) | Bruno Delbonnel |
| Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001) | Roger Deakins |
| Moulin Rouge! (2001) | Donald McAlpine |
| 2001 | Winner | Wo hu cang long (2000) | Peter Pau |
| Nominated | Gladiator (2000) | John Mathieson |
| Malèna (2000) | Lajos Koltai |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | Roger Deakins |
| Patriot, The (2000) | Caleb Deschanel |
| 2000 | Winner | American Beauty (1999) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Nominated | End of the Affair, The (1999) | Roger Pratt |
| Insider, The (1999) | Dante Spinotti |
| Sleepy Hollow (1999) | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) | Robert Richardson (I) |
| 1999 | Winner | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | Janusz Kaminski (I) |
| Nominated | Civil Action, A (1998) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Elizabeth (1998) | Remi Adefarasin |
| Shakespeare in Love (1998) | Richard Greatrex |
| Thin Red Line, The (1998) | John Toll |
| 1998 | Winner | Titanic (1997) | Russell Carpenter (I) |
| Nominated | Amistad (1997) | Janusz Kaminski (I) |
| Kundun (1997) | Roger Deakins |
| L.A. Confidential (1997) | Dante Spinotti |
| Wings of the Dove, The (1997) | Eduardo Serra |
| 1997 | Winner | English Patient, The (1996) | John Seale (I) |
| Nominated | Evita (1996) | Darius Khondji |
| Fargo (1996) | Roger Deakins |
| Fly Away Home (1996) | Caleb Deschanel |
| Michael Collins (1996) | Chris Menges |
| 1996 | Winner | Braveheart (1995) | John Toll |
| Nominated | Batman Forever (1995) | Stephen Goldblatt (I) |
| Little Princess, A (1995) | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Sense and Sensibility (1995) | Michael Coulter (I) |
| Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao (1995) | Yue Lu |
| 1995 | Winner | Legends of the Fall (1994) | John Toll |
| Nominated | Forrest Gump (1994) | Don Burgess |
| Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) | Roger Deakins |
| Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994) | Piotr Sobocinski |
| Wyatt Earp (1994) | Owen Roizman |
| 1994 | Winner | Schindler's List (1993) | Janusz Kaminski (I) |
| Nominated | Ba wang bie ji (1993) | Changwei Gu |
| Fugitive, The (1993) | Michael Chapman (I) |
| Piano, The (1993) | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) | Conrad L. Hall |
| 1993 | Winner | River Runs Through It, A (1992) | Philippe Rousselot |
| Nominated | Amant, L' (1992) | Robert Fraisse |
| Hoffa (1992) | Stephen H. Burum |
| Howards End (1992) | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
| Unforgiven (1992) | Jack N. Green (I) |
| 1992 | Winner | JFK (1991) | Robert Richardson (I) |
| Nominated | Bugsy (1991) | Allen Daviau |
| Prince of Tides, The (1991) | Stephen Goldblatt (I) |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | Adam Greenberg (I) |
| Thelma & Louise (1991) | Adrian Biddle |
| 1991 | Winner | Dances with Wolves (1990) | Dean Semler |
| Nominated | Avalon (1990) | Allen Daviau |
| Dick Tracy (1990) | Vittorio Storaro |
| Godfather: Part III, The (1990) | Gordon Willis (I) |
| Henry & June (1990) | Philippe Rousselot |
| 1990 | Winner | Glory (1989) | Freddie Francis |
| Nominated | Abyss, The (1989) | Mikael Salomon |
| Blaze (1989) | Haskell Wexler |
| Born on the Fourth of July (1989) | Robert Richardson (I) |
| Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989) | Michael Ballhaus (I) |
| 1989 | Winner | Mississippi Burning (1988) | Peter Biziou |
| Nominated | Rain Man (1988) | John Seale (I) |
| Tequila Sunrise (1988) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988) | Sven Nykvist |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) | Dean Cundey |
| 1988 | Winner | Last Emperor, The (1987) | Vittorio Storaro |
| Nominated | Broadcast News (1987) | Michael Ballhaus (I) |
| Empire of the Sun (1987) | Allen Daviau |
| Hope and Glory (1987) | Philippe Rousselot |
| Matewan (1987) | Haskell Wexler |
| 1987 | Winner | Mission, The (1986) | Chris Menges |
| Nominated | Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) | Jordan Cronenweth |
| Platoon (1986) | Robert Richardson (I) |
| Room with a View, A (1985) | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) | Donald Peterman |
| 1986 | Winner | Out of Africa (1985) | David Watkin (I) |
| Nominated | Color Purple, The (1985) | Allen Daviau |
| Murphy's Romance (1985) | William A. Fraker |
| Ran (1985) | Takao Saitô (I), Masaharu Ueda, Asakazu Nakai |
| Witness (1985) | John Seale (I) |
| 1985 | Winner | Killing Fields, The (1984) | Chris Menges |
| Nominated | Amadeus (1984) | Miroslav Ondrícek |
| Natural, The (1984) | Caleb Deschanel |
| Passage to India, A (1984) | Ernest Day |
| River, The (1984) | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| 1984 | Winner | Fanny och Alexander (1982) | Sven Nykvist |
| Nominated | Flashdance (1983) | Donald Peterman |
| Right Stuff, The (1983) | Caleb Deschanel |
| WarGames (1983) | William A. Fraker |
| Zelig (1983) | Gordon Willis (I) |
| 1983 | Winner | Gandhi (1982) | Billy Williams (III), Ronnie Taylor (I) |
| Nominated | Boot, Das (1981) | Jost Vacano |
| E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | Allen Daviau |
| Sophie's Choice (1982) | Néstor Almendros |
| Tootsie (1982) | Owen Roizman |
| 1982 | Winner | Reds (1981) | Vittorio Storaro |
| Nominated | Excalibur (1981) | Alex Thomson (I) |
| On Golden Pond (1981) | Billy Williams (III) |
| Ragtime (1981) | Miroslav Ondrícek |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | Douglas Slocombe (I) |
| 1981 | Winner | Tess (1979) | Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet |
| Nominated | Blue Lagoon, The (1980) | Néstor Almendros |
| Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) | Ralf D. Bode |
| Formula, The (1980) | James Crabe |
| Raging Bull (1980) | Michael Chapman (I) |
| 1980 | Winner | Apocalypse Now (1979) | Vittorio Storaro |
| Nominated | 1941 (1979) | William A. Fraker |
| All That Jazz (1979) | Giuseppe Rotunno |
| Black Hole, The (1979) | Frank V. Phillips |
| Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) | Néstor Almendros |
| 1979 | Winner | Days of Heaven (1978) |
| Nominated | Deer Hunter, The (1978) | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Heaven Can Wait (1978) | William A. Fraker |
| Same Time, Next Year (1978) | Robert Surtees |
| Wiz, The (1978) | Oswald Morris |
| 1978 | Winner | Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Nominated | Islands in the Stream (1977) | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Julia (1977) | Douglas Slocombe (I) |
| Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) | William A. Fraker |
| Turning Point, The (1977) | Robert Surtees |
| 1977 | Winner | Bound for Glory (1976) | Haskell Wexler |
| Nominated | King Kong (1976) | Richard H. Kline |
| Logan's Run (1976) | Ernest Laszlo |
| Network (1976) | Owen Roizman |
| Star Is Born, A (1976) | Robert Surtees |
| 1976 | Winner | Barry Lyndon (1975) | John Alcott |
| Nominated | Day of the Locust, The (1975) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Funny Lady (1975) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| Hindenburg, The (1975) | Robert Surtees |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) | Haskell Wexler, Bill Butler (I) |
| 1975 | Winner | Towering Inferno, The (1974) | Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph F. Biroc |
| Nominated | Chinatown (1974) | John A. Alonzo |
| Earthquake (1974) | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Lenny (1974) | Bruce Surtees |
| Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| 1974 | Winner | Viskningar och rop (1972) | Sven Nykvist |
| Nominated | Exorcist, The (1973) | Owen Roizman |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973) | Jack Couffer |
| Sting, The (1973) | Robert Surtees |
| Way We Were, The (1973) | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| 1973 | Winner | Cabaret (1972) | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Nominated | 1776 (1972) | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| Butterflies Are Free (1972) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) | Harold E. Stine |
| Travels with My Aunt (1972) | Douglas Slocombe (I) |
| 1972 | Winner | Fiddler on the Roof (1971) | Oswald Morris |
| Nominated | French Connection, The (1971) | Owen Roizman |
| Last Picture Show, The (1971) | Robert Surtees |
| Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) | Freddie Young |
| Summer of '42 (1971) | Robert Surtees |
| 1971 | Winner | Ryan's Daughter (1970) | Freddie Young |
| Nominated | Airport (1970) | Ernest Laszlo |
| Patton (1970) | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) | Charles F. Wheeler, Osamu Furuya, Shinsaku Himeda, Masamichi Satoh |
| Women in Love (1969) | Billy Williams (III) |
| 1970 | Winner | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Nominated | Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Hello, Dolly! (1969) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Marooned (1969) | Daniel L. Fapp |
| 1969 | Winner | Romeo and Juliet (1968/I) | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Nominated | Funny Girl (1968) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Ice Station Zebra (1968) | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Oliver! (1968) | Oswald Morris |
| Star! (1968) | Ernest Laszlo |
| 1968 | Winner | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | Burnett Guffey |
| Nominated | Camelot (1967) | Richard H. Kline |
| Doctor Dolittle (1967) | Robert Surtees |
| Graduate, The (1967) |
| In Cold Blood (1967) | Conrad L. Hall |
| 1967 | Winner | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) | Haskell Wexler | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Fortune Cookie, The (1966) | Joseph LaShelle |
| Georgy Girl (1966) | Kenneth Higgins (II) |
| Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) | Marcel Grignon |
| Seconds (1966) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| 1967 | Winner | Man for All Seasons, A (1966) | Ted Moore (I) | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Fantastic Voyage (1966) | Ernest Laszlo |
| Hawaii (1966) | Russell Harlan |
| Professionals, The (1966) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Sand Pebbles, The (1966) | Joseph MacDonald (I) |
| 1966 | Winner | Ship of Fools (1965) | Ernest Laszlo | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | In Harm's Way (1965) | Loyal Griggs |
| King Rat (1965) | Burnett Guffey |
| Morituri (1965) | Conrad L. Hall |
| Patch of Blue, A (1965) | Robert Burks |
| 1966 | Winner | Doctor Zhivago (1965) | Freddie Young | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965) | Leon Shamroy |
| Great Race, The (1965) | Russell Harlan |
| Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965) | William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs |
| Sound of Music, The (1965) | Ted D. McCord |
| 1965 | Winner | Alexis Zorbas (1964) | Walter Lassally | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Americanization of Emily, The (1964) | Philip H. Lathrop |
| Fate Is the Hunter (1964) | Milton R. Krasner |
| Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Night of the Iguana, The (1964) | Gabriel Figueroa (I) |
| 1965 | Winner | My Fair Lady (1964) | Harry Stradling Sr. | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Becket (1964) | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Cheyenne Autumn (1964) | William H. Clothier |
| Mary Poppins (1964) | Edward Colman |
| Unsinkable Molly Brown, The (1964) | Daniel L. Fapp |
| 1964 | Winner | Hud (1963) | James Wong Howe (I) | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Balcony, The (1963) | George J. Folsey |
| Caretakers, The (1963) | Lucien Ballard |
| Lilies of the Field (1963) | Ernest Haller |
| Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) | Milton R. Krasner |
| 1964 | Winner | Cleopatra (1963) | Leon Shamroy | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Cardinal, The (1963) |
| How the West Was Won (1962) | William H. Daniels, Milton R. Krasner, Charles Lang (I), Joseph LaShelle |
| Irma la Douce (1963) | Joseph LaShelle |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) | Ernest Laszlo |
| 1963 | Winner | Longest Day, The (1962) | Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) | Burnett Guffey |
| To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) | Russell Harlan |
| Two for the Seesaw (1962) | Ted D. McCord |
| What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) | Ernest Haller |
| 1963 | Winner | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | Freddie Young | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Gypsy (1962) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Hatari! (1962) | Russell Harlan |
| Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) | Robert Surtees |
| Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, The (1962) | Paul Vogel |
| 1962 | Winner | Hustler, The (1961) | Eugen Schüfftan | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | AbsentMinded Professor, The (1961) | Edward Colman |
| Children's Hour, The (1961) | Franz Planer |
| Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) | Ernest Laszlo |
| One, Two, Three (1961) | Daniel L. Fapp |
| 1962 | Winner | West Side Story (1961) | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Fanny (1961) | Jack Cardiff |
| Flower Drum Song (1961) | Russell Metty |
| Majority of One, A (1961) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| One-Eyed Jacks (1961) | Charles Lang (I) |
| 1961 | Winner | Sons and Lovers (1960) | Freddie Francis | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Apartment, The (1960) | Joseph LaShelle |
| Facts of Life, The (1960) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Inherit the Wind (1960) | Ernest Laszlo |
| Psycho (1960) | John L. Russell |
| 1961 | Winner | Spartacus (1960) | Russell Metty | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Alamo, The (1960) | William H. Clothier |
| BUtterfield 8 (1960) | Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten |
| Exodus (1960) | Sam Leavitt |
| Pepe (1960) | Joseph MacDonald (I) |
| 1960 | Winner | Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) | William C. Mellor | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) | Sam Leavitt |
| Career (1959) | Joseph LaShelle |
| Some Like It Hot (1959) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Young Philadelphians, The (1959) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| 1960 | Winner | Ben-Hur (1959) | Robert Surtees | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Big Fisherman, The (1959) | Lee Garmes |
| Five Pennies, The (1959) | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Nun's Story, The (1959) | Franz Planer |
| Porgy and Bess (1959) | Leon Shamroy |
| 1959 | Winner | Defiant Ones, The (1958) | Sam Leavitt | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Desire Under the Elms (1958) | Daniel L. Fapp |
| I Want to Live! (1958) | Lionel Lindon |
| Separate Tables (1958) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Young Lions, The (1958) | Joseph MacDonald (I) |
| 1959 | Winner | Gigi (1958) | Joseph Ruttenberg | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Auntie Mame (1958) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) | William H. Daniels |
| Old Man and the Sea, The (1958) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| South Pacific (1958) | Leon Shamroy |
| 1958 | Winner | Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) | Jack Hildyard | Best Cinematography |
| Nominated | Affair to Remember, An (1957) | Milton R. Krasner |
| Funny Face (1957) | Ray June |
| Peyton Place (1957) | William C. Mellor |
| Sayonara (1957) | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| 1957 | Winner | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) | Joseph Ruttenberg | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Baby Doll (1956) | Boris Kaufman |
| Bad Seed, The (1956) | Harold Rosson |
| Harder They Fall, The (1956) | Burnett Guffey |
| Stagecoach to Fury (1956) | Walter Strenge |
| 1957 | Winner | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | Lionel Lindon | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Eddy Duchin Story, The (1956) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| King and I, The (1956) | Leon Shamroy |
| Ten Commandments, The (1956) | Loyal Griggs |
| War and Peace (1956) | Jack Cardiff |
| 1956 | Winner | Rose Tattoo, The (1955) | James Wong Howe (I) | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Blackboard Jungle (1955) | Russell Harlan |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) | Arthur E. Arling |
| Marty (1955) | Joseph LaShelle |
| Queen Bee (1955) | Charles Lang (I) |
| 1956 | Winner | To Catch a Thief (1955) | Robert Burks | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Guys and Dolls (1955/I) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) | Leon Shamroy |
| Man Called Peter, A (1955) | Harold Lipstein |
| Oklahoma! (1955) | Robert Surtees |
| 1955 | Winner | On the Waterfront (1954) | Boris Kaufman | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Country Girl, The (1954) | John F. Warren |
| Executive Suite (1954) | George J. Folsey |
| Rogue Cop (1954) | John F. Seitz |
| Sabrina (1954) | Charles Lang (I) |
| 1955 | Winner | Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) | Milton R. Krasner | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Egyptian, The (1954) | Leon Shamroy |
| Rear Window (1954) | Robert Burks |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | George J. Folsey |
| Silver Chalice, The (1954) | William V. Skall |
| 1954 | Winner | From Here to Eternity (1953) | Burnett Guffey | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Four Poster, The (1952) | Hal Mohr |
| Julius Caesar (1953) | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Martin Luther (1953) | Joseph C. Brun |
| Roman Holiday (1953) | Franz Planer, Henri Alekan |
| 1954 | Winner | Shane (1953) | Loyal Griggs | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) | George J. Folsey |
| Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) | Edward Cronjager |
| Lili (1953) | Robert H. Planck |
| Robe, The (1953) | Leon Shamroy |
| 1953 | Winner | Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952) | Robert Surtees | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Big Sky, The (1952) | Russell Harlan |
| My Cousin Rachel (1952) | Joseph LaShelle |
| Navajo (1952) | Virgil Miller |
| Sudden Fear (1952) | Charles Lang (I) |
| 1953 | Winner | Quiet Man, The (1952) | Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Hans Christian Andersen (1952) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Ivanhoe (1952) | Freddie Young |
| Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) | George J. Folsey |
| Snows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952) | Leon Shamroy |
| 1952 | Winner | Place in the Sun, A (1951) | William C. Mellor | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Death of a Salesman (1951) | Franz Planer |
| Frogmen, The (1951) | Norbert Brodine |
| Strangers on a Train (1951) | Robert Burks |
| Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| 1952 | Winner | American in Paris, An (1951) | Alfred Gilks, John Alton (I) | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | David and Bathsheba (1951) | Leon Shamroy |
| Quo Vadis (1951) | Robert Surtees, William V. Skall |
| Show Boat (1951) | Charles Rosher |
| When Worlds Collide (1951) | John F. Seitz, W. Howard Greene |
| 1951 | Winner | Third Man, The (1949) | Robert Krasker | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | All About Eve (1950) | Milton R. Krasner |
| Asphalt Jungle, The (1950) | Harold Rosson |
| Furies, The (1950) | Victor Milner |
| Sunset Blvd. (1950) | John F. Seitz |
| 1951 | Winner | King Solomon's Mines (1950) | Robert Surtees | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Annie Get Your Gun (1950) | Charles Rosher |
| Broken Arrow (1950) | Ernest Palmer (I) |
| Flame and the Arrow, The (1950) | Ernest Haller |
| Samson and Delilah (1949) | George Barnes (I) |
| 1950 | Winner | Battleground (1949) | Paul Vogel | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Champion (1949) | Franz Planer |
| Come to the Stable (1949) | Joseph LaShelle |
| Heiress, The (1949) | Leo Tover |
| Prince of Foxes (1949) | Leon Shamroy |
| 1950 | Winner | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) | Winton C. Hoch | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Jolson Sings Again (1949) | William E. Snyder |
| Little Women (1949) | Robert H. Planck, Charles Edgar Schoenbaum |
| Sand (1949) | Charles G. Clarke (I) |
| 1949 | Winner | Naked City, The (1948) | William H. Daniels | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Foreign Affair, A (1948) | Charles Lang (I) |
| I Remember Mama (1948) | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Johnny Belinda (1948) | Ted D. McCord |
| Portrait of Jennie (1948) | Joseph H. August |
| 1949 | Winner | Joan of Arc (1948) | Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton C. Hoch | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) | Charles G. Clarke (I) |
| Loves of Carmen, The (1948) | William E. Snyder |
| Three Musketeers, The (1948) | Robert H. Planck |
| 1948 | Winner | Great Expectations (1946) | Guy Green (I) | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Green Dolphin Street (1947) | George J. Folsey |
| 1948 | Winner | Black Narcissus (1947) | Jack Cardiff | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Life with Father (1947) | J. Peverell Marley, William V. Skall |
| Mother Wore Tights (1947) | Harry Jackson (I) |
| 1947 | Winner | Anna and the King of Siam (1946) | Arthur C. Miller | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Green Years, The (1946) | George J. Folsey |
| 1947 | Winner | Yearling, The (1946) | Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith (I), Arthur E. Arling | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Jolson Story, The (1946) | Joseph Walker (I) |
| 1946 | Winner | Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) | Harry Stradling Sr. | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) | Arthur C. Miller |
| Lost Weekend, The (1945) | John F. Seitz |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Ernest Haller |
| Spellbound (1945) | George Barnes (I) |
| 1946 | Winner | Leave Her to Heaven (1945) | Leon Shamroy | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Anchors Aweigh (1945) | Robert H. Planck, Charles P. Boyle |
| National Velvet (1944) | Leonard Smith (I) |
| Song to Remember, A (1945) | Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey (I) |
| Spanish Main, The (1945) | George Barnes (I) |
| 1945 | Winner | Laura (1944) | Joseph LaShelle | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Double Indemnity (1944) | John F. Seitz |
| Dragon Seed (1944) | Sidney Wagner |
| Gaslight (1944) | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Going My Way (1944) | Lionel Lindon |
| Lifeboat (1944) | Glen MacWilliams |
| Since You Went Away (1944) | Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) | Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson |
| Uninvited, The (1944) | Charles Lang (I) |
| White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944) | George J. Folsey |
| 1945 | Winner | Wilson (1944) | Leon Shamroy | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Cover Girl (1944) | Rudolph Maté, Allen M. Davey (I) |
| Home in Indiana (1944) | Edward Cronjager |
| Kismet (1944) | Charles Rosher |
| Lady in the Dark (1944) | Ray Rennahan |
| Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | George J. Folsey |
| 1944 | Winner | Song of Bernadette, The (1943) | Arthur C. Miller | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Air Force (1943) | James Wong Howe (I), Elmer Dyer, Charles A. Marshall |
| Casablanca (1942) | Arthur Edeson |
| Corvette K-225 (1943) | Tony Gaudio |
| Five Graves to Cairo (1943) | John F. Seitz |
| Human Comedy, The (1943) | Harry Stradling Sr. |
| Madame Curie (1943) | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| North Star, The (1943) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| Sahara (1943/I) | Rudolph Maté |
| So Proudly We Hail! (1943) | Charles Lang (I) |
| 1944 | Winner | Phantom of the Opera (1943) | Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) | Ray Rennahan |
| Heaven Can Wait (1943) | Edward Cronjager |
| Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) | Charles G. Clarke (I), Allen M. Davey (I) |
| Lassie Come Home (1943) | Leonard Smith (I) |
| Thousands Cheer (1943) | George J. Folsey |
| 1943 | Winner | Mrs. Miniver (1942) | Joseph Ruttenberg | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Kings Row (1942) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) | Stanley Cortez |
| Moontide (1942) | Charles G. Clarke (I) |
| Pied Piper, The (1942) | Edward Cronjager |
| Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) | Rudolph Maté |
| Take a Letter, Darling (1942) | John J. Mescall |
| Talk of the Town, The (1942) | Ted Tetzlaff |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) | Leon Shamroy |
| This Above All (1942) | Arthur C. Miller |
| 1943 | Winner | Black Swan, The (1942) | Leon Shamroy | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Arabian Nights (1942) | Milton R. Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene |
| Captains of the Clouds (1942) | Sol Polito |
| Jungle Book (1942) | W. Howard Greene |
| Reap the Wild Wind (1942) | Victor Milner, William V. Skall |
| To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) | Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall |
| 1942 | Winner | How Green Was My Valley (1941) | Arthur C. Miller | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Chocolate Soldier, The (1941) | Karl Freund |
| Citizen Kane (1941) | Gregg Toland |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) | Joseph Walker (I) |
| Hold Back the Dawn (1941) | Leo Tover |
| Sergeant York (1941) | Sol Polito |
| Sun Valley Serenade (1941) | Edward Cronjager |
| Sundown (1941) | Charles Lang (I) |
| That Hamilton Woman (1941) | Rudolph Maté |
| 1942 | Winner | Blood and Sand (1941) | Ernest Palmer (I), Ray Rennahan | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Aloma of the South Seas (1941) | Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William E. Snyder |
| Billy the Kid (1941) | William V. Skall, Leonard Smith (I) |
| Blossoms in the Dust (1941) | Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene |
| Dive Bomber (1941) | Bert Glennon |
| Louisiana Purchase (1941) | Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan |
| 1941 | Winner | Rebecca (1940) | George Barnes (I) | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Ernest Haller |
| Arise, My Love (1940) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Boom Town (1940) | Harold Rosson |
| Foreign Correspondent (1940) | Rudolph Maté |
| Letter, The (1940) | Tony Gaudio |
| Long Voyage Home, The (1940) | Gregg Toland |
| Spring Parade (1940) | Joseph A. Valentine |
| Waterloo Bridge (1940) | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| 1941 | Winner | Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) | Georges Périnal | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (1940) | Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall |
| Bitter Sweet (1940) | Oliver T. Marsh, Allen M. Davey (I) |
| Blue Bird, The (1940) | Arthur C. Miller, Ray Rennahan |
| Down Argentine Way (1940) | Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan |
| North West Mounted Police (1940) | Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene |
| 1940 | Winner | Wuthering Heights (1939) | Gregg Toland | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White |
| Nominated | First Love (1939) | Joseph A. Valentine |
| Great Victor Herbert, The (1939) | Victor Milner |
| Gunga Din (1939) | Joseph H. August |
| Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939) | Gregg Toland |
| Juarez (1939) | Tony Gaudio |
| Lady of the Tropics (1939) | Norbert Brodine |
| Only Angels Have Wings (1939) | Joseph Walker (I) |
| Rains Came, The (1939) | Arthur C. Miller |
| Stagecoach (1939) | Bert Glennon |
| 1940 | Winner | Gone with the Wind (1939) | Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan | Best Cinematography, Color |
| Nominated | Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) | Ray Rennahan, Bert Glennon |
| Four Feathers, The (1939) | Georges Périnal, Osmond Borradaile |
| Mikado, The (1939) | William V. Skall |
| Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939) | Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene |
| Wizard of Oz, The (1939) | Harold Rosson |
| 1939 | Winner | Great Waltz, The (1938) | Joseph Ruttenberg | Best Cinematography |
| Nominated | Algiers (1938) | James Wong Howe (I) |
| Army Girl (1938) | Ernest Miller (I), Harry J. Wild |
| Buccaneer, The (1938) | Victor Milner |
| Jezebel (1938) | Ernest Haller |
| Mad About Music (1938) | Joseph A. Valentine |
| Merrily We Live (1938) | Norbert Brodine |
| Suez (1938) | J. Peverell Marley |
| Vivacious Lady (1938) | Robert De Grasse |
| You Can't Take It with You (1938) | Joseph Walker (I) |
| Young in Heart, The (1938) | Leon Shamroy |
| 1938 | Winner | Good Earth, The (1937) | Karl Freund |
| Nominated | Dead End (1937) | Gregg Toland |
| Wings Over Honolulu (1937) | Joseph A. Valentine |
| 1937 | Winner | Anthony Adverse (1936) | Tony Gaudio |
| Nominated | General Died at Dawn, The (1936) | Victor Milner |
| Gorgeous Hussy, The (1936) | George J. Folsey |
| 1936 | Winner | Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935) | Hal Mohr |
| Nominated | Barbary Coast (1935) | Ray June |
| Crusades, The (1935) | Victor Milner |
| Misérables, Les (1935) | Gregg Toland |
| 1935 | Winner | Cleopatra (1934) | Victor Milner |
| Nominated | Affairs of Cellini, The (1934) | Charles Rosher |
| Operator 13 (1934) | George J. Folsey |
| 1934 | Winner | Farewell to Arms, A (1932) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Nominated | Reunion in Vienna (1933) | George J. Folsey |
| Sign of the Cross, The (1932) | Karl Struss |
| 1932 | Winner | Shanghai Express (1932) | Lee Garmes |
| Nominated | Arrowsmith (1931) | Ray June |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | Karl Struss |
| 1931 | Winner | Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) | Floyd Crosby |
| Nominated | Cimarron (1931) | Edward Cronjager |
| Morocco (1930) | Lee Garmes |
| Right to Love, The (1930) | Charles Lang (I) |
| Svengali (1931) | Barney McGill |
| 1929 | Winner | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | Charles Rosher, Karl Struss |
| Nominated | Devil Dancer, The (1927) | George Barnes (I) |
| Magic Flame, The (1927) |
| Sadie Thompson (1928) |
