European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

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European Film Award for Best Cinematography
CountryFlag of Europe.svg  Europe
Presented by European Film Academy
First awarded1989
Currently held by Crystel Fournier Great Freedom (2021)
Website europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Award for Best Cinematographer, also known as Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award, is an award given to cinematographers working in the motion picture industry by the European Film Academy.

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Winners and nominees

1980s

YearComposer(s)English titleOriginal title
1989
(1st)
No award given
Nomination for Special Aspect Award
Flag of France.svg Henri Alekan Wings of Desire Der Himmel über Berlin
Flag of Portugal.svg Mário Barroso The Cannibals Os Canibais
1989
(2nd)
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Brantas
Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Persson
The Women on the Roof Kvinnorna på taket
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ptak 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918-1937).svg Yefim Reznik Little Vera Ма́ленькая Ве́ра / Malenkaya Vera
Flag of Hungary.svg Sándor Kardos The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Flag of Greece.svg Giorgos Arvanitis Landscape in the Mist Τοπίο στην ομίχλη / Topio stin omichli

1990s

YearComposer(s)English titleOriginal title
1990
(3rd)
Flag of Italy.svg Tonino Nardi Open Doors Porte aperte
Flag of France.svg Pierre Lhomme Cyrano de Bergerac
Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Nilsson The Guardian Angel Skyddsängeln
1991
(4th)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Walther van den Ende Toto the Hero Toto le héros
1992
(5th)
Flag of France.svg Jean-Yves Escoffier The Lovers on the Bridge Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
1993
(5th)
No award given
1994
(6th)
1995
(7th)
1996
(8th)
1997
(9th)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Seale The English Patient
Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Mathé The Witman Boys Witman fiúk
Flag of the United States.svg Ron Fortunato Nil by Mouth
1998
(10th)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adrian Biddle The Butcher Boy
Flag of France.svg Thierry Arbogast Black Cat, White Cat Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dany Elsen The Red Dwarf
Flag of Germany.svg Joseph Vilsmaier Comedian Harmonists
1999
(11th)
Flag of Hungary.svg Lajos Koltai Sunshine
The Legend of 1900 La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
Flag of France.svg Yves Cape Humanité L'humanité
Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Fyodorov
Flag of Russia.svg Anatoli Rodinov
Moloch Молох
Flag of Poland.svg Jacek Petrycki Journey to the Sun Güneşe Yolculuk

2000s

YearComposer(s)English titleOriginal title
2000
(13th)
[1]
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Storaro Goya in Bordeaux Goya en Bourdeaux
Flag of Russia.svg Yuri Klimenko The Barracks Барак
Flag of France.svg Agnès Godard Beau Travail
Flag of France.svg Éric Guichard
Flag of France.svg Jean-Paul Meurisse
Himalaya Himalaya: L'Enfance d'un chef
Flag of Brazil.svg Edgar Moura Jaime
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Burov The Wedding Свадьба / Svadba
2001
(14th)
[2]
Flag of France.svg Bruno Delbonnel Amélie Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
Flag of France.svg Éric Gautier Intimacy Intimité'
Flag of Estonia.svg Rein Kotov The Heart of the Bear Karu süda
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Griebe The Princess and the Warrior Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Olmi The Profession of Arms Il mestiere delle armi
Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Babos Paszport
2002
(15th)
[3]
Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Edelman The Pianist
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivan Strasburg Bloody Sunday
Flag of Spain.svg Javier Aguirresarobe Talk to Her Hable con ella
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Griebe Heaven
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salminen The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä
Flag of Germany.svg Alwin H. Küchler Grill Point Halbe Treppe
Flag of Germany.svg Tilman Büttner Russian Ark Русский ковчег / Russkij Kovcheg
2003
(16th)
[4]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Dod Mantle Dogville
28 Days Later
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Menges Dirty Pretty Things
Flag of Denmark.svg Marcel Zyskind In This World
Flag of Italy.svg Italo Petriccione I'm Not Scared Io non ho paura
Flag of Poland.svg Bogumił Godfrejów Distant Lights Lichter
Flag of Germany.svg Tom Fährmann The Miracle of Bern Das Wunder von Bern
2004
(17th)
[5]
Flag of Portugal.svg Eduardo Serra Girl with a Pearl Earring
Flag of Hungary.svg Lajos Koltai Being Julia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alwin H. Küchler Code 46
Flag of Spain.svg José Luis Alcaine Bad Education La mala educación
Flag of Spain.svg Javier Aguirresarobe The Sea Inside Mar adentro
Flag of Greece.svg Andreas Sinanos Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει
2005
(18th)
[6]
Flag of Germany.svg Franz Lustig Don't Come Knocking
Flag of Austria.svg Christian Berger Hidden Caché
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Dod Mantle Manderlay
Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Lenczewski My Summer of Love
Flag of Hungary.svg Gyula Pados Fateless Sorstalanság
Flag of France.svg Bruno Delbonnel A Very Long Engagement Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2006
(19th)
[7]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Ackroyd (tie) The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Flag of Spain.svg José Luis Alcaine (tie) Volver
Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salminen Lights in the Dusk Laitakaupungin valot
Flag of Nigeria.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roman Osin Pride & Prejudice
2007
(20th)
[8]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Frank Griebe Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Krichman The Banishment Изгнание / Izgnanie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Dod Mantle The Last King of Scotland
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Zamarion The Unknown Woman La sconosciuta
2008
(21st)
[9]
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Onorato Gomorrah Gomorra
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Bigazzi Il Divo
Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Faura The Orphanage El orfanato
Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Trofimov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Stoffers
Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan
2009
(22nd)
[10]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Dod Mantle Antichrist (tie)
Slumdog Millionaire (tie)
Flag of Austria.svg Christian Berger The White Ribbon 1Das weiße Band
Flag of Russia.svg Maksim Drozdov
Flag of Russia.svg Alisher Khamidkhodjaev
Paper Soldier Bumazhnyy soldat
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Fontaine A Prophet Un prophète

2010s

YearComposer(s)English titleOriginal title
2010
(23rd)
[11]
Flag of Israel.svg Flag of Germany.svg Giora Bejach Lebanon
Flag of France.svg Caroline Champetier Of Gods and Men Des hommes et des dieux
Flag of Russia.svg Pavel Kostomarov How I Ended This Summer Как я провёл этим летом / Kak ya provyol etim letom
Flag of Turkey.svg Barış Özbiçer Honey Bal
2011
(24th)
[12]
Flag of Chile.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Manuel Alberto Claro Melancholia
Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Fred Kelemen The Turin Horse A torinói ló
Flag of France.svg Guillaume Schiffman The Artist
Flag of Poland.svg Adam Sikora Essential Killing
2012
(25th)
[13]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of the United States.svg Sean Bobbitt Shame
Flag of Iran.svg Flag of France.svg Darius Khondji Amour
Flag of France.svg Bruno Delbonnel Faust Фауст
Flag of Turkey.svg Gökhan Tiryaki Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hoyte van Hoytema Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2013
(26th)
Flag of Israel.svg Asaf Sudry [14] Fill the Void למלא את החלל‎ - lemale et ha'ḥalal
2014
(27th)
Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Żal [15]
Flag of Poland.svg Ryszard Lenczewski
Ida
2015
(28th)
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Gschlacht [16] Goodnight Mommy Ich seh, Ich seh
2016
(29th)
Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Hjelm Knudsen [17] Land of Mine Under sandet
2017
(30th)
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Krichman [18] Loveless Нелюбовь / Nelyubov
2018
(31st)
Flag of Norway.svg Martin Otterbeck [19] Utøya: July 22 Utøya 22. juli
2019
(32nd)
Flag of Ireland.svg Robbie Ryan [20] The Favourite

2020s

YearComposer(s)English titleOriginal title
2020
(33rd)
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Cocco [21] Hidden Away Volevo nascondermi
2021
(34th)
Flag of France.svg Crystel Fournier [22] Great Freedom Große Freiheit
2022
(35th)
Flag of Ireland.svg Kate McCullough The Quiet Girl An Cailín Ciúin
2023
(36th)
Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Videbæk The Promised Land Bastarden

Best Cinematography

Most wins for Best Cinematography by country

CountryAwardsNominationsAwards (with co-productions)Nominations (with co-productions)
Flag of France.svg France 110
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 64
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 14
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 21
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 11
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 2
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 17
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 44
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 16
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 2
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 24
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 16
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Flag of Austria.svg Austria 12
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 11
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 0
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 00
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 00
Flag of Romania.svg Romania 0
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 010
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 00
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 0101
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 00
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 020

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