| European Film Award for Best Cinematography | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Europe |
| Presented by | European Film Academy |
| First awarded | 1989 |
| Currently held by |  Benjamin Kračun – The Substance (2024) |
| 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.
| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 (1st) | No award given | ||
| Nomination for Special Aspect Award | |||
 Henri Alekan | Wings of Desire | Der Himmel über Berlin | |
 Mário Barroso | The Cannibals | Os Canibais | |
| 1989 (2nd) |  Ulf Brantas Jörgen Persson | The Women on the Roof | Kvinnorna på taket |
 Krzysztof Ptak | 300 Miles to Heaven | 300 mil do nieba | |
  Yefim Reznik | Little Vera | Ма́ленькая Ве́ра / Malenkaya Vera | |
 Sándor Kardos | The Midas Touch | Eldorádó | |
 Giorgos Arvanitis | Landscape in the Mist | Τοπίο στην ομίχλη / Topio stin omichli | |
| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (3rd) |  Tonino Nardi | Open Doors | Porte aperte |
| Pierre Lhomme | Cyrano de Bergerac | ||
| Göran Nilsson | The Guardian Angel | Skyddsängeln | |
| 1991 (4th) |  Walther van den Ende | Toto the Hero | Toto le héros |
| 1992 (5th) | Jean-Yves Escoffier | The Lovers on the Bridge | Les Amants du Pont-Neuf |
| 1993 (5th) | No awards given | ||
| 1994 (6th) | |||
| 1995 (7th) | |||
| 1996 (8th) | |||
| 1997 (9th) |  John Seale | The English Patient | |
| Tibor Mathé | The Witman Boys | Witman fiúk | |
 Ron Fortunato | Nil by Mouth | ||
| 1998 (10th) |  Adrian Biddle | The Butcher Boy | |
| Thierry Arbogast | Black Cat, White Cat | Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor | |
| Dany Elsen | The Red Dwarf | ||
 Joseph Vilsmaier | Comedian Harmonists | ||
| 1999 (11th) | Lajos Koltai | Sunshine | |
| The Legend of 1900 | La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano | ||
| Yves Cape | Humanité | L'humanité | |
 Alexei Fyodorov Anatoli Rodinov | Moloch | Молох | |
| Jacek Petrycki | Journey to the Sun | Güneşe Yolculuk | |
| Year | Cinematographer(s) | English title | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (33rd) | Matteo Cocco | Hidden Away | Volevo nascondermi | [21] |
| 2021 (34th) | Crystel Fournier | Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | [22] |
| 2022 (35th) |  Kate McCullough | The Quiet Girl | An Cailín Ciúin | |
| 2023 (36th) |  Rasmus Videbæk | The Promised Land | Bastarden | |
| 2024 (37th) | Benjamin Kračun | The Substance | [23] | |
| Country | Awards | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 4 |
 Spain | 1 | 4 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 2 | |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 |
 Israel | 2 | |
| Germany | 1 | 7 |
| Italy | 4 | 4 |
| Hungary | 1 | 6 |
| Ireland | 2 | |
| Poland | 2 | 4 |
| Russia | 1 | 6 |
 Finland | 2 | |
 Ukraine | ||
 Austria | 1 | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 |
 Turkey | 0 | |
| Soviet Union | 0 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | |
 Romania | 0 | |
 Norway | 0 | 1 |
 Bulgaria | 0 | |
 Croatia | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic | 0 | |
| Greece | 0 | 2 |
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