New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer is one of the annual awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Winners

1980s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
1980	Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth	Tess
1981	David Watkin	Chariots of Fire
1982	Néstor Almendros	Sophie's Choice
1983	Gordon Willis	Zelig
1984	Chris Menges	The Killing Fields
1985	David Watkin	Out of Africa
1986	Tony Pierce-Roberts	A Room with a View
1987	Vittorio Storaro	The Last Emperor
1988	Henri Alekan	Wings of Desire
1989	Ernest R. Dickerson	Do the Right Thing

1990s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
1990	Vittorio Storaro	The Sheltering Sky
1991	Roger Deakins	Barton Fink
1992	Jean Lépin	The Player
1993	Janusz Kamiński	Schindler's List
1994	Stefan Czapsky	Ed Wood
1995	Lü Yue	Shanghai Triad
1996	Robby Müller	Breaking the Waves
		Dead Man
1997	Roger Deakins	Kundun
1998	John Toll	The Thin Red Line
1999	Freddie Francis	The Straight Story

2000s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
2000	Peter Pau	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001	Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee	In the Mood for Love
2002	Edward Lachman	Far from Heaven
2003	Harris Savides	Elephant
		Gerry
2004	Christopher Doyle	Hero
2005	Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, and Kwan Pun Leung	2046
2006	Guillermo Navarro	Pan's Labyrinth
2007	Robert Elswit	There Will Be Blood
2008	Anthony Dod Mantle	Slumdog Millionaire
2009	Christian Berger	The White Ribbon

2010s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
2010	Matthew Libatique	Black Swan
2011	Emmanuel Lubezki	The Tree of Life
2012	Greig Fraser	Zero Dark Thirty
2013	Bruno Delbonnel	Inside Llewyn Davis
2014	Darius Khondji	The Immigrant
2015	Edward Lachman	Carol
2016	James Laxton	Moonlight
2017	Rachel Morrison [1]	Mudbound
2018	Alfonso Cuarón [2]	Roma
2019	Claire Mathon [3]	Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2020s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
2020	Shabier Kirchner [4]	Small Axe
2021	Janusz Kamiński [5]	West Side Story
2022	Claudio Miranda [6]	Top Gun: Maverick
2023	Hoyte van Hoytema [7]	Oppenheimer
2024	Jomo Fray [8]	Nickel Boys
2025	Autumn Durald Arkapaw [9]	Sinners

See also

• Academy Award for Best Cinematography

References

1. Nolfi, Joey (November 30, 2017). "2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners announced: See the full list". EW.com.
2. Sharf, Zack (November 29, 2018). "NYFCC 2018 Winners: 'Roma' Dominates With Wins for Best Picture, Director, and More".
3. Hipes, Patrick (December 4, 2019). "New York Film Critics Circle Names 'The Irishman' Best Film; Safdie Brothers, Lupita Nyong'o, Antonio Banderas Among Winners".
4. "Chadwick Boseman wins Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 New York Film Critics Circle Awards".
5. Hipes, Patrick; Evans, Greg (December 3, 2021). "'Drive My Car' Named Best Film By New York Film Critics Circle; Benedict Cumberbatch, Lady Gaga, 'West Side Story', 'Licorice Pizza' Take Other Prizes – Complete Winners List".
6. "Awards – New York Film Critics Circle".
7. "New York Film Critics Awards: Winners List". Variety . 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
8. New York Film Critics Circle 2024 Winners List: ‘The Brutalist’ Named Best Film - Variety
9. Blauvelt, Christian (December 2, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Wins Best Film at 2025 New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Full Winners List".