Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography is an annual award given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
2010 [1]	Wally Pfister	Inception
	Jeff Cronenweth	The Social Network
	Roger Deakins	True Grit
	Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak	127 Hours
	Matthew Libatique	Black Swan
2011 [2]	Emmanuel Lubezki	The Tree of Life
	Manuel Alberto Claro	Melancholia
	Janusz Kamiński	War Horse
	Robert Richardson	Hugo
	Guillaume Schiffman	The Artist
2012 [3]	Claudio Miranda	Life of Pi
	Danny Cohen	Les Misérables
	Roger Deakins	Skyfall
	Greig Fraser	Zero Dark Thirty
	Mihai Mălaimare Jr.	The Master
2013 [4]	Emmanuel Lubezki	Gravity
	Sean Bobbitt	12 Years a Slave
	Bruno Delbonnel	Inside Llewyn Davis
	Simon Duggan	The Great Gatsby
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Her
2014	Emmanuel Lubezki	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
	Roger Deakins	Unbroken
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Interstellar
	Daniel Landin	Under the Skin
	Robert Yeoman	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015	Emmanuel Lubezki	The Revenant
	Yves Bélanger	Brooklyn
	Roger Deakins	Sicario
	Edward Lachman	Carol
	John Seale	Mad Max: Fury Road
2016	Linus Sandgren	La La Land
	Stéphane Fontaine	Jackie
	James Laxton	Moonlight
	Seamus McGarvey	Nocturnal Animals
	Bradford Young	Arrival
2017	Roger Deakins	Blade Runner 2049
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Dunkirk
	Dan Laustsen	The Shape of Water
	Rachel Morrison	Mudbound
	Sayombhu Mukdeeprom	Call Me by Your Name
2018 [5]	Alfonso Cuarón	Roma
	James Laxton	If Beale Street Could Talk
	Matthew Libatique	A Star is Born
	Robbie Ryan	The Favourite
	Linus Sandgren	First Man
2019	Roger Deakins	1917
	Jarin Blaschke	The Lighthouse
	Drew Daniels	Waves
	Rodrigo Prieto	The Irishman
	Robert Richardson	Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

2020s

Year	Cinematographer(s)	Film
2020 [6]	Joshua James Richards	Nomadland
	Newton Thomas Sigel	Da 5 Bloods
	Erik Messerschmidt	Mank
	Dariusz Wolski	News of the World
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Tenet
2021 [7]	Greig Fraser	Dune
	Haris Zambarloukos	Belfast
	Andrew Droz Palermo	The Green Knight
	Ari Wegner	The Power of the Dog
	Bruno Delbonnel	The Tragedy of Macbeth
2022 [8]	Claudio Miranda	Top Gun: Maverick
	Roger Deakins	Empire of Light
	Larkin Seiple	Everything Everywhere All at Once
	Janusz Kaminski	The Fablemans
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Nope
2023 [9]	Hoyte van Hoytema	Oppenheimer
	Rodrigo Prieto	Barbie
		Killers of the Flower Moon
	Janusz Kaminski	Maestro
	Robbie Ryan	Poor Things
2024 [10]	Jarin Blaschke	Nosferatu
	Lol Crawley	The Brutalist
	Stéphane Fontaine	Conclave
	Greig Fraser	Dune: Part Two
	Jomo Fray	Nickel Boys

Multiple wins

• Emmanuel Lubezki - 4
• Roger Deakins - 2
• Claudio Miranda - 2

References

1. "2010 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 6, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
2. "2011 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
3. "2012 WAFCA Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 10, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
4. "The 2013 WAFCA Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 9, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
5. "2018 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 1, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
6. "2020 WAFCA Award Winners - The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)". wafca.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
7. "2021 WAFCA Award Winners - The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)". www.dcfilmcritics.com. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
8. DC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics
9. The 2023 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners
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