Usually a
win for cinematography is considered prestigious enough that it can be given to a film voters really like but not necessarily one that will win Best Picture.
I
look for cinematography that is invisible to the project, that feels like it's in service to the story but doesn't feel so stylized that you're noticing the cinematography itself.
The cutscenes are astounding in their visual quality and have a real
flair for cinematography that captures everything beautifully.
But, along with an additional
award for cinematography, the film only won three Academy Awards on the night despite topping all other films with 12 total nominations.
Roger Deakins with Sandra Bullock backstage after winning the Oscar
for cinematography for «Blade Runner 2049.»
At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Heineman received both the Directing Award and Special Jury Award
for Cinematography in the U.S. Documentary competition.
Pfister won an Oscar ®
for his cinematography on Inception, and is currently prepping for his feature film directorial debut.
Alejandro G. Inarritu was named best director for what he called a «human and tender story,» and «The Revenant» also won
prizes for cinematography and sound.
The movie is so visually stunning to watch, I would not at all be shocked if was nominated for an Oscar
for cinematography as well as costumes, sets, and visual effects.
After claiming the top award at DGA, PGA, and SAG, it netted top
honors for cinematography at the 29th Annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards over the weekend.
There was a
tie for Cinematography honors between Cartel Land «s Matt Heineman and Matt Porwoll and Meru «s Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk.
Interestingly, the director of photography for the gig was a guy named Don Burgess, who would later get an Oscar
nod for his cinematography work on Forrest Gump.
The film's director, Reed Morano, is best
known for her cinematography credits which include «Frozen River,» «The Skeleton Twins» and Beyoncé's visual album «Lemonade.»
Allison Janney won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tonya Harding's mother in I, Tonya, while the acclaimed Roger Deakins won his fourth
Bafta for Cinematography for Blade Runner 2049, which also won for Special Visual Effects.
VALLEY OF SHADOWS With an
eye for cinematography as allegory, Valley of Shadows is cinematic to its very core as it follows a young boy wandering through a deep dark woods of fairy tales past.
Birdman walked away with a pair of wins, for actor Michael Keaton and in a tie
for cinematography with The Grand Budapest Hotel.
It's
rare for the cinematography prize to go to a film not nominated for best picture — not that Deakins hasn't had more shots on goal than many of his contemporaries; five of his 14 notices have come for best picture nominees, and one of them, «No Country for Old Men,» won the big prize.
While it was a standout (for some) early on that awards season, it quickly lost momentum, only earning an Oscar
nom for Cinematography.
Finally, shout outs to Ofer Liebergall who was the only entrant who correctly predicted
Mudbound for Cinematography (along with our own Jalal Haddad of AD's Oscar Squad), Dion Blackler for being the lone soul correctly guessing Sean Baker for Best Director, and to Zachary «Sir Kicks» Hammer for picking Tiffany Haddish like a boss for Supporting Actress.
The film, which won a Special Jury Award
for cinematography at Sundance this year, follows a cult leader played by Vincent Cassel, and the group of abandoned women and children who make up his private little society.
After serving as a camera operator for a couple of years, he got his first American
credit for cinematography on John Sayles» lovely coming - of - age story «Baby, It's You» (1983), giving the film a look that belied the film's relatively small budget.
Renowned for his cinematography on Julie Dash's pioneering film Daughters of the Dust (1991), Jafa, also the film's co-producer, put into practice techniques he had long been theorizing.
The expanded Oscar ballot makes it even harder than ever to win
for cinematography without a Best Picture nomination because voters tend to like to spread the wealth among the Best Pic nominees.
Gravity picked up another award with the Bafta
for cinematography before the supporting actress gong was given to Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle with the film's director, David O. Russell, accepting it on her behalf.
But with competitors catching up in resolution and racking up more industry
kudos for cinematography, it seems unlikely that going higher - res — even if Red can eventually sell the projectors to support it — will allow Red to make further dramatic inroads into Hollywood.
As Steven Spielberg's secret weapon Janusz Kaminski has won two
Oscars for cinematography, and was nominated just last year for War Horse.
The film was shot on 35 mm film and garnered
praise for its cinematography that captured the sounds of the concentration camp in the periphery of the action.
Academy Awards voters made history this year when they nominated Rachel
Morrison for the cinematography Oscar — the first woman so recognized in the organization's 90 years.
Although the film was nominated for 10 Oscars, it only won
statues for Cinematography and Supporting Actress, which was read by many as a message from the establishment that the film was just too outrageous.
A Special Jury Award
for Cinematography Dadyaa — The Woodpeckers Of Rotha Nepal, France (Directors and screenwriters: Pooja Gurung, Bibhusan Basnet, Cinematographer: Chintan Rajbhandari)
Despite taking place in the same time period as «Far from Heaven,» Haynes» new film — based on Patricia Highsmith's novel — looks very different from the colorful and bright 2002 film, with the director and Powell taking
inspiration for the cinematography and costumes from photographers like Ruth Orkin and Vivian Maier, along with fashion magazines from the period and street photography.
Surprised there's so much love for The Beguiled but not even a top 10
mention for cinematography which I thought was its strongest aspect.
That said, as another adored colleague, Nathaniel Rogers, recently acknowledged, Gravity simply isn't walking away this year without
statuettes for Cinematography and Visual Effects.