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American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television
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The American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television is an annual award given by the American Society of Cinematographers to cinematographers working in the field of television film, limited series or television pilots (or the first episode of a series). It has been awarded, in some capacity, since 1986. From 2009 to 2013, pilot episodes were moved in competition with regular series, but returned in 2014, where it has since remained.
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Winners and nominees
1980s
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| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Mini-Series or Specials | |||
| Christmas Snow | Philip H. Lathrop | NBC | ||
| Kojak: The Price of Justice | Victor J. Kemper | CBS | ||
| Promise | Gayne Rescher | |||
| Rage of Angels: The Story Continues | "Part II" | Jack Priestley | NBC | |
| When the Bough Breaks | James Crabe | |||
| 1988 [1] | ||||
| War and Remembrance | Dietrich Lohmann | ABC | ||
| Hemingway | Wolfgang Treu | CBS | ||
| Lincoln | William Wages | NBC | ||
| Noble House | Gábor Pogány | |||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Little Girl Lost | Philip H. Lathrop | ABC | ||
| The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Jacek Laskus | CBS | ||
| Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder | Isidore Mankofsky | ABC | ||
| Lena: My Hundred Children | Eric Van Haren Noman | NBC | ||
| Shooter | Gayne Rescher | |||
| 1989 [1] | ||||
| Single Women Married Men | Gayne Rescher | CBS | ||
| A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story | Eric Van Haren Noman | NBC | ||
| Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure | Shelly Johnson | ABC | ||
| My Name Is Bill W. | Neil Roach | |||
| The Young Riders | "The Kid" | John Toll | ||
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1990s
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| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| Lucky Chances | "Part I" | Gayne Rescher | NBC | |
| The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | "Part II" | Dennis Lewiston | NBC | |
| Voices Within: The Story of Truddi Chase | "Part II" | William Wages | ABC | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Murder in Mississippi | Donald M. Morgan | ABC | ||
| Caroline? | William Wages | CBS | ||
| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Don Burgess | TNT | ||
| Gabriel's Fire | "Pilot" | Thomas Alger Olgeirson | ABC | |
| Twin Peaks | "Pilot" | Ronald Víctor García | ||
| 1991 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| Love, Lies and Murder | Isidore Mankofsky | NBC | ||
| False Arrest | Robert Draper | ABC | ||
| In a Child's Name | Daryn Okada | CBS | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Dillinger | Donald M. Morgan | ABC | ||
| Civil Wars | "Pilot" | Brian J. Reynolds | ABC | |
| I’ll Fly Away | "Pilot" | William Wages | NBC | |
| Reasonable Doubts | "Pilot" | Robert Primes | ||
| Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story | Jon Kranhouse | |||
| 1992 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel | Roy H. Wagner | NBC | ||
| The Burden of Proof | Kees Van Oostrum | ABC | ||
| Intruders | Tom Priestley Jr. | CBS | ||
| MGM: When the Lion Roars | Michael Lonzo | TNT | ||
| Sinatra | Reynaldo Villalobos | CBS | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Stalin | Vilmos Zsigmond | HBO | ||
| Affairs of the Heart | Chuck Vincent | HBO | ||
| An American Story | Johnny E. Jensen | CBS | ||
| Citizen Cohn | Paul Elliot | HBO | ||
| When No One Would Listen | Richard L. Rawlings | CBS | ||
| 1993 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| Return to Lonesome Dove | Kees Van Oostrum | CBS | ||
| A Matter of Justice | Robert Draper | NBC | ||
| Murder in the Heartland | "Part 1" | Ronald Víctor García | ABC | |
| Trade Winds | "Part 3" | Isidore Mankofsky | ||
| Wild Palms | "The Floating World" | Phedon Papamichael | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Geronimo | Donald M. Morgan | TNT | ||
| NYPD Blue | "Pilot" | Bing Sokolsky | ABC | |
| seaQuest DSV | "To Be or Not to Be" | Kenneth Zunder | NBC | |
| To Dance with the White Dog | Neil Roach | CBS | ||
| The X-Files | "Pilot" | Thomas Del Ruth | Fox | |
| 1994 [1][2] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| Family Album | "Part 1" | Michael Watkins | NBC | |
| Million Dollar Babies | David Franco | CBS | ||
| North & South: Book III- Heaven and Hell | "Spring 1866 - Spring/Summer 1866" | Don E. FauntLeRoy | ABC | |
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | "Part 2" | Edward J. Pei | CBS | |
| Scarlett | "Episode 1" | Tony Imi | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| ER | "24 Hours" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC | |
| Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Lauro Escorel | TNT | ||
| And the Band Played On | Paul Elliot | HBO | ||
| Chicago Hope | "Pilot" | Tim Suhrstedt | CBS | |
| Earth 2 | "First Contact" | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | NBC | |
| 1995 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| Streets of Laredo | Edward J. Pei | CBS | ||
| The Invaders | Alar Kivilo | Fox | ||
| Picture Windows | "Soir Bleu" | Paul Sarossy | Showtime | |
| Zoya | Laszlo George | NBC | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Truman | Paul Elliot | HBO | ||
| Divas | Ronald Víctor García | Fox | ||
| Falling for You | David Franco | CBS | ||
| Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Alexander Gruszynski | TNT | ||
| White Dwarf | Phedon Papamichael | Fox | ||
| 1996 [1][3] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Donald M. Morgan | CBS | ||
| In Cold Blood | Peter Woeste | CBS | ||
| Pandora's Clock | Steven Shaw | NBC | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Riders of the Purple Sage | William Wages | TNT | ||
| Gotti | Alar Kivilo | HBO | ||
| Hidden in Silence | Michael D. Margulies | Lifetime | ||
| Millennium | "Pilot" | Peter Wunstorf | Fox | |
| Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | Elemér Ragályi | HBO | ||
| What Love Sees | Robert Draper | CBS | ||
| 1997 [1][4] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Miniseries | |||
| George Wallace | Alan Caso | TNT | ||
| Intensity | David Franco | Fox | ||
| Medusa’s Child | Kees Van Oostrum | ABC | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Movie of the Week or Pilot | ||||
| Buffalo Soldiers | William Wages | TNT | ||
| The Garden of Redemption | Jacek Laskus | Showtime | ||
| The Inheritance | Shelly Johnson | CBS | ||
| Oliver Twist | Bing Sokolsky | ABC | ||
| Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Mike Southon | Showtime | ||
| 1998 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Pilots or Miniseries | |||
| Winchell | Robbie Greenberg | HBO | ||
| The Day Lincoln Was Shot | Ronald Víctor García | CBS | ||
| The Fixer | Michael Goi | Showtime | ||
| The Rat Pack | Shane Hurlbut | HBO | ||
| When Trumpets Fade | Thomas Burstyn | |||
| 1999 [1][5] | ||||
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Robbie Greenberg | HBO | ||
| Joan of Arc | Pierre Gill | CBS | ||
| Mind Prey | Bing Sokolsky | ABC | ||
| Strange Justice | Jonathan Freeman | Showtime | ||
| The West Wing | "Pilot" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC | |
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2000s
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| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [1][6] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Cable) | |||
| The Crossing | Rene Ohashi | A&E | ||
| Dune | Vittorio Storaro | Sci-Fi Channel | ||
| For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Donald M. Morgan | HBO | ||
| High Noon | Robert McLachlan | TBS | ||
| Witchblade | Anghel Decca | TNT | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Network) | ||||
| Cora Unashamed | Ernest Holzmann | PBS | ||
| Jason and the Argonauts | Sergei Kozlov | CBS | ||
| King of the World | Eric Van Haren Noman | NBC | ||
| The Moving of Sophia Myles | William Wages | CBS | ||
| Papa's Angels | Brian J. Reynolds | |||
| 2001 [1] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Cable) | |||
| Attila | Steven Fierberg | USA | ||
| Boss of Bosses | Brian J. Reynolds | TNT | ||
| Just Ask My Children | Lowell Peterson | Lifetime | ||
| Prancer Returns | Bruce Worrall | USA | ||
| What Girls Learn | Malcolm Cross | Showtime | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Network) | ||||
| Uprising | Denis Lenoir | NBC | ||
| 24 | "12:00 a.m. – 1:00 a.m." | Peter Levy | Fox | |
| Citizen Baines | "Pilot" | Ernest Holzmann | CBS | |
| Don Giovanni Unmasked | Rene Ohashi | PBS | ||
| Smallville | "Pilot" | Peter Wunstorf | The WB | |
| 2002 [1][7] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Cable) | |||
| Last Call | Jeffrey Jur | Showtime | ||
| The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire | Serge Ladouceur | Hallmark Channel | ||
| Miss Lettie and Me | William Wages | TNT | ||
| Point of Origin | Anthony Nakonechnyj | USA | ||
| Taken | "John" | Jonathan Freeman | Sci Fi | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Network) | ||||
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation/CSI: Miami | "Cross Jurisdictions" | Michael Barrett | CBS | |
| American Dreams | "Pilot" | Brian J. Reynolds | NBC | |
| Birds of Prey | "Pilot" | Clark Mathis | The WB | |
| Carrie | Victor Goss | NBC | ||
| Haunted | "Pilot" | Peter Wunstorf | UPN | |
| 2003 [1][8] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Cable) | |||
| Carnivàle | "Milfay" | Tami Reiker | HBO | |
| Angels in America | Stephen Goldblatt | HBO | ||
| Out of the Ashes | Donald M. Morgan | Showtime | ||
| The Pentagon Paper | Michael Mayers | FX | ||
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Ashley Rowe | Showtime | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Network) | ||||
| Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Pierre Gill | CBS | ||
| Brush with Fate | Eric Noman Van Haren | CBS | ||
| Las Vegas | "Pilot" | Bill Roe | NBC | |
| The Lyon's Den | "Pilot" | Michael Mayers | ||
| Miracles | "The Ferguson Syndrome" | Ernest Holzmann | ABC | |
| 2004 [1][9][10] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Cable) | |||
| Iron Jawed Angels | Robbie Greenberg | HBO | ||
| Frankenstein | "Episode 1" | Alan Caso | Hallmark Channel | |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Peter Levy | HBO | ||
| Salem’s Lot | Ben Nott | TNT | ||
| Spartacus | Kees Van Oostrum | USA | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week, Mini-Series or Pilot (Network) | ||||
| Homeland Security | Jonathan Freeman | NBC | ||
| The Five People You Meet In Heaven | Kramer Morgenthau | ABC | ||
| Judas | Michael Goi | |||
| Lost | "Pilot" | Larry Fong | ||
| Medical Investigation | "You're Not Alone" | Clark Mathis | NBC | |
| 2005 [1][11][12] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movies, Miniseries or Pilots | |||
| Warm Springs | Robbie Greenberg | HBO | ||
| Code Breakers | Thomas Del Ruth | ESPN | ||
| Faith of My Fathers | Bill Roe | A&E | ||
| Into the West | "Wheel to the Stars" | Shane Hurlbut | TNT | |
| Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical | Jan Kiesser | Showtime | ||
| 2006 [1][13][14] | ||||
| Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | "Umney's Last Case" | John Stokes | TNT | |
| Day Break | "Pilot" | Bill Roe | ABC | |
| Heroes | "Genesis" | Adam Kane | NBC | |
| The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Walt Lloyd | TNT | ||
| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip | "Pilot" | Thomas Del Ruth | NBC | |
| 2007 [1][15] | ||||
| The Company | "Episode 1" | Ben Nott | TNT | |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | David Franco | HBO | ||
| Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Rene Ohashi | CBS | ||
| Pushing Daisies | "Pie-lette" | Michael Weaver | ABC | |
| Raines | "Pilot" | Oliver Bokelberg | NBC | |
| 2008 [1][16][17] | ||||
| Eleventh Hour | "Resurrection" | David Stockton | CBS | |
| The Andromeda Strain | "Part 1" | Jon Joffin | A&E | |
| Fringe | "Pilot" | Michael Bonvillain | Fox | |
| Life on Mars | "Out Here in the Fields" | Kramer Morgenthau | ABC | |
| My Own Worst Enemy | "Breakdown" | Oliver Bokelberg | NBC | |
| 2009 [1][18] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movies or Miniseries | |||
| Taking Chance | Alar Kivilo | HBO | ||
| The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Jerzy Zieliński | CBS | ||
| Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Rene Ohashi | |||
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2010s
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| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [1][19][20] | ||||
| The Pacific | "Okinawa" | Stephen F. Windon | HBO | |
| Alice | "Episode 2" | Jon Joffin | Syfy | |
| Jesse Stone: No Remorse | David Gribble | CBS | ||
| 2011 [1][21] | ||||
| Page Eight | Martin Ruhe | PBS | ||
| Any Human Heart | "Episode 2" | Wojciech Szepel | PBS | |
| Chicago Overcoat | Kevin Moss | Showtime | ||
| The Kennedys | "Moral Issues and Inner Turmoil" | David Moxness | ReelzChannel | |
| Mildred Pierce | "Part Five" | Edward Lachman | HBO | |
| 2012 [1][22][23] | ||||
| Great Expectations | Florian Hoffmeister | PBS | ||
| American Horror Story: Asylum | "I Am Anne Frank" | Michael Goi | FX | |
| Hatfields & McCoys | Arthur Reinhart | History | ||
| Hemingway & Gellhorn | Rogier Stoffers | HBO | ||
| 2013 [1][24][25] | ||||
| Killing Lincoln | Jeremy Benning | National Geographic Channel | ||
| Dancing on the Edge | "Episode 1" | Ashley Rowe | Starz | |
| The White Queen | "War at First Hand" | David Luther | ||
| 2014 [1][26][27] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movies, Miniseries or Pilots | |||
| Manhattan | "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | John Lindley | WGN America | |
| Deliverance Creek | Theo van de Sande | Lifetime | ||
| Gotham | "Pilot" | David Stockton | Fox | |
| The Trip to Bountiful | David Greene | Lifetime | ||
| 2015 [1][28] | ||||
| Casanova | "Pilot" | Pierre Gill | Amazon | |
| Bessie | Jeffrey Jur | HBO | ||
| Blindspot | "Who is Jane Doe" | Martin Ahlgren | NBC | |
| The Man in the High Castle | "The New World" | James Hawkinson | Amazon | |
| Marco Polo | "The Wayfarer" | Romain Lacourbas | Netflix | |
| 2016 [29] | ||||
| The Night Of | "Subtle Beast" | Igor Martinovic | HBO | |
| All the Way | Jim Denault | HBO | ||
| The Exorcist | "Chapter One: And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee" | Alex Disenhof | Fox | |
| Harley and the Davidsons | "Amazing Machine" | Balazs Bolygo | Discovery | |
| Westworld | "The Original" | Paul Cameron | HBO | |
| 2017 [30][31] |
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Miniseries, or Pilot Made for Television | |||
| Genius | "Chapter One" | Mathias Herndl | Nat Geo | |
| The Deuce | "Pilot" | Pepe Avila del Pino | HBO | |
| Mindhunter | "Episode 1" | Christopher Probst | Netflix | |
| Sometimes the Good Kill | Serge Desrosiers | Lifetime | ||
| Training Day | "Apocalypse Now" | Shelly Johnson | CBS | |
| 2018 [32][33] | ||||
| Patrick Melrose | "Bad News" | James Friend | Showtime | |
| Alias Grace | "Part 1" | Brendan Steacy | Netflix | |
| Genius: Picasso | "Chapter One" | Mathias Herndl | Nat Geo | |
| The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | "Pilot" | M. David Mullen | Amazon | |
| The Terror | "Go for Broke" | Florian Hoffmeister | AMC | |
| 2019 [34][35] | ||||
| The Terror: Infamy | "A Sparrow in a Swallow's Nest" | John Conroy | AMC | |
| Catch-22 | "Episode 5" | Martin Ruhe | Hulu | |
| Doom Patrol | "Pilot" | Chris Manley | DC Universe | |
| The Rook | "Chapter 1" | P.J. Dillon | Starz | |
| The Twilight Zone | "Blurryman" | Craig Wrobleski | CBS All Access | |
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2020s
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| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [36][37] | ||||
| The Queen's Gambit | "End Game" | Steven Meizler | Netflix | |
| Fargo | "The Birthplace of Civilization" | Pete Konczal | FX | |
| The Great | "The Great" | Anette Haellmigk | Hulu | |
| The Plot Against America | "Part 6" | Martin Ahlgren | HBO | |
| Watchmen | "This Extraordinary Being" | Gregory Middleton | ||
| 2021 [38] | ||||
| The Underground Railroad | "Chapter 9: Indiana Winter" | James Laxton | Amazon | |
| Foundation | "The Emperor’s Peace" | Steve Annis | Apple TV+ | |
| Halston | "The Party’s Over" | Tim Ives | Netflix | |
| Lupin | "Chapter 1" | Christophe Nuyens | ||
| Mare of Easttown | "Illusions" | Ben Richardson | HBO | |
| 2022 [39][40] | ||||
| The Old Man | "I" | Sean Porter | FX | |
| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | "The Autopsy" | Anastas Michos | Netflix | |
| "The Outside" | Jeremy Benning | |||
| Lost Ollie | "Bali Hai" | C. Kim Miles | ||
| Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | "The Swan" | Todd Banhazl | HBO |
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