British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film

BSC Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film
BSC Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Society of Cinematographers
Currently held by	Lol Crawley for The Brutalist (2024)
Website	https://bscine.com/

The British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film is an award given annually by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). It was first given in 1953, since 1976 a set of nominees is presented, usually consisting of four or five nominees.^[1]

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British cinematographer Roger Deakins holds the record of most wins in the category with seven, followed by Douglas Slocombe with five, Oswald Morris and Freddie Francis with four, and Freddie Young and Geoffrey Unsworth with three.

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Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1953	Moulin Rouge	Oswald Morris
1954	Romeo and Juliet	Robert Krasker
1956	War and Peace	Jack Cardiff
	Bhowani Junction	Freddie Young
	Invitation to the Dance	Freddie Young
	Moby Dick	Oswald Morris
	A Town Like Alice	Geoffrey Unsworth
1958	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Jack Hildyard
1959	Sapphire	Harry Waxman

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1960	Sons and Lovers	Freddie Francis
1961	El Cid	Robert Krasker
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Freddie Young
1963	From Russia With Love	Ted Moore
1963	The Servant	Douglas Slocombe
1964	Becket	Geoffrey Unsworth
1965	2nd Unit Photography	Skeets Kelly
1966	Doctor Zhivago	Freddie Young
1966	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold	Oswald Morris
1967	The Taming of the Shrew	Oswald Morris
1968	The Lion in Winter	Douglas Slocombe
1969	Oh! What a Lovely War	Gerry Turpin

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1970	Ryan's Daughter	Freddie Young
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Oswald Morris
1972	Cabaret	Geoffrey Unsworth
1973	Jesus Christ Superstar	Douglas Slocombe
1974	The Great Gatsby	Douglas Slocombe
1975	Barry Lyndon	John Alcott
1976	The Omen	Gil Taylor
	Aces High	Gerry Fisher
	Marathon Man	Conrad Hall
	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Russell Boyd
1977	A Bridge Too Far	Geoffrey Unsworth
	Star Wars	Gil Taylor
	Valentino	Peter Suschitzky
1978	Julia	Douglas Slocombe
	The Duellists	Frank Tidy
	The Great Train Robbery	Geoffrey Unsworth
	Superman	Geoffrey Unsworth
1979	Eagle's Wing	Billy Williams
	Alien	Derek Vanlint
	Apocalypse Now	Vittorio Storaro
	Days of Heaven	Néstor Almendros

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1980	The Elephant Man	Freddie Francis
	The Black Stallion	Caleb Deschanel
	Flash Gordon	Gil Taylor
1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Freddie Francis
	Atlantic City	Richard Ciupka
	Chariots of Fire	David Watkin
	Excalibur	Alex Thomson
	Tess	Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet
1982	Gandhi	Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor
	Blade Runner	Jordan Cronenweth
	On Golden Pond	Billy Williams
	Victor/Victoria	Dick Bush
1983	Fanny and Alexander	Sven Nykvist
1983	Eureka	Alex Thomson
1984	The Killing Fields	Chris Menges
	The Bostonians	Walter Lassally
	The Bounty	Arthur Ibbetson
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	John Alcott
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Douglas Slocombe
1985	Legend	Alex Thomson
	Amadeus	Miroslav Ondříček
	A Passage to India	Ernest Day
	Witness	John Seale
1986	Out of Africa	David Watkin
	The Color Purple	Allen Daviau
	The Mission	Chris Menges
	A Room with a View	Tony Pierce-Roberts
1987	Hope and Glory	Philippe Rousselot
1987	Jean de Florette	Bruno Nuytten
1988	The Last Emperor	Vittorio Storaro
	A Handful of Dust	Peter Hannan
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Sven Nykvist
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Dean Cundey
1989	Mississippi Burning	Peter Biziou
	Dangerous Liaisons	Philippe Rousselot
	Dead Poets Society	John Seale
	Shirley Valentine	Alan Hume

Year	Film	Cinematographer(s)
1990	Glory	Freddie Francis
	Dick Tracy	Vittorio Storaro
	Goodfellas	Michael Ballhaus
	Memphis Belle	David Watkin
1991	Cyrano de Bergerac	Pierre Lhomme
	Dances with Wolves	Dean Semler
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Adam Greenberg
	Thelma & Louise	Adrian Biddle
1992	Howards End	Tony Pierce-Roberts
	Chaplin	Sven Nykvist
	The Last of the Mohicans	Dante Spinotti
	1492: Conquest of Paradise	Adrian Biddle
1993	Schindler's List	Janusz Kamiński
	The Piano	Stuart Dryburgh
	Shadowlands	Roger Pratt
1994	Interview with the Vampire	Philippe Rousselot
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Michael Coulter
	The Hudsucker Proxy	Roger Deakins
	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Roger Pratt
	The Road to Wellville	Peter Biziou
1995	The Madness of King George	Andrew Dunn
	Apollo 13	Dean Cundey
	Richard III	Peter Biziou
	Sense and Sensibility	Michael Coulter
	Seven	Darius Khondji
1996	Hamlet	Alex Thomson
	The English Patient	John Seale
	Evita	Darius Khondji
	Michael Collins	Chris Menges
1997	L.A. Confidential	Dante Spinotti
	Firelight	Nic Morris
	The Horse Whisperer	Robert Richardson
	Titanic	Russell Carpenter
	The Wings of the Dove	Eduardo Serra
1998	Elizabeth	Remi Adefarasin
	Saving Private Ryan	Janusz Kamiński
	Shakespeare in Love	Richard Greatrex
	The Truman Show	Peter Biziou
	The Thin Red Line	John Toll
1999	American Beauty	Conrad L. Hall
	The End of the Affair	Roger Pratt
	Gladiator	John Mathieson
	Sleepy Hollow	Emmanuel Lubezki
	Snow Falling on Cedars	Robert Richardson

British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film

Winners and nominees

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