European Film Award for Best Cinematographer

European Film Award for Best Cinematography
European Film Award for Best Cinematography
Country	Europe
Presented by	European Film Academy
First awarded	1989
Currently held by	Crystel Fournier – Great Freedom (2021)
Website	europeanfilmawards.eu

The European Film Award for Best Cinematographer, also known as Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award, is an award given to cinematographers working in the motion picture industry by the European Film Academy.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Composer(s)	English title	Original title
1989 (1st)	No award given
	Nomination for Special Aspect Award
	Henri Alekan	Wings of Desire	Der Himmel über Berlin
	Mário Barroso	The Cannibals	Os Canibais
1989 (2nd)	Ulf Brantas Jörgen Persson	The Women on the Roof	Kvinnorna på taket
	Krzysztof Ptak	300 Miles to Heaven	300 mil do nieba
	Yefim Reznik	Little Vera	Ма́ленькая Ве́ра / Malenkaya Vera
	Sándor Kardos	The Midas Touch	Eldorádó
	Giorgos Arvanitis	Landscape in the Mist	Τοπίο στην ομίχλη / Topio stin omichli

1990s

Year	Composer(s)	English title	Original title
1990 (3rd)	Tonino Nardi	Open Doors	Porte aperte
	Pierre Lhomme	Cyrano de Bergerac
	Göran Nilsson	The Guardian Angel	Skyddsängeln
1991 (4th)	Walther van den Ende	Toto the Hero	Toto le héros
1992 (5th)	Jean-Yves Escoffier	The Lovers on the Bridge	Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
1993 (5th)	No award given
1994 (6th)
1995 (7th)
1996 (8th)
1997 (9th)	John Seale	The English Patient
	Tibor Mathé	The Witman Boys	Witman fiúk
	Ron Fortunato	Nil by Mouth
1998 (10th)	Adrian Biddle	The Butcher Boy
	Thierry Arbogast	Black Cat, White Cat	Црна мачка, бели мачор / Crna mačka, beli mačor
	Dany Elsen	The Red Dwarf
	Joseph Vilsmaier	Comedian Harmonists
1999 (11th)	Lajos Koltai	Sunshine
	Lajos Koltai	The Legend of 1900	La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
	Yves Cape	Humanité	L'humanité
	Alexei Fyodorov Anatoli Rodinov	Moloch	Молох
	Jacek Petrycki	Journey to the Sun	Güneşe Yolculuk

2000s

Year	Composer(s)	English title	Original title
2000 (13th) ^[1]	Vittorio Storaro	Goya in Bordeaux	Goya en Bourdeaux
	Yuri Klimenko	The Barracks	Барак
	Agnès Godard	Beau Travail
	Éric Guichard Jean-Paul Meurisse	Himalaya	Himalaya: L'Enfance d'un chef
	Edgar Moura	Jaime
	Aleksandr Burov	The Wedding	Свадьба / Svadba
2001 (14th) ^[2]	Bruno Delbonnel	Amélie	Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
	Éric Gautier	Intimacy	Intimité'
	Rein Kotov	The Heart of the Bear	Karu süda
	Frank Griebe	The Princess and the Warrior	Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
	Fabio Olmi	The Profession of Arms	Il mestiere delle armi
	Tamás Babos	Paszport
2002 (15th) ^[3]	Paweł Edelman	The Pianist
	Ivan Strasburg	Bloody Sunday
	Javier Aguirresarobe	Talk to Her	Hable con ella
	Frank Griebe	Heaven
	Timo Salminen	The Man Without a Past	Mies vailla menneisyyttä
	Alwin H. Küchler	Grill Point	Halbe Treppe
	Tilman Büttner	Russian Ark	Русский ковчег / Russkij Kovcheg
2003 (16th) ^[4]	Anthony Dod Mantle	Dogville
	Anthony Dod Mantle	28 Days Later
	Chris Menges	Dirty Pretty Things
	Marcel Zyskind	In This World
	Italo Petriccione	I'm Not Scared	Io non ho paura
	Bogumił Godfrejów	Distant Lights	Lichter
	Tom Fährmann	The Miracle of Bern	Das Wunder von Bern
2004 (17th) ^[5]	Eduardo Serra	Girl with a Pearl Earring
	Lajos Koltai	Being Julia
	Alwin H. Küchler	Code 46
	José Luis Alcaine	Bad Education	La mala educación
	Javier Aguirresarobe	The Sea Inside	Mar adentro
	Andreas Sinanos	Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow	Τριλογία: Το λιβάδι που δακρύζει
2005 (18th) ^[6]	Franz Lustig	Don't Come Knocking
	Christian Berger	Hidden	Caché
	Anthony Dod Mantle	Manderlay
	Ryszard Lenczewski	My Summer of Love
	Gyula Pados	Fateless	Sorstalanság
	Bruno Delbonnel	A Very Long Engagement	Un long dimanche de fiançailles
2006 (19th) ^[7]	Barry Ackroyd (tie)	The Wind that Shakes the Barley
	José Luis Alcaine (tie)	Volver
	Timo Salminen	Lights in the Dusk	Laitakaupungin valot
	Roman Osin	Pride & Prejudice
2007 (20th) ^[8]	Frank Griebe	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
	Mikhail Krichman	The Banishment	Изгнание / Izgnanie
	Anthony Dod Mantle	The Last King of Scotland
	Fabio Zamarion	The Unknown Woman	La sconosciuta
2008 (21st) ^[9]	Marco Onorato	Gomorrah	Gomorra
	Luca Bigazzi	Il Divo
	Oscar Faura	The Orphanage	El orfanato
	Sergey Trofimov Rogier Stoffers	Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan
2009 (22nd) ^[10]	Anthony Dod Mantle	Antichrist (tie)
	Anthony Dod Mantle	Slumdog Millionaire (tie)
	Christian Berger	The White Ribbon 1	Das weiße Band
	Maksim Drozdov Alisher Khamidkhodjaev	Paper Soldier	Bumazhnyy soldat
	Stéphane Fontaine	A Prophet	Un prophète

2010s

Year	Composer(s)	English title	Original title
2010 (23rd) ^[11]	Giora Bejach	Lebanon
	Caroline Champetier	Of Gods and Men	Des hommes et des dieux
	Pavel Kostomarov	How I Ended This Summer	Как я провёл этим летом / Kak ya provyol etim letom
	Barış Özbiçer	Honey	Bal
2011 (24th) ^[12]	Manuel Alberto Claro	Melancholia
	Fred Kelemen	The Turin Horse	A torinói ló
	Guillaume Schiffman	The Artist
	Adam Sikora	Essential Killing
2012 (25th) ^[13]	Sean Bobbitt	Shame
	Darius Khondji	Amour
	Bruno Delbonnel	Faust	Фауст
	Gökhan Tiryaki	Once Upon a Time in Anatolia	Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2013 (26th)	Asaf Sudry^[14]	Fill the Void	למלא את החלל - lemale et ha'ḥalal
2014 (27th)	Łukasz Żal^[15] Ryszard Lenczewski	Ida
2015 (28th)	Martin Gschlacht^[16]	Goodnight Mommy	Ich seh, Ich seh
2016 (29th)	Camilla Hjelm Knudsen^[17]	Land of Mine	Under sandet
2017 (30th)	Mikhail Krichman^[18]	Loveless	Нелюбовь / Nelyubov
2018 (31st)	Martin Otterbeck^[19]	Utøya: July 22	Utøya 22. juli
2019 (32nd)	Robbie Ryan^[20]	The Favourite

2020s

Year	Composer(s)	English title	Original title
2020 (33rd)	Matteo Cocco^[21]	Hidden Away	Volevo nascondermi
2021 (34th)	Crystel Fournier^[22]	Great Freedom	Große Freiheit
2022 (35th)	Kate McCullough	The Quiet Girl	An Cailín Ciúin
2023 (36th)	Rasmus Videbæk	The Promised Land	Bastarden

Best Cinematography

Most wins for Best Cinematography by country

Country	Awards	Nominations	Awards (with co-productions)	Nominations (with co-productions)
France	1	10
United Kingdom	6	4
Spain	1	4
Denmark	2	1
Netherlands		2
Belgium	1	1
Israel	2
Germany	1	7
Italy	4	4
Hungary	1	6
Ireland	2
Poland	2	4
Russia	1	6
Finland		2
Ukraine
Austria	1	2
Sweden	1	1
Turkey	0
Soviet Union	0		0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0		0
Romania	0
Norway	0	1	0
Bulgaria	0		0
Croatia	0	1	0	1
Czech Republic	0		0
Greece	0	2	0

References

^ "2000 - The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Blaney, Martin (December 2, 2001). "Amelie walks off with European film academy crown". Screendaily. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Frater, Patrick (December 7, 2002). "Talk To Her triumphs at European Film Awards". Screendaily. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 8, 2003). "Germany's "Lenin" Wins Top Prizes at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 3, 2006). "AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ "2007 - The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 6, 2008). "'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Brooks, Brian (December 12, 2009). ""White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Lyttelton, Oliver (December 6, 2010). "'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 3, 2011). "Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Knegt, Peter (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Barraclough, Leo (December 7, 2013). "Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Jagernauth, Kevin (December 15, 2014). "Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Heath, Paul (December 14, 2015). "European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 10, 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 7, 2019). "'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 12, 2020). "'Another Round' Wins 2020 European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Blaney, Martin (11 December 2021). "'Quo Vadis, Aida?' wins top prize at 2021 European Film Awards". ScreenDaily.

External links

European Film Academy archive

[1] "2000 - The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[2] Blaney, Martin (December 2, 2001). "Amelie walks off with European film academy crown". Screendaily. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[3] Frater, Patrick (December 7, 2002). "Talk To Her triumphs at European Film Awards". Screendaily. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[4] Hernandez, Eugene (December 8, 2003). "Germany's "Lenin" Wins Top Prizes at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[5] Hernandez, Eugene (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[6] Hernandez, Eugene (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[7] Hernandez, Eugene (December 3, 2006). "AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[8] "2007 - The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[9] Roxborough, Scott (December 6, 2008). "'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[10] Brooks, Brian (December 12, 2009). ""White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[11] Lyttelton, Oliver (December 6, 2010). "'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[12] Roxborough, Scott (December 3, 2011). "Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[13] Knegt, Peter (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[14] Barraclough, Leo (December 7, 2013). "Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[15] Jagernauth, Kevin (December 15, 2014). "Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[16] Heath, Paul (December 14, 2015). "European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[17] Roxborough, Scott (December 10, 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[18] Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[19] Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[20] Roxborough, Scott (December 7, 2019). "'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[21] Roxborough, Scott (December 12, 2020). "'Another Round' Wins 2020 European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[screendaily-22] Blaney, Martin (11 December 2021). "'Quo Vadis, Aida?' wins top prize at 2021 European Film Awards". ScreenDaily.

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