In a short while we’ll learn which cinematographer will take home this year’s ASC Award. Rather than try to guess who they’ll choose and use that as a compass to point to our possible Oscar winner, I’m going to hold off an hour to find out first who won and then try to deconstruct the reasons why.
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While we wait I’ll state the obvious: The ASC and Oscar match up less than half the time — but whenever they do it’s usually a year when that film sweeps. Check out the historic record, after the cut.
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[Borrowing some of Sasha's charts from previous years]:
ASC Nominations for Outstanding Cinematography:
won ASC | Won
Oscar
*nominated for Best Pic
+Won Best Pic
2010
| Matthew Libatique (Black Swan) | Matthew Libatique (Black Swan) |
| Wally Pfister (Inception) | Wally Pfister (Inception) |
| Danny Cohen (The King’s Speech) | Danny Cohen (The King’s Speech) |
| Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network) | Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network) |
| Roger Deakins (True Grit) | Roger Deakins (True Grit) |
2009
| Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker | Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker |
| Christian Berger, The White Ribbon | Christian Berger, The White Ribbon |
| Dion Beebe, Nine | Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter |
| Mauro Fiore, Avatar | Mauro Fiore, Avatar |
| Robert Richardson, Inglorious Basterds | Robert Richardson, Inglorious Basterds |
2008
| Roger Deakins, Revolutionary Road | Tom Stern, Changeling |
| Claudio Miranda, …Benjamin Button | Claudio Miranda, …Benjamin Button* |
| Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight | Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight |
| Roger Deakins, Chris Menges, The Reader | Roger Deakins, Chris Menges, The Reader* |
| Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire | Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire+ |
2007
| Roger Deakins, Jesse James | Roger Deakins, Jesse James |
| Roger Deakins, No Country | Roger Deakins, No Country | Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood | Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood |
| Janusz Kaminski, Diving Bell | Janusz Kaminski, Diving Bell |
| Seamus McGarvey, Atonement | Seamus McGarvey, Atonement* |
2006
| Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men | Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Dick Pope, The Illusionist | Dick Pope, The Illusionist |
| Robert Richardson, The Good Shepherd | Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth |
| Deam Semler, Apocalypto | Wally Pfister, The Prestige |
| Vilmos Zsigmond, The Black Dahlia | Vilmos Zsigmond, The Black Dahlia |
2005
| Batman Begins, Wally Pfister | Batman Begins, Wally Pfister |
| Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Pietro | Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Pietro* |
| Good Night, and Good Luck, Robert Elswit | Good Night and Good Luck, Robert Elswit* |
| King Kong | New World, Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | Memoirs of a Geisha, Dion Beebe |
2004
| The Aviator* | The Aviator* |
| Collateral | House of Flying Daggers |
| The Passion of the Christ | The Passion of the Christ |
| Ray* | Phantom of the Opera |
| A Very Long Engagement | A Very Long Engagement |
2003
| Russell Boyd, Master and Commander | Master and Commander* |
| Andrew Lesnie, ROTK* | City of God |
| John Schwartzman, Seabiscuit | Seabiscuit* |
| John Seale, Cold Mountain | Cold Mountain |
| John Toll, The Last Samurai | Girl with the Pearl Earring |
2002
| Michael Ballhaus, Gangs of New York | Michael Ballhaus, Gangs of New York* |
| Pawel Edelman, The Pianist | Pawel Edelman, The Pianist* |
| Conrad Hall, Road to Perdition | Conrad Hall, Road to Perdition |
| Ed Lachman, Far From Heaven | Ed Lachman, Far From Heaven |
| Rodrigo Prieto, Frida | Dione Beebe, Chicago+ |
2001
| Roger Deakins, Man Who Wasn’t There | Roger Deakins, Man Who Wasn’t There |
| Bruno Delbonnel, Amélie | Bruno Delbonnel, Amélie |
| Don McAlpine, Moulin Rouge* | Don McAlpine, Moulin Rouge* |
| Andrew Lesnie, LOTR | Andrew Lesnie, LOTR* |
| John Schwartzman, ASC (“Pearl Harbor”) | Slawomir Idziak – Black Hawk Down |
2000
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* |
| Gladiator | Gladiator+ |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| The Patriot | The Patriot |
| The Perfect Storm | Malèna |
1999
| American Beauty+ | American Beauty+ |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Snow Falling On Cedars |
| Sleepy Hollow | Sleepy Hollow |
| The Insider | The Insider |
| The Sixth Sense | The End Of the Affair |
1998
| The Thin Red Line | The Thin Red Line |
| Shakespeare In Love | Shakespeare In Love+ |
| Saving Private Ryan | Saving Private Ryan* |
| Elizabeth | Elizabeth* |
| The Horse Whisperer | A Civil Action |
1997
| Titanic+ | Titanic+ |
| Amistad | Amistad |
| Kundun | Kundun |
| L. A. Confidential | L. A. Confidential* |
| The Boxer | The Wings Of the Dove |
1996
| The English Patient+ | The English Patient+ |
| Evita | Evita |
| Fargo* | Fargo* |
| Fly Away Home | Fly Away Home |
| Michael Collins | Michael Collins |
| The Ghost and The Darkness |
1995
| Braveheart+ | Braveheart+ |
| Apollo 13* | A Little Princess |
| The Bridges of Madison County | Sense and Sensibility* |
| Batman Forever | Batman Forever |
| Crimson Tide | Shanghai Triad |
| Se7en |
1994
| Shawshank Redemption | Shawshank Redemption* |
| Legends of the Fall | Legends of the Fall |
| Love Affair | Red |
| Forrest Gump | Forrest Gump+ |
| Wyatt Earp | Wyatt Earp |
1993
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | Searching for Bobby Fischer |
| The Piano | The Piano* |
| Heaven & Earth | Farwell My Concubine |
| Schindler’s List | Schindler’s List + |
| The Fugitive | The Fugitive* |
1992
| Hoffa | Hoffa |
| A Few Good Men* | The Lover |
| Howards End* | Howards End |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Unforgiven+ |
| A River Runs Through It | A River Runs Through It |
1991
| Bugsy | Bugsy* |
| JFK | JFK* |
| Prince of Tides | Prince of Tides* |
| Hook | Thelma and Louise |
| Terminator 2 | Terminator 2 |
1990
| Dances with Wolves | Dances with Wolves+ |
| Dick Tracy | Dick Tracy |
| Avalon | Avalon |
| Godfather III | Godfather III* |
| Ghost* | Henry and June |
1989
| The Abyss | The Abyss |
| The Bear | The Fabulous Baker Boys |
| Blaze | Blaze |
| Born on the Fourth of July* | Born on the Fourth of July* |
| The War of the Roses | Glory |
1988
| Mississippi Burning | Mississippi Burning* |
| Tequila Sunrise | Tequila Sunrise |
| Rain Man | Rain Man+ |
| Unbearable Lightness of Being | The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| Dangerous Liaisons* | Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
1987
| Empire of the Sun | Empire of the Sun |
| The Last Emperor | The Last Emperor+ |
| Matewan | Matewan |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | Hope and Glory* |
| The Untouchables | Broadcast News* |
1986
| Peggy Sue Got Married | Peggy Sue Got Married |
| The Mission | The Mission* |
| A Room with a View | A Room with a View* |
| Star Trek IV | Star Trek IV |
| The Karate Kid Part II | Platoon+ |
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