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The '''National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography''' is an annual award given by [[National Society of Film Critics]] to honor the best cinematographer of the year.
English cinematographer [[Roger Deakins]] won this award a record four times. [[Haskell Wexler]], [[Néstor Almendros]], [[Gordon Willis]], [[Philippe Rousselot]], and [[Christopher Doyle]] each won the award twice.
==Winners==
===1960s===
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! style="width:100px;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Winner'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Cinematographer(s)'''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1967||'''''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'''''||[[Haskell Wexler]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1968||'''''[[Bullitt]]'''''||[[William A. Fraker]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1969||'''''[[The Wild Bunch]]'''''||[[Lucien Ballard]]
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===1970s===
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! style="width:100px;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Winner'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Cinematographer(s)'''
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|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1970||''[[My Night at Maud's|'''My Night at Maud's''' (Ma nuit chez Maud)]]''||rowspan="2" |[[Néstor Almendros]]
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|'''''[[The Wild Child]]'''''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1971||''[[The Conformist (film)|'''The Conformist''' (Il conformista)]]''||[[Vittorio Storaro]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1972||''[[Cries and Whispers|'''Cries and Whispers''' (Viskningar och rop)]]''||[[Sven Nykvist]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1973||'''''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]'''''||[[Vilmos Zsigmond]]
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|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1974||'''''[[The Godfather Part II]]'''''||rowspan="2" |[[Gordon Willis]]
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|'''''[[The Parallax View]]'''''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1975||'''''[[Barry Lyndon]]'''''||[[John Alcott]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1976||'''''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'''''||[[Haskell Wexler]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1977||''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God|'''Aguirre, the Wrath of God''' (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)]]''||[[Thomas Mauch]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1978||'''''[[Days of Heaven]]'''''||[[Néstor Almendros]]
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|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1979||'''''[[Being There]]'''''||rowspan="2" |[[Caleb Deschanel]]
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|'''''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]'''''
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===1980s===
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! style="width:100px;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Winner'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Cinematographer(s)'''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1980||'''''[[Raging Bull]]'''''||[[Michael Chapman (cinematographer)|Michael Chapman]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1981||'''''[[Pennies from Heaven (1981 film)|Pennies from Heaven]]'''''||[[Gordon Willis]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1982||'''''[[Diva (1981 film)|Diva]]'''''||[[Philippe Rousselot]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1983||'''''[[Never Cry Wolf (film)|Never Cry Wolf]]'''''||[[Hiro Narita]]
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|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1984||'''''[[Comfort and Joy (1984 film)|Comfort and Joy]]'''''||rowspan="2" |[[Chris Menges]]
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|'''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'''''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1985||'''''[[Ran (film)|Ran]]'''''||[[Takao Saito (cinematographer)|Takao Saito]], [[Masaharu Ueda]], and [[Asakazu Nakai]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1986||'''''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'''''||[[Frederick Elmes]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1987||'''''[[Hope and Glory (film)|Hope and Glory]]'''''||[[Philippe Rousselot]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1988||''[[Wings of Desire|'''Wings of Desire''' (Der Himmel über Berlin)]]''||[[Henri Alekan]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1989||'''''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]'''''||[[Michael Ballhaus]]
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===1990s===
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! style="width:100px;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Winner'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Cinematographer(s)'''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1990||'''''[[Where the Heart Is (1990 film)|Where the Heart Is]]'''''||[[Peter Suschitzky]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1991||'''''[[Barton Fink]]'''''||[[Roger Deakins]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1992||''[[Raise the Red Lantern|'''Raise the Red Lantern''' (Da hong deng long gao gao gua)]]''||[[Zhao Fei]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1993||'''''[[Schindler's List]]'''''||[[Janusz Kamiński]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1994||'''''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'''''||[[Stefan Czapsky]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1995||'''''[[Devil in a Blue Dress (film)|Devil in a Blue Dress]]'''''||[[Tak Fujimoto]]
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|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1996||'''''[[Breaking the Waves]]'''''||rowspan="2" |[[Robby Müller]]
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|'''''[[Dead Man]]'''''
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|style="text-align:center;"|1997||'''''[[Kundun]]'''''||[[Roger Deakins]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1998||'''''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]'''''||[[John Toll]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|1999||'''''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]'''''||[[Conrad Hall|Conrad L. Hall]]
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===2000s===
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! style="width:100px;"|'''Year'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Winner'''
! style="width:450px;"|'''Cinematographer(s)'''
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|style="text-align:center;"|2000|| '''''[[Beau Travail]]''''' ||[[Agnès Godard]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2001|| ''[[In the Mood for Love|'''In the Mood for Love''' (Fa yeung nin wa)]]'' ||[[Christopher Doyle]] and [[Pin Bing Lee]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2002|| '''''[[Far from Heaven]]''''' ||[[Edward Lachman]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2003|| '''''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''''' ||[[Russell Boyd]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2004|| ''[[House of Flying Daggers|'''House of Flying Daggers''' (Shi mian mai fu)]]'' ||[[Zhao Xiaoding|Xiaoding Zhao]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2005|| '''''[[2046 (film)|2046]]''''' ||[[Christopher Doyle]], [[Lai Yiu Fai]], and [[Kwan Pun Leung]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2006|| '''''[[Children of Men]]''''' ||[[Emmanuel Lubezki]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2007|| '''''[[There Will Be Blood]]''''' ||[[Robert Elswit]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2008|| '''''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''''' ||[[Anthony Dod Mantle]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2009|| ''[[The White Ribbon|'''The White Ribbon''' (Das weisse Band)]]'' ||[[Christian Berger]]
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===2010s===
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! style="width:450px;"|'''Winner'''
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|style="text-align:center;"|2010|| '''''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]''''' ||[[Roger Deakins]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2011|| '''''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]''''' ||[[Emmanuel Lubezki]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2012|| '''''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''''' ||[[Mihai Mălaimare Jr.]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2013|| '''''[[Inside Llewyn Davis]]''''' ||[[Bruno Delbonnel]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2014|| '''''[[Mr. Turner ]]''''' ||[[Dick Pope (cinematographer)|Dick Pope]]
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|style="text-align:center;"|2015|| '''''[[Carol (2015 film)|Carol]]''''' ||[[Edward Lachman]]
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|style="text-align:center;"| 2016|| '''''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''''' ||[[James Laxton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-society-film-critics-winners-2017-list-full-961677 |title='Moonlight' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics |author=Patrick Shanley |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"| 2017|| '''''[[Blade Runner 2049]]''''' ||[[Roger Deakins]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-society-film-critics-winners-2018-list-full-1072167 |title='Lady Bird' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics |author=Hilary Lewis |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 6, 2018 |access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"| 2018|| '''''[[Roma (2018 film)|Roma]]''''' ||[[Alfonso Cuarón]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-society-film-critics-winners-2019-list-full-1173400 |title='The Rider' Named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics |author=Katie Kilkenny |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 5, 2019 |access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 2019|| '''''[[Atlantics]]''''' || rowspan="2"| [[Claire Mathon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/national-society-film-critics-winners-2020-list-full-1266375 |title='Parasite' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics |author1=Trilby Beresford |author2=Sharareh Drury |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 4, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
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| '''''[[Portrait of a Lady on Fire]]'''''
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===2020s===
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|style="text-align:center;"|2020|| '''''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''''' ||Joshua James Richards<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/nomadland-named-best-film-by-national-society-of-film-critics/ ‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap]</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || '''''[[The Green Knight (film)|The Green Knight]]''''' ||[[Andrew Droz Palermo]]<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/national-society-of-film-critics-2022-winners-list-1235071481/ National Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter]</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"| 2022 || '''''[[EO (film)|EO]]''''' || Michał Dymek<ref>[https://www.indiewire.com/2023/01/national-society-of-film-critics-awards-2023-winners-list-1234797151/ ‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire]</ref>
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|style="text-align:center;"| [[2023 National Society of Film Critics Awards|2023]] || '''''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]''''' || [[Rodrigo Prieto]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=2024-01-06 |title=National Society of Film Critics Voting Underway |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-national-society-of-film-critics-winners-list-1235780787/ |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=2024-01-06|ref=none}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography}}
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[[Category:Awards for best cinematography]]
[[Category:National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1967]]