Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
The Lighthouse
Jarin Blaschke
2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Suspiria
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Call Me by Your Name
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Moonlight
James Laxton
2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Carol
Edward Lachman
2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
12 Years a Slave
Sean Bobbitt
2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ben Richardson
2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
The Artist
Guillaume Schiffman
2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Black Swan
Matthew Libatique
2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
A Serious Man
Roger Deakins
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
The Wrestler
Maryse Alberti
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Janusz Kaminski
2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Pan’s Labyrinth
Guillermo Navarro
2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Robert Elswit
2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
The Motorcycle Diaries
Eric Gautier
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
In America
Declan Quinn
2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Far from Heaven
Edward Lachman
2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Mulholland Drive
Peter Deming
2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Requiem for a Dream
Matthew Libatique
2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Three Seasons
Lisa Rinzler
1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Velvet Goldmine
Maryse Alberti
1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Declan Quinn
1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Fargo
Roger Deakins
1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Leaving Las Vegas
Declan Quinn
1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Barcelona
John Thomas
1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Menace II Society
Lisa Rinzler
1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Night on Earth
Frederick Elmes
1992 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Kafka
Walt Lloyd
1991 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Wild at Heart
Frederick Elmes
1990 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Drugstore Cowboy
Robert D. Yeoman
1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sven Nykvist
1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Matewan
Haskell Wexler
1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
Platoon
Robert Richardson
1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Cinematography
