Film Awards By Year

1992 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerRaise the Red LanternFei ZhaoA young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.Amazon1992 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesUnforgivenJack N. GreenAmazon

1993 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerSchindler's ListJanusz KaminskiIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.AmazonThe PianoStuart DryburghIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.Amazon

1994 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerEd WoodStefan CzapskyAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent.Amazon

1995 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerShanghai TriadYue LüA provincial boy related to a Shanghai crime family is recruited by his uncle into cosmopolitan Shanghai in the 1930s to be a servant to a ganglord's mistress.Amazon1995 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesSe7enDarius KhondjiAmazon

1996 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerMichael CollinsChris MengesNeil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.AmazonThe English PatientJohn SealeAt the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Amazon

1997 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerL.A. ConfidentialDante SpinottiAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen -- one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy -- investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.Amazon1997 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesThe Sweet HereafterPaul SarossyAmazon

1998 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerSaving Private RyanJanusz KaminskiFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Amazon1998 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesThe GeneralSeamus DeasyAmazon

1999 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerThe InsiderDante SpinottiA research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes (1968) exposé on Big Tobacco.Amazon1999 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesAmerican BeautyConrad L. HallAmazon

2000 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonPeter PauA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.Amazon2000 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesTrafficSteven SoderberghAmazon

2001 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerThe Man Who Wasn't ThereRoger DeakinsA laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.Amazon2001 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesIn the Mood for LoveChristopher DoyleAmazon