LAFCA Award

1989 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerThe Fabulous Baker BoysMichael BallhausThe lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.Amazon1989 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesBorn on the Fourth of JulyRobert RichardsonAmazon

1990 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerGoodfellasMichael BallhausThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.Amazon1990 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesThe Sheltering SkyVittorio StoraroAmazon

1991 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography WinnerBarton FinkRoger DeakinsA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.Amazon1991 LAFCA Award - Best Cinematography NomineesMy Own Private IdahoEric Alan EdwardsAmazon

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