Oscar for beste foto (engelsk: Academy Award for Best Cinematography) er en Oscar-statuett som gis til årets beste filmfotograf for vedkommendes bidrag i det året før utdelingen.
Vinnere 2010-årene
2019 – Roger Deakins – 1917 2018 – Alfonso Cuarón – Roma 2017 – Roger Deakins – Blade Runner 2049 2016 – Linus Sandgren – La La Land 2015 – Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant 2014 – Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman 2013 – Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity 2012 – Claudio Miranda – Historien om Pi 2011 – Robert Richardson – Hugo Cabret 2010 – Wally Pfister – Inception
2000–tallet 2009 – Mauro Fiore – Avatar 2008 – Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire – Han som hadde svar på alt 2007 – Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood 2006 – Guillermo Navarro for Pans labyrint (El Laberinto del Fauno) 2005 – Dion Beebe for Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha) 2004 – Robert Richardson for The Aviator 2003 – Russell Boyd for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) 2002 – Conrad Hall for Road to Perdition 2001 – Andrew Lesnie for Ringenes Herre: Ringens brorskap 2000 – Peter Pau for Snikende tiger, skjult drage
1990–årene 1999 – Conrad Hall for American Beauty 1998 – Janusz Kaminski for Redd menig Ryan (Saving Private Ryan) 1997 – Russell Carpenter for Titanic 1996 – John Seale for Den engelske pasienten 1995 – John Toll for Braveheart 1994 – John Toll for Lidenskapens pris (Legends of the Fall) 1993 – Janusz Kaminski for Schindlers liste 1992 – Philippe Rousselot for Der elven renner (A River Runs Through It) 1991 – Robert Richardson for JFK 1990 – Dean Semler for Danser med ulver (Dances with Wolves)
1980–årene 1989 – Freddie Francis for Glory 1988 – Peter Biziou for Mississippi i flammer (Mississippi Burning) 1987 – Vittorio Storaro for Den siste keiseren (The Last Emperor) 1986 – Chris Menges for The Mission 1985 – David Watkin for Mitt Afrika (Out of Africa) 1984 – Chris Menges for Dødsmarkene (The Killing Fields) 1983 – Sven Nykvist for Fanny og Alexander 1982 – Billy Williams og Ronnie Taylor for Gandhi 1981 – Vittorio Storaro for Reds 1980 – Geoffrey Unsworth og Ghislaine Cloquet for Tess
1970–årene 1979 – Vittorio Storaro for Apokalypse nå! (Apocalypse Now) 1978 – Nestor Almendros for Himmelske dager 1977 – Vilmos Zsigmond for Nærkontakt av tredje grad (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) 1976 – Haskell Wexler for Bound for Glory 1975 – John Alcott for Barry Lyndon 1974 – Fred J. Koenekamp og Joseph Biroc for Inferno i flammer (The Towering Inferno) 1973 – Sven Nykvist for Viskningar och rop 1972 – Geoffrey Unsworth for Cabaret 1971 – Oswald Morris for Spelemann på taket (Fiddler on the Roof) 1970 – Freddie Young for Ryans datter
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