César Award for Best Cinematography
| César Award for Best Cinematography | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First awarded | 1976 |
| Currently held by | David Cailley for The Animal Kingdom (2024) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award for Best Cinematography (French: César de la meilleure photographie) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1976.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1970s
[edit]| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 (1st) |
Black Moon | Sven Nykvist | |
| Call me Savage | Le Sauvage | Pierre Lhomme | |
| Flesh of the Orchid | La chair de l'orchidée | ||
| The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | Étienne Becker | |
| 1977 (2nd) |
Barocco | Bruno Nuytten | |
| The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | ||
| Docteur Françoise Gailland | Docteur Françoise Gailland | Claude Renoir | |
| The Faithful Woman | Une femme fidèle | ||
| Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Gerry Fisher | |
| The Toy | Le Jouet | Étienne Becker | |
| 1978 (3rd) |
Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-Tambour | Raoul Coutard |
| The Accuser | L'Imprécateur | Andréas Winding | |
| Providence | Ricardo Aronovich | ||
| This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime | Pierre Lhomme | |
| 1979 (4th) |
Molière | Bernard Zitzermann | |
| The Green Room | La Chambre verte | Néstor Almendros | |
| Judith Therpauve | Pierre Lhomme | ||
| A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Jean Boffety | |
1980s
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (45th) |
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Claire Mathon |
| La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bolduc | ||
| An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Paweł Edelman | |
| Les Misérables | Julien Poupard | ||
| Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | Irina Lubtchansky | |
| 2021 (46th) [2] |
Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Alexis Kavyrchine |
| Adolescents | Adolescentes | Antoine Parouty and Paul Guilhaume | |
| My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Simon Beaufils | |
| Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Laurent Desmet | |
| Summer of 85 | Été 85 | Hichame Alaouié | |
| 2022 (47th) |
Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Christophe Beaucarne |
| Annette | Caroline Champetier | ||
| Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Tom Harar | |
| Paris, 13th District | Les Olympiades | Paul Guilhaume | |
| Titane | Ruben Impens | ||
| 2023 (48th) |
Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Artur Tort |
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Julien Poupard | |
| The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Patrick Ghiringhelli | |
| Rise | En corps | Alexis Kavyrchine | |
| Saint Omer | Claire Mathon | ||
| 2024 (49th) |
The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | David Cailley |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Simon Beaufils | |
| The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Patrick Ghiringhelli | |
| The Taste of Things | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Jonathan Ricquebourg | |
| The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers: Milady | Les Trois Mousquetaires: D'Artagnan et Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady | Nicolas Bolduc | |
| 2025 | Beating Hearts | L'Amour ouf | Laurent Tangy |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Nicolas Bolduc | |
| Emilia Pérez | Paul Guilhaume | ||
| Misericordia | Miséricorde | Claire Mathon | |
| Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Tristan Galand | |
See also
[edit]- Lumière Award for Best Cinematography
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
- Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
References
[edit]- ^ "Cesar Awards: Philippe Faucon's Drama 'Fatima' Wins Best Film". Variety. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter.