Cinematography (Black-and-White) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Cinematography (Black-and-White) category in CineRoll's records: 152 films across 27 years, 27 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967); the earliest on record is Wuthering Heights (1940).

The last three winners were Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967), Ship of Fools (1966) and Zorba the Greek (1965).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

1967

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?(1966)
Haskell Wexler
Winner
Georgy Girl(1966)
Ken Higgins
Is Paris Burning?(1966)
Marcel Grignon
Seconds(1966)
James Wong Howe
The Fortune Cookie(1966)
Joseph LaShelle

1966

Ship of Fools(1965)
Ernest Laszlo
Winner
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Robert Burks
In Harm's Way(1965)
Loyal Griggs
King Rat(1965)
Burnett Guffey
Morituri(1965)
Conrad Hall

1965

Zorba the Greek(1964)
Walter Lassally
Winner
Fate Is the Hunter(1964)
Milton Krasner
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
Joseph Biroc
The Americanization of Emily(1964)
Philip H. Lathrop
The Night of the Iguana(1964)
Gabriel Figueroa

1964

Hud(1963)
James Wong Howe
Winner
Lilies of the Field(1963)
Ernest Haller
Love with the Proper Stranger(1963)
Milton Krasner
The Balcony(1963)
George Folsey
The Caretakers(1963)
Lucien Ballard

1963

The Longest Day(1962)
Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz, (Henri Persin)
Winner
Birdman of Alcatraz(1962)
Burnett Guffey
To Kill a Mockingbird(1962)
Russell Harlan
Two for the Seesaw(1962)
Ted McCord
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)
Ernest Haller

1962

The Hustler(1961)
Eugen Shuftan
Winner
Judgment at Nuremberg(1961)
Ernest Laszlo
One, Two, Three(1961)
Daniel L. Fapp
The Absent-Minded Professor(1961)
Edward Colman
The Children's Hour(1961)
Franz F. Planer

1961

Sons and Lovers(1960)
Freddie Francis
Winner
Inherit the Wind(1960)
Ernest Laszlo
Psycho(1960)
John L. Russell
The Apartment(1960)
Joseph LaShelle
The Facts of Life(1960)
Charles B. Lang, Jr.

1960

The Diary of Anne Frank(1959)
William C. Mellor
Winner
Anatomy of a Murder(1959)
Sam Leavitt
Career(1959)
Joseph LaShelle
Some Like It Hot(1959)
Charles Lang, Jr.
The Young Philadelphians(1959)
Harry Stradling, Sr.

1959

The Defiant Ones(1958)
Sam Leavitt
Winner
Desire Under the Elms(1958)
Daniel L. Fapp
I Want to Live!(1958)
Lionel Lindon
Separate Tables(1958)
Charles Lang, Jr.
The Young Lions(1958)
Joe MacDonald

1957

Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Winner
Baby Doll(1956)
Boris Kaufman
Stagecoach To Fury(1956)
Walter Strenge
The Bad Seed(1956)
Hal Rosson
The Harder They Fall(1956)
Burnett Guffey

1956

The Rose Tattoo(1955)
James Wong Howe
Winner
Blackboard Jungle(1955)
Russell Harlan
I'll Cry Tomorrow(1955)
Arthur E. Arling
Marty(1955)
Joseph LaShelle
Queen Bee(1955)
Charles Lang

1955

On the Waterfront(1954)
Boris Kaufman
Winner
Executive Suite(1954)
George Folsey
Rogue Cop(1954)
John Seitz
Sabrina(1954)
Charles Lang, Jr.
The Country Girl(1954)
John F. Warren

1954

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Burnett Guffey
Winner
Julius Caesar(1953)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Martin Luther(1953)
Joseph C. Brun
Roman Holiday(1953)
Frank Planer, Henri Alekan
The Four Poster(1952)
Hal Mohr

1953

The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)
Robert Surtees
Winner
My Cousin Rachel(1952)
Joseph LaShelle
Navajo(1952)
Virgil E. Miller
Sudden Fear(1952)
Charles B. Lang, Jr.
The Big Sky(1952)
Russell Harlan

1952

A Place in the Sun(1951)
William C. Mellor
Winner
A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
Harry Stradling
Death of a Salesman(1951)
Frank Planer
Strangers on a Train(1951)
Robert Burks
The Frogmen(1951)
Norbert Brodine

1951

The Third Man(1949)
Robert Krasker
Winner
All About Eve(1950)
Milton Krasner
Sunset Boulevard(1950)
John F. Seitz
The Asphalt Jungle(1950)
Harold Rosson
The Furies(1950)
Victor Milner

1950

Battleground(1949)
Paul C. Vogel
Winner
Champion(1949)
Frank Planer
Come to the Stable(1949)
Joseph LaShelle
Prince of Foxes(1949)
Leon Shamroy
The Heiress(1949)
Leo Tover

1949

The Naked City(1948)
William Daniels
Winner
A Foreign Affair(1948)
Charles B. Lang, Jr.
I Remember Mama(1948)
Nicholas Musuraca
Johnny Belinda(1948)
Ted McCord
Portrait of Jennie(1948)
Joseph August

1948

Great Expectations(1946)
Guy Green
Winner
Green Dolphin Street(1947)
George Folsey
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir(1947)
Charles Lang, Jr.

1947

Anna and the King of Siam(1946)
Arthur Miller
Winner
The Green Years(1946)
George Folsey

1946

The Picture of Dorian Gray(1945)
Harry Stradling
Winner
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Ernest Haller
Spellbound(1945)
George Barnes
The Keys of the Kingdom(1944)
Arthur Miller
The Lost Weekend(1945)
John F. Seitz

1945

Laura(1944)
Joseph LaShelle
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
John Seitz
Dragon Seed(1944)
Sidney Wagner
Gaslight(1944)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Going My Way(1944)
Lionel Lindon
Lifeboat(1944)
Glen MacWilliams
Since You Went Away(1944)
Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes
The Uninvited(1944)
Charles Lang
The White Cliffs of Dover(1944)
George Folsey
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo(1944)
Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson

1944

The Song of Bernadette(1943)
Arthur Miller
Winner
Air Force(1943)
James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer, Charles Marshall
Casablanca(1942)
Arthur Edeson
Corvette K-225(1943)
Tony Gaudio
Five Graves to Cairo(1943)
John Seitz
Madame Curie(1943)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Sahara(1943)
So Proudly We Hail(1943)
Charles Lang
The Human Comedy(1943)
Harry Stradling
The North Star(1943)
James Wong Howe

1943

Mrs. Miniver(1942)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Winner
Kings Row(1942)
James Wong Howe
Moontide(1942)
Charles Clarke
Take a Letter, Darling(1942)
John Mescall
Ten Gentlemen from West Point(1942)
Leon Shamroy
The Magnificent Ambersons(1942)
Stanley Cortez
The Pied Piper(1942)
Edward Cronjager
The Pride of the Yankees(1942)
"The Pride of the Yankees" Rudolph Maté
The Talk of the Town(1942)
Ted Tetzlaff
This Above All(1942)
Arthur Miller

1942

How Green Was My Valley(1941)
Arthur Miller
Winner
Citizen Kane(1941)
Gregg Toland
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1941)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Here Comes Mr. Jordan(1941)
Joseph Walker
Hold Back the Dawn(1941)
Leo Tover
Sergeant York(1941)
Sol Polito
Sun Valley Serenade(1941)
Edward Cronjager
Sundown(1941)
Charles Lang
That Hamilton Woman(1941)
The Chocolate Soldier(1941)
Karl Freund

1941

Rebecca(1940)
George Barnes
Winner
Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940)
James Wong Howe
All This, and Heaven Too(1940)
Ernest Haller
Arise, My Love(1940)
Charles B. Lang, Jr.
Boom Town(1940)
Harold Rosson
Foreign Correspondent(1940)
Spring Parade(1940)
Joseph Valentine
The Letter(1940)
Gaetano (Tony) Gaudio
The Long Voyage Home(1940)
Gregg Toland
Waterloo Bridge(1940)
Joseph Ruttenberg

1940

Wuthering Heights(1939)
Gregg Toland
Winner
Stagecoach(1939)
Bert Glennon

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