Cinematography (Color) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Cinematography (Color) category in CineRoll's records: 132 films across 27 years, 27 of them winners.

The most recent winner is A Man for All Seasons (1967); the earliest on record is Gone with the Wind (1940).

The last three winners were A Man for All Seasons (1967), Doctor Zhivago (1966) and My Fair Lady (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

A Man for All Seasons(1966)
Ted Moore
Winner
Fantastic Voyage(1966)
Ernest Laszlo
Hawaii(1966)
Russell Harlan
The Professionals(1966)
Conrad Hall
The Sand Pebbles(1966)
Joseph MacDonald

1966

Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Freddie Young
Winner
The Agony and the Ecstasy(1965)
Leon Shamroy
The Great Race(1965)
Russell Harlan
The Greatest Story Ever Told(1965)
William C. Mellor, Loyal Griggs
The Sound of Music(1965)
Ted McCord

1965

My Fair Lady(1964)
Harry Stradling
Winner
Becket(1964)
Geoffrey Unsworth
Cheyenne Autumn(1964)
William H. Clothier
Mary Poppins(1964)
Edward Colman
The Unsinkable Molly Brown(1964)
Daniel L. Fapp

1964

Cleopatra(1963)
Leon Shamroy
Winner
How the West Was Won(1962)
William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
Irma la Douce(1963)
Joseph LaShelle
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World(1963)
Ernest Laszlo
The Cardinal(1963)
Leon Shamroy

1963

Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
Fred A. Young
Winner
Gypsy(1962)
Harry Stradling, Sr.
Hatari!(1962)
Russell Harlan
Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)
Robert L. Surtees
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm(1962)
Paul C. Vogel

1962

West Side Story(1961)
Daniel L. Fapp
Winner
A Majority of One(1961)
Harry Stradling, Sr.
Fanny(1961)
Jack Cardiff
Flower Drum Song(1961)
Russell Metty
One-Eyed Jacks(1961)
Charles Lang, Jr.
Pocketful of Miracles(1961)
Edith Head, Walter Plunkett

1961

Spartacus(1960)
Russell Metty
Winner
BUtterfield 8(1960)
Joseph Ruttenberg, Charles Harten
Exodus(1960)
Sam Leavitt
Pepe(1960)
Joe MacDonald
The Alamo(1960)
William H. Clothier

1960

Ben-Hur(1959)
Robert L. Surtees
Winner
Porgy and Bess(1959)
Leon Shamroy
The Big Fisherman(1959)
Lee Garmes
The Five Pennies(1959)
Daniel L. Fapp
The Nun's Story(1959)
Franz Planer

1959

Gigi(1958)
Joseph Ruttenberg
Winner
Auntie Mame(1958)
Harry Stradling, Sr.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958)
William Daniels
South Pacific(1958)
Leon Shamroy
The Old Man and the Sea(1958)
James Wong Howe

1957

Around the World in 80 Days(1956)
Lionel Lindon
Winner
The Eddy Duchin Story(1956)
Harry Stradling
The King and I(1956)
Leon Shamroy
The Ten Commandments(1956)
Loyal Griggs
War and Peace(1956)
Jack Cardiff

1956

To Catch a Thief(1955)
Robert Burks
Winner
A Man Called Peter(1955)
Harold Lipstein
Guys and Dolls(1955)
Harry Stradling
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing(1955)
Leon Shamroy
Oklahoma!(1955)
Robert Surtees

1955

Three Coins in the Fountain(1954)
Milton Krasner
Winner
Rear Window(1954)
Robert Burks
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954)
George Folsey
The Egyptian(1954)
Leon Shamroy
The Silver Chalice(1954)
William V. Skall

1954

Shane(1953)
Loyal Griggs
Winner
All the Brothers Were Valiant(1953)
George Folsey
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef(1953)
Edward Cronjager
Lili(1953)
Robert Planck
The Robe(1953)
Leon Shamroy

1953

The Quiet Man(1952)
Winton C. Hoch, Archie Stout
Winner
Hans Christian Andersen(1952)
Harry Stradling
Ivanhoe(1952)
F. A. Young
Million Dollar Mermaid(1952)
George J. Folsey
The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)
Leon Shamroy

1952

An American in Paris(1951)
Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton
Winner
David and Bathsheba(1951)
Leon Shamroy
Quo Vadis(1951)
Robert Surtees, William V. Skall
Show Boat(1951)
Charles Rosher
When Worlds Collide(1951)
John F. Seitz, W. Howard Greene

1951

King Solomon's Mines(1950)
Robert Surtees
Winner
Annie Get Your Gun(1950)
Charles Rosher
Broken Arrow(1950)
Ernest Palmer
Samson and Delilah(1949)
George Barnes
The Flame and the Arrow(1950)
Ernest Haller

1950

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon(1949)
Winton Hoch
Winner
Jolson Sings Again(1949)
William Snyder
Little Women(1949)
Robert Planck, Charles Schoenbaum
Sand(1949)
Charles G. Clarke
The Barkleys of Broadway(1949)
Harry Stradling

1949

Joan of Arc(1948)
Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, Winton Hoch
Winner
Green Grass of Wyoming(1948)
Charles G. Clarke
The Loves of Carmen(1948)
William Snyder
The Three Musketeers(1948)
Robert Planck

1948

Black Narcissus(1947)
Jack Cardiff
Winner
Life with Father(1947)
Peverell Marley, William V. Skall
Mother Wore Tights(1947)
Harry Jackson

1947

The Yearling(1946)
Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, Arthur Arling
Winner
The Jolson Story(1946)
Joseph Walker

1946

Leave Her to Heaven(1945)
Leon Shamroy
Winner
A Song to Remember(1945)
Tony Gaudio, Allen M. Davey
Anchors Aweigh(1945)
Robert Planck, Charles Boyle
National Velvet(1944)
Leonard Smith
The Spanish Main(1945)
George Barnes

1945

Wilson(1944)
Leon Shamroy
Winner
Cover Girl(1944)
Home in Indiana(1944)
Edward Cronjager
Kismet(1944)
Charles Rosher
Lady in the Dark(1944)
Ray Rennahan
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
George Folsey

1944

Phantom of the Opera(1943)
Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)
Ray Rennahan
Heaven Can Wait(1943)
Edward Cronjager
Hello, Frisco, Hello(1943)
Charles G. Clarke, Allen Davey
Lassie Come Home(1943)
Leonard Smith
Thousands Cheer(1943)
George Folsey

1943

The Black Swan(1942)
Leon Shamroy
Winner
Arabian Nights(1942)
Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
Captains of the Clouds(1942)
Sol Polito
Jungle Book(1942)
W. Howard Greene
Reap the Wild Wind(1942)
Victor Milner, William V. Skall
To the Shores of Tripoli(1942)
Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall

1942

Blood and Sand(1941)
Ernest Palmer, Ray Rennahan
Winner
Aloma of the South Seas(1941)
Wilfred M. Cline, Karl Struss, William Snyder
Billy the Kid(1941)
William V. Skall, Leonard Smith
Blossoms in the Dust(1941)
Karl Freund, W. Howard Greene
Dive Bomber(1941)
Bert Glennon
Louisiana Purchase(1941)
Harry Hallenberger, Ray Rennahan

1941

The Thief of Bagdad(1940)
Winner
Bitter Sweet(1940)
Oliver T. Marsh, Allen Davey
Down Argentine Way(1940)
Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan
North West Mounted Police(1940)
Victor Milner, W. Howard Greene
Northwest Passage(1940)
Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall
The Blue Bird(1940)
Arthur Miller, Ray Rennahan

1940

Gone with the Wind(1939)
Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan
Winner
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex(1939)
Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene

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