 | 2007 | Robert Elswit - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
| 2006 | Guillermo Navarro EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO (PAN'S LABYRINTH)
| 2005 | Dion Beebe MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
| 2004 | Robert Richardson THE AVIATOR
| 2003 | Russell Boyd MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
| 2002 | Conrad L. Hall ROAD TO PERDITION
| 2001 | Andrew Lesnie THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
| 2000 | Peter Pau CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
| 1999 | Conrad L. Hall AMERICAN BEAUTY
| 1998 | Janusz Kaminski SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
| 1997 | Russell Carpenter TITANIC
| 1996 | John Seale THE ENGLISH PATIENT
| 1995 | John Toll BRAVEHEART
| 1994 | John Toll LEGENDS OF THE FALL
| 1993 | Janusz Kaminski SCHINDLER'S LIST
| 1992 | Philippe Rousselot A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
| 1991 | Robert Richardson JFK
| 1990 | Dean Semler DANCES WITH WOLVES
| 1989 | Freddie Francis GLORY
| 1988 | Peter Biziou MISSISSIPPI BURNING
| 1987 | Vittorio Storaro THE LAST EMPEROR
| 1986 | Chris Menges THE MISSION
| 1985 | David Watkin OUT OF AFRICA
| 1984 | Chris Menges THE KILLING FIELDS
| 1983 | Sven Nykvist FANNY AND ALEXANDER
| 1982 | Billy Williams & Ronnie Taylor GANDHI
| 1981 | Vittorio Storaro REDS
| 1980 | Geoffrey Unsworth & Ghislain Cloquet TESS
| 1979 | Vittorio Storaro APOCALYPSE NOW
| 1978 | Nestor Almendros DAYS OF HEAVEN
| 1977 | Vilmos Zsigmond CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
| 1976 | Haskell Wexler BOUND FOR GLORY
| 1975 | John Alcott BARRY LYNDON
| 1974 | Fred J. Koenekamp & Joseph Biroc THE TOWERING INFERNO
| 1973 | Sven Nykvist CRIES AND WHISPERS
| 1972 | Geoffrey Unsworth CABARET
| 1971 | Oswald Morris FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
| 1970 | Freddie Young RYAN'S DAUGHTER<
| 1969 | Conrad L. Hall BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
| 1968 | Pasqualino De Santis ROMEO AND JULIET
| 1967 | Burnett Guffey BONNIE AND CLYDE
| Color | Black and White
| 1966 | Ted Moore A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | Haskell Wexler WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
| 1965 | Freddie Young DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | Ernest Laszlo SHIP OF FOOLS
| 1964 | Harry Stradling MY FAIR LADY | Walter Lassally ZORBA THE GREEK
| 1963 | Leon Shamroy CLEOPATRA | James Wong Howe HUD
| 1962 | Freddie Young LAWRENCE OF ARABIA | Jean Bourgoin & Walter Wottitz THE LONGEST DAY
| 1961 | Daniel L. Fapp WEST SIDE STORY | Eugen Schüfftan THE HUSTLER
| 1960 | Russell Metty SPARTACUS | Freddie Francis SONS AND LOVERS
| 1959 | Robert L. Surtees BEN-HUR | William C. Mellor THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
| 1958 | |