AACTA Award for Best Cinematography

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1976.

Previous winners

1976: Ian Baker (The Devil's Playground)
1977: Russell Boyd (Break of Day)
1978: Russell Boyd (The Last Wave)
1979: Don McAlpine (My Brilliant Career)
1980: Don McAlpine (Breaker Morant)
1981: Russell Boyd (Gallipoli)
1982: Gary Hansen (We Of The Never Never)
1983: John Seale (Careful, He Might Hear You)
1984: Dean Semler (Razorback)
1985: Peter James (Rebel)
1986: Peter James (The Right Hand Man)
1987: Steve Dobson (Ground Zero)
1988: Geoffrey Simpson (The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey)
1989: Dean Semler (Dead Calm)
1990: Jeff Darling (The Crossing)
1991: Ellery Ryan (Spotswood)
1992: Peter James (Black Robe)
1993: Stuart Dryburgh (The Piano)
1994: Nino Martinetti (Exile)
1995: Ellery Ryan (Angel Baby)
1996: Geoffrey Simpson (Shine)
1997: Andrew Lesnie (Doing time for Patsy Cline)
1998: Geoffrey Simpson (Oscar and Lucinda)
1999: Martin McGrath (Passion)
2000: Steve Mason (Bootmen)
2001: Donald M. McAlpine (Moulin Rouge!)
2002: Allan Collins (Beneath Clouds)
2003: Ian Baker (Japanese Story)
2004: Robert Humphreys (Somersault)
2005: Benoît Delhomme (The Proposition)
2006: Ian Jones (Ten Canoes)
2007: Nigel Bluck (The Home Song Stories)
2008: Robert Humphreys (Unfinished Sky)
2009: Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah)
2010: Greig Frazer (Bright Star)

AACTA Awards

Australian Film Institute (AFI) Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)

Feature film awards	Best Film Best Direction Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Editing AFI Members' Choice Award Best Original Score Best Production Design Best Sound Best Film– International Best Actor– International Best Actress– International Best Direction– International Best Screenplay– International

Television awards	Best Comedy Series Best Drama Series Best Children's Series Best Children's Animation Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series Best Light Entertainment Series Best Comedy Performance Best Actor – Drama Best Actress – Drama Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama Best Director Best Screenplay

Non-feature film awards	Best Feature Length Documentary Best Documentary Under One Hour Best Documentary Series Best Short Animation Best Short Fiction Film Best Cinematography – Documentary Best Director – Documentary Best Editing – Documentary Best Screenplay in a Short Film Best Sound – Documentary

Special awards	Byron Kennedy Award Raymond Longford Award Best Young Actor Best Visual Effects Screen Content Innovation Award Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft

Retired awards	Best Documentary Best Television Documentary Best Sponsored Documentary Best Experimental Film Global Achievement Award Best Foreign Film International Award Excellence in Filmmaking Jury Prize International Best Actor International Best Actress

Ceremonies	1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974-75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Note that because of variable scheduling of the ceremony, the eligibility period has not always been consistent. Accordingly, ceremonies are listed here by the year in which films were released.