OSCAR HISTORY
Best Cinematography
Best Cinematography 
The cinematographer, or Director of Photography (D.P.), is the primary technician who sets the visual mood of the film through the choices they make in lighting, camera moves, and lenses. They help the director to envision the shots, make them the richest they can be, and if they're good enough and memorable enough, they go on to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography of the year.
2014:
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) by Emmanuel Lubezki
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1966:
(B&W) WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Haskell Wexler / (COLOR) A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS by Ted Moore
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1965:
(B&W) SHIP OF FOOLS by Ernest Laszlo / (COLOR) DOCTOR ZHIVAGO by Freddie Young
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1964:
(B&W) ZORBA THE GREEK by Walter Lassally / (COLOR) MY FAIR LADY by Harry Stradling
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1962:
(B&W) THE LONGEST DAY by Jean Bourgoin & Walter Wottitz/ (COLOR) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA by Freddie Young
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1961:
(B&W) THE HUSTLER by Eugen Schüfftan / (COLOR) WEST SIDE STORY by Daniel L. Fapp
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1960:
(B&W) SONS AND LOVERS by Freddie Francis / (COLOR) SPARTACUS by Russell Metty
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1959:
(B&W) THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by William C. Mellor / (COLOR) BEN-HUR by Robert Surtees
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1956:
(B&W) SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME by Joseph Ruttenberg / (COLOR) AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS by Lionel Lindon
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1955:
(B&W) THE ROSE TATTOO by James Wong Howe / (COLOR) TO CATCH A THIEF by Robert Burks
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1954:
(B&W) ON THE WATERFRONT by Boris Kaufman / (COLOR) THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN by Milton Krasner
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1953:
(B&W) FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by Burnett Guffey / (COLOR) SHANE by Loyal Griggs
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1952:
(B&W) THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL by Robert Surtees / (COLOR) THE QUIET MAN by Winton C. Hoch & Archie Stout
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1951:
(B&W) A PLACE IN THE SUN by William C. Mellor / (COLOR) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS by Alfred Gilks & John Alton
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1950:
(B&W) THE THIRD MAN by Robert Krasker / (COLOR) KING SOLOMONS MINES by Robert Surtees
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1949:
(B&W) BATTLEGROUND by Paul C. Vogel / (COLOR) SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON by Winton C. Hoch
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1948:
(B&W) THE NAKED CITY by William Daniels / (COLOR) JOAN OF ARC by Joseph Valentine, William V. Skall, & Winton C. Hoch
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1947:
(B&W) GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Guy Green / (COLOR) BLACK NARCISSUS & Jack Cardiff
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1946:
(B&W) ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM by Arthur C. Miller / (COLOR) THE YEARLING by Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, & Arthur Arling
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1945:
(B&W) THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Harry Stradling / (COLOR) LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN by Leon Shamroy
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1943:
(B&W) THE SONG OF BERNADETTE by Arthur C. Miller / (COLOR) PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by Hal Mohr & W. Howard Greene
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1942:
(B&W) MRS. MINIVER by Joseph Ruttenberg / (COLOR) THE BLACK SWAN by Leon Shamroy
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1941:
(B&W) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY by Arthur C. Miller / (COLOR) BLOOD AND SAND by Ernest Palmer & Ray Rennahan
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1940:
(B&W) REBECCA by George Barnes / (COLOR) THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD by Georges Perinal
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1939:
(B&W) WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Gregg Toland / (COLOR) GONE WITH THE WIND by Ernest Haller & Ray Rennahan
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1929 / 30:
WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE by Joseph T. Rucker & Willard Van der Veer
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