Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Awarded forOutstanding Cinematography
CountryUnited States
Presented byBlack Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardedBlack Reel Awards of 2019
Most recent winnerJomo Fray
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2024)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography. The award is given to the cinematographer of the nominated film. The category was first introduced at the 19th Annual Black Reel Awards where James Laxton took home the first award in this category for If Beale Street Could Talk.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year Cinematographer Film Ref.
2019 James Laxton If Beale Street Could Talk [1]
Chayse Irvin BlacKkKlansman
Tobias A. Schliessler A Wrinkle in Time
Rachel Morrison Black Panther
Sean Bobbitt Widows

2020s

Year Cinematographer Film Ref.
2020 Tat Racliffe Queen & Slim [2][3]
John Toll Harriet
Adam Newport-Berra The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Mike Gioulakis Us
Drew Daniels Waves
2021 Marcell Rev Malcolm & Marie [4]
Newton Thomas Sigel Da 5 Bloods
Sean Bobbitt Judas and the Black Messiah
Tami Reiker One Night in Miami...
Hoyte van Hoytema Tenet
2022 Bruno Delbonnel The Tragedy of Macbeth [5]
Myron Kerstein In the Heights
Edu Grau Passing
Janusz Kaminski West Side Story
Mihahi Malaimare Jr. The Harder They Fall
2023 Hoyte van Hoytema Nope [6]
Autumn Durald Arkapaw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Robert Richardson Emancipation
Bobby Bukowski Till
Polly Morgan The Woman King
2024 Jomo Fray All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt [7]
Jody Lee Lipes Earth Mama
D. Smith Kokomo City
Olan Collardy Rye Lane
Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi Silver Dollar Road

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

References

  1. ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ Morales, Wilson (December 11, 2019). "20th Annual Black Reel Awards - Nominees Announced". Black Film. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  7. ^ Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.