César Award for Best Cinematography
French film award
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The César Award for Best Cinematography (French: César de la meilleure photographie) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1976.
CountryFrance
Presented byAcadémie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
First award1976
Currently held byDavid Chambille for Nouvelle Vague (2026)
| César Award for Best Cinematography | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First award | 1976 |
| Currently held by | David Chambille for Nouvelle Vague (2026) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 (1st) |
Black Moon | Sven Nykvist | |
| Call me Savage | Le Sauvage | Pierre Lhomme | |
| Flesh of the Orchid | La chair de l'orchidée | ||
| The Old Gun | Le Vieux Fusil | Étienne Becker | |
| 1977 (2nd) |
Barocco | Bruno Nuytten | |
| The Best Way to Walk | La Meilleure Façon de marcher | ||
| Docteur Françoise Gailland | Docteur Françoise Gailland | Claude Renoir | |
| The Faithful Woman | Une femme fidèle | ||
| Mr. Klein | Monsieur Klein | Gerry Fisher | |
| The Toy | Le Jouet | Étienne Becker | |
| 1978 (3rd) |
Drummer-Crab | Le Crabe-Tambour | Raoul Coutard |
| The Accuser | L'Imprécateur | Andréas Winding | |
| Providence | Ricardo Aronovich | ||
| This Sweet Sickness | Dites-lui que je l'aime | Pierre Lhomme | |
| 1979 (4th) |
Molière | Bernard Zitzermann | |
| The Green Room | La Chambre verte | Néstor Almendros | |
| Judith Therpauve | Pierre Lhomme | ||
| A Simple Story | Une histoire simple | Jean Boffety | |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Cinematographer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (45th) |
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu | Claire Mathon |
| La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bolduc | ||
| An Officer and a Spy | J'accuse | Paweł Edelman | |
| Les Misérables | Julien Poupard | ||
| Oh Mercy! | Roubaix, une lumière | Irina Lubtchansky | |
| 2021 (46th) [2] |
Bye Bye Morons | Adieu les cons | Alexis Kavyrchine |
| Adolescents | Adolescentes | Antoine Parouty and Paul Guilhaume | |
| My Donkey, My Lover & I | Antoinette dans les Cévennes | Simon Beaufils | |
| Love Affair(s) | Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait | Laurent Desmet | |
| Summer of 85 | Été 85 | Hichame Alaouié | |
| 2022 (47th) |
Lost Illusions | Illusions perdues | Christophe Beaucarne |
| Annette | Caroline Champetier | ||
| Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Tom Harar | |
| Paris, 13th District | Les Olympiades | Paul Guilhaume | |
| Titane | Ruben Impens | ||
| 2023 (48th) |
Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Artur Tort |
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Julien Poupard | |
| The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Patrick Ghiringhelli | |
| Rise | En corps | Alexis Kavyrchine | |
| Saint Omer | Claire Mathon | ||
| 2024 (49th) |
The Animal Kingdom | Le Règne animal | David Cailley |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Anatomie d'une chute | Simon Beaufils | |
| The Goldman Case | Le Procès Goldman | Patrick Ghiringhelli | |
| The Taste of Things | La Passion de Dodin Bouffant | Jonathan Ricquebourg | |
| The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers: Milady | Les Trois Mousquetaires: D'Artagnan et Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady | Nicolas Bolduc | |
| 2025 (50th) |
Emilia Pérez | Paul Guilhaume | |
| Beating Hearts | L'Amour ouf | Laurent Tangy | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Nicolas Bolduc | |
| Misericordia | Miséricorde | Claire Mathon | |
| Souleymane's Story | L'Histoire de Souleymane | Tristan Galand | |
| 2026 (51st) |
Nouvelle Vague | David Chambille | |
| Case 137 | Dossier 137 | Patrick Ghiringhelli | |
| The Girl in the Snow | L'engloutie | Marine Atlan | |
| The Stranger | L'Étranger | Manuel Dacosse | |
| The Ties That Bind Us | L'Attachement | Elin Kirschfink | |