Every Best Cinematography Winner Video Showcases A Beautiful Evolution Of Cinema

Burger Fiction has put together a beautiful video compiling clips from every film to have won best cinematography at the Academy Awards, from 1927 to 2015. It's not only great to see clips from these films but to watch how cinematography has evolved over the course of these 88 years of cinema (which included a time when there were two awards handed out to both films in color and black & white. Hit the jump to watch the best cinematography winner video now.

Every Best Cinematography Winner Ever

With the Academy Awards quickly approaching, one must wonder which film will join this legacy. Here is the list of the nominees for best cinematography for the year 2016:

  • James Laxton for Moonlight
  • Rodrigo Prieto for Silence
  • Greig Fraser for Lion
  • Linus Sandgren for La La Land
  • Bradford Young for Arrival
  • My guess is it will either be La La Land or Arrival.

    For those curious, here are the Oscar award-winning films included in the video:

    Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (1927/28) – Charles Rosher & Karl StrussWhite Shadows In The South Seas (1928/29) – Clyde De VinnaWith Byrd At The South Pole (1929/30) – Joseph T. Rucker & Willard Van der VeerTabu: A Story Of The South Seas (1930/31) – Floyd CrosbyShanghai Express (1931/32) – Lee GarmesA Farewell To Arms (1932/33) – Charles LangCleopatra (1934) – Victor MilnerA Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) – Hal MohrAnthony Adverse (1936 B&W) – Tony GaudioThe Garden Of Allah (1936 COLOR) – W. Howard Greene & Harold RossonThe Good Earth (1937 B&W) – Karl FreundA Star Is Born (1937 COLOR) – W. Howard GreeneThe Great Waltz (1938 B&W) – Joseph RuttenbergSweethearts (1938 COLOR) – Oliver T. Marsh & Allen DaveyWuthering Heights (1939 B&W) – Gregg TolandGone With The Wind (1939 COLOR) – Ernest Haller & Ray RennahanRebecca (1940 B&W) – George BarnesThe Thief Of Bagdad (1940 COLOR) – Georges PerinalHow Green Was My Valley (1941 B&W) – Arthur C. MillerBlood And Sand (1941 COLOR) – Ernest Palmer & Ray RennahanMrs. Miniver (1942 B&W) – Joseph RuttenbergThe Black Swan (1942 COLOR) – Leon ShamroyThe Song Of Bernadette (1943 B&W) – Arthur C. MillerPhantom Of The Opera (1943 COLOR) – Hal Mohr & W. Howard GreeneLaura (1944 B&W) – Joseph LaShelleWilson (1944 COLOR) – Leon ShamroyThe Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945 B&W) – Harry StradlingLeave Her To Heaven (1945 COLOR) – Leon ShamroyAnna And The King Of Siam (1945 B&W) – Arthur C. MillerThe Yearling (1946 COLOR) – Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith & Arthur E. ArlingGreat Expectations (1947 B&W) – Guy GreenBlack Narcissus (1947 COLOR) – Jack CardiffThe Naked City (1948 B&W) – William H. DanielsJoan Of Arc (1948 COLOR) – Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall & Winton HochBattleground (1949 B&W) – Paul C. VogelShe Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949 COLOR) – Winton HochThe Third Man (1950 B&W) – Robert KraskerKing Solomon's Mines (1950 COLOR) – Robert SurteesA Place In The Sun (1951 B&W) – William C. MellorAn American In Paris (1951 COLOR) – Alfred Gilks & John AltonThe Bad And The Beautiful (1952 B&W) – Robert SurteesThe Quiet Man (1952 COLOR) – Winton Hoch & Archie StoutFrom Here To Eternity (1953 B&W) – Burnett GuffeyShane (1953 COLOR) – Loyal GriggsOn The Waterfront (1954 B&W) – Boris KaufmanThree Coins In The Fountain (1954 COLOR) – Milton R. KrasnerThe Rose Tattoo (1955 B&W) – James Wong HoweTo Catch A Thief (1955 COLOR) – Robert BurksSomebody Up There Likes Me (1956 B&W) – Joseph RuttenbergAround The World In 80 Days (1956 COLOR) – Lionel LindonThe Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) – Jack HildyardThe Defiant Ones (1958 B&W) – Sam LeavittGigi (1958 COLOR) – Joseph RuttenbergThe Diary Of Anne Frank (1959 B&W) – William C. MellorBen-Hur (1959 COLOR) – Robert SurteesSons And Lovers (1960 B&W) – Freddie FrancisSpartacus (1960 COLOR) – Russel MettyThe Hustler (1961 B&W) – Eugen SchufftanWest Side Story (1961 COLOR) – Daniel L. FappThe Longest Day (1962 B&W) – Jean Bourgoin & Walter WottitzLawrence Of Arabia (1962 COLOR) – Freddie YoungHud (1963 B&W) – James Wong HoweCleopatra (1963 COLOR) – Leon ShamroyZorba The Greek (1964 B&W) – Walter LassallyMy Fair Lady (1964 COLOR) – Harry StradlingShip Of Fools (1965 B&W) – Ernest LaszloDoctor Zhivago (1965 COLOR) – Freddie YoungWho's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966 B&W) – Haskell WexlerA Man For All Seasons (1966 COLOR) – Ted MooreBonnie And Clyde (1967) – Burnett GuffeyRomeo And Juliet (1968) – Pasqualino De SantisButch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) – Conrad L. HallRyan's Daughter (1970) – Freddie YoungFiddler On The Roof (1971) – Oswald MorrisCabaret (1972) – Geoffrey UnsworthCries And Whispers (1973) – Sven NykvistThe Towering Inferno (1974) – Fred J. Koenekamp & Joseph F. BirocBarry Lyndon (1975) – John AlcottBound For Glory (1976) – Haskell WexlerClose Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) – Vilmos ZsigmondDays Of Heaven (1978) – Nestor AlmendrosApocalypse Now (1979) – Vittorio StoraroTess (1980) – Geoffrey Unsworth & Ghislain CloquetReds (1981) – Vittorio StoraroGandhi (1982) – Billy Williams & Ronnie TaylorFanny And Alexander (1983) – Sven NykvistThe Killing Fields (1984) – Chris MengesOut Of Africa (1985) – David WatkinThe Mission (1986) – Chris MengesThe Last Emperor (1987) – Vittorio StoraroMississippi Burning (1988) – Peter BiziouGlory (1989) – Freddie FrancisDances With Wolves (1990) – Dean SemlerJFK (1991) – Robert RichardsonA River Runs Through It (1992) – Philippe RousselotSchindler's List (1993) – Janusz KaminskiLegends Of The Fall (1994) – John TollBraveheart (1995) – John TollThe English Patient (1996) – John SealeTitanic (1997) – Russell CarpenterSaving Private Ryan (1998) – Janusz KaminskiAmerican Beauty (1999) – Conrad L. HallCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) – Peter PauThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) – Andrew LesnieRoad To Perdition (2002) – Conrad L. HallMaster And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003) – Russell BoydThe Aviator (2004) – Robert RichardsonMemoirs Of A Geisha (2005) – Dion BeebePan's Labyrinth (2006) – Guillermo NavarroThere Will Be Blood (2007) – Robert ElswitSlumdog Millionaire (2008) – Anthony Dod MantleAvatar (2009) – Mauro FioreInception (2010) – Wally PfisterHugo (2011) – Robert RichardsonLife Of Pi (2012) – Claudio MirandaGravity (2013) – Emmanuel LubezkiBirdman (2014) – Emmanuel LubezkiThe Revenant (2015) – Emmanuel Lubezki