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Oscar 2025 Predictions:
Best Cinematography
Best Cinematography
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Weekly Commentary (Updated September 19, 2024): Greig Fraser has won his first Oscar for his breathtaking cinematography in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune” (2022). As we await the upcoming awards season, Fraser’s gorgeous visuals — featuring sweeping aerial photography, Timothée Chalamet directing massive sandworms and a mesmerizing color palette — still leave a simple impression.
With high-profile efforts like “Gladiator 2,” “Blitz” and “The Unknown” on the horizon, it might be surprising not to see Fraser at least in the running for another nomination, especially considering the Department of Cinematography’s history of recognizing such artistic talent.
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And the expected nominees are
Classification Artist and Film 1 “Dune: Half Two” (Warner Bros.) — Greig Fraser 2 “Gladiator II” (Paramount Photos) — John Mathieson 3 “The Room Next Door” (Sony Photos Classics) — Edu Grau 4 “Emilia Perez”(Netflix) – Paul Guilhaume 5 “The Brutalist” (A24) — LOL Crawley Oscar: Best Cinematography (Selection Awards Circuit Predictions) -
Image credit: L. Kasimu Harris / Amazon MGM / Orion
Subsequent in line
Classification Artist and Film 6 “Saturday night” (Sony Photos) — Eric Steelberg 7 “Maria” (Netflix) — Edward Lachman 8 “Nosferatu”(Focus Options) – Jarin Blaschke 9 “Queer”(A24) -Sayombhu Mukdeeprom 10 “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM/Orion) — Jomo Fray Oscar: Best Cinematography (Selection Awards Circuit Predictions) -
Image Credit: Warner Bros. /Courtesy of the Everett Collection
Different competitors
Classification Artist and Film 11 “Conclave” (Focus Options) — Stéphane Fontaine 12 “A Complete Stranger” (Searchlight Photos) — Phedon Papamichael 13 “Anora” (Neon) — Drew Daniels 14 “The piano lesson”(Netflix) -Michael Gioulakis 15 “Joker: Madness for Two“(Warner Bros.) — Lawrence Sher 16 “September 5th”(Paramount Photos) – Markus Förderer 17 “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Photos by Walt Disney) — James Laxton 18 “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.) — Simon Duggan 19 “Younger girl and the sea” (Photos by Walt Disney) — Oscar Faura 20 “The Motorcyclists” (Focus Options) — Adam Stone Oscar: Best Director (Selection Awards Circuit Predictions) -
Eligible Titles (Best Cinematography)
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** This list is incomplete and has never been finalized. Not all films have release or distribution dates. All are subject to change.
- “Alien: Romulus” (Twentieth Century Studios) — Galo Olivares
- “Everything We Think of as Soft” (Janus Movies/Sideshow) — Ranabir Das
- “Anora” (Neon) — Drew Daniels
- “The Apprentice” (Briarcliff Leisure) — Kasper Tuxen
- “Babygirl” (A24) — Jasper Wolf
- “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) – Haris Zambarloukos
- “Higher Man” (Paramount Photos) — Erik Wilson
- “Between the Temples” (Sony Photos Classics) — Sean Value Williams
- “The Bikeriders” (Focus Options) — Adam Stone
- “Chicken” (Mubi) — Robbie Ryan
- “Blink Twice” (Amazon MGM) — Adam Newport-Berra
- “Blitz” (Apple Authentic Movies) — Yorick Le Saux
- “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Photos) — Robert Elswit
- “The Brutalist” (A24) — Lol Crawley
- “Challengers” (Amazon MGM) — Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
- “Civil War” (A24) — Rob Hardy
- “A Complete Stranger” (Searchlight Photos) — Phedon Papamichael
- “Conclave” (Focus Options) — Stéphane Fontaine
- “Daddio” (Sony Photos Classics) — Phedon Papamichael
- “Daughters” (Netflix) — Michael “Cambio” Fernandez
- “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Marvel Studios) — George Richmond
- “The Deliverance” (Netflix) — Eli Arenson
- “A Different Man Altogether” (A24) — Wyatt Garfield
- “Dìdi” (Focus Options) — Sam A. Davis
- “Dune: Half Two” (Warner Bros.) — Greig Fraser
- “Elton John: It’s Never Too Late” (Photos by Walt Disney) — Jenna Rosher
- “Emilia Perez” (Netflix) – Paul Guilhaume
- “The Finish” (Neon) — Mikhail Krichman
- “There Is No Evil” (Sideshow) — Yoshio Kitagawa
- “Fancy Dance” (Apple Authentic Movies) — Carolina Costa
- “The Hearth Inside” (Amazon MGM) — Rina Yang
- “Firebrand” (Roadside points of interest) — Hélène Louvart
- “The Entrance Hall” (A24) — Ava Berkofsky
- “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.) — Simon Duggan
- “Gladiator II” (Paramount Photos) — John Mathieson
- “Onerous Truths” (Bleecker Road) — Dick Pope
- “Right Here” (Sony Photos) — Don Burgess
- “Heretic” (A24) — Chung Chung-hoon
- “His Three Daughters” (Netflix) — Sam Levy
- “Hit Man” (Netflix) — Shane F. Kelly
- “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1” (Warner Bros.) — J. Michael Muro
- “I noticed the brightness of the TV” (A24) — Eric Okay. Yue
- “I’m Still Here” (Sony Photos Classics) — Adrian Teijido
- “The Thinking of You” (Amazon MGM) — Jim Frohna
- “IF” (Paramount Photos) – Janusz Kamiński
- “Within the Summers” (Musical Field Films) — Alejandro Mejía
- “It Ends With Us” (Sony Photos) — Barry Peterson
- “Planet Janet” (A24) – Maria von Hausswolf
- “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.) – Lawrence Sher
- “Types of Kindness” (Searchlight Photos) — Robbie Ryan
- “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (Twentieth Century Studios) — Gyula Pados
- “Kneecap” (Sony Photos Classics) — Ryan Kernaghan
- “Lee” (Roadside points of interest) — Paweł Edelman
- “The Lifetime of Chuck” (No US distribution) — Eben Bolter **
- “Pernas Longas” (Neon) – Andrés Arochi Tinajero
- “Love is bleeding” (A24) — Ben Fordesman
- “Maria” (Netflix) — Edward Lachman
- “Megalópolis” (Lionsgate) – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
- “Misericordia” (Janus Movies) – Claire Mathon
- “Monkey Man” (common photos) – Sharone Meir
- “Mothers’ Intuition” (Neon) – Benoît Delhomme
- “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Photos) — James Laxton
- “My Old Ass” (Amazon MGM) — Kristen Correll
- “Nickel Boys” (Amazon MGM/Orion) — Jomo Fray
- “Nightbitch” (Searchlight Photos) — Brandon Trost
- “Nosferatu” (focus options) – Jarin Blaschke
- “Oh, Canada” (Kino Lorber) — Andrew Marvel
- “On Turning Into a Guinea Fowl” (A24) — David Gallego
- “The Order” (Vertical Leisure) — Adam Arkapaw
- “The Outrun” (Sony Photos Classics) — Yunus Roy Imer
- “Parténope” (A24) – Daria D’Antonio
- “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix) – Michael Gioulakis
- “Queer” (A24) — Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
- “A Real Pain” (Spotlight Photos) – Michal Dymek
- “Rez Ball” (Netflix) — Kira Kelly
- “The Room Next Door” (Sony Photos Classics) — Edu Grau
- “Rumors” (Bleecker Road) — Stefan Ciupek
- “Sasquatch Sunset” (Bleecker Road) — Michael Gioulakis
- “Saturday Night” (Sony Photos) — Eric Steelberg
- “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Neon) — Pooyan Aghababaei
- “September 5th” (Paramount Pictures) – Markus Förderer
- “Shirley” (Netflix) — Ramsey Nickell
- “Sing, Sing” (A24) – Pat Scola
- “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix) — Michael Watson
- “Little Problems Like These” (Lionsgate) — Frank van den Eeden
- “Stopmotion” (IFC/Shudder) – Léo Hinstin
- “The Substance” (Mubi) — Benjamin Kracun
- “Thelma” (Magnolia Photos) — David Bolen
- “Tuesday” (A24) — Alexis Zabé
- “Twisters” (Common Photos) — Dan Mindel
- “Unstoppable” (Amazon MGM) — Salvatore Totino
- “Venom: The Final Dance” (Sony Photos) — Fabian Wagner
- “We’re all grown up now” (Sony Photos Classics) — Pat Scola
- “We Stand in Time” (A24) — Stuart Bentley
- “Depraved” (Ordinary Photos) — Alice Brooks
- “Wildcat” (Oscilloscope Labs) — Steve Cosens
- “Youngest Girl and the Sea” (Photos by Walt Disney) — Oscar Faura
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Extra Data (Oscar: Best Cinematography)
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Class of 2024 Winner: “Oppenheimer” (common photos) – Hoyte van Hoytema
Oscars 2024-2025 Calendar and Schedule (All Dates Subject to Change)
- Eligibility Range: January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024
- Common entry, best image, RAISE submission deadline: Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Governors Awards: Sunday, November 17, 2024
- Preliminary voting begins on Monday, December 9, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
- Preliminary voting ends on Friday, December 13, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT.
- Oscar Finalists Announced: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Eligibility window ends: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
- Voting on nominations begins on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific Time.
- Voting for nominations ends on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM PT.
- Oscar Nominations Announcement: Friday, January 17, 2025
- Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Monday, February 10, 2025
- Final voting begins Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. PT
- Final Voting Ends: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM PT
- Scientific and Technical Awards: Tuesday, February 18, 2025
- 97th Academy Awards: Sunday, March 2, 2025
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