Most awarded
1The Piano1993 · 31 awards2Mad Max: Fury Road2015 · 16 awards3The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · 15 awards4The Great Gatsby2013 · 14 awards5Lion2015 · 14 awards6Somersault2004 · 13 awards7Hacksaw Ridge2016 · 12 awards8Animal Kingdom2010 · 12 awards9Moulin Rouge!2001 · 11 awards10Shine1996 · 11 awards
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AACTA & AFI Awards

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography

45 winning films and series from Australia and New Zealand in our catalogue, newest first.

TitleYearDirectorGenreMinAwards
The Dry 2020 Robert Connolly Drama, Crime 117 2
The Invisible Man 2020 Leigh Whannell Drama, Horror 124 3
The King 2019 David Michôd Drama, Medieval 140 3
Sweet Country 2017 Warwick Thornton Drama, Western 110 6
Hacksaw Ridge 2016 Mel Gibson Drama, War 131 12
Lion 2015 Garth Davis Drama, Biographical 118 14
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 George Miller Action, Adventure 120 16
Predestination 2014 Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig Drama, Science fiction 97 4
The Great Gatsby 2013 Baz Luhrmann Drama, Romance 142 14
The Sapphires 2012 Wayne Blair Comedy, Biographical 99 11
The Hunter 2011 Daniel Nettheim Drama, Adventure 101 2
Bright Star 2009 Jane Campion Drama, Biographical 119 3
Samson and Delilah 2009 Warwick Thornton Drama 97 5
The Home Song Stories 2007 Tony Ayres Drama — 8
Unfinished Sky 2007 Peter Duncan Drama 94 6
Ten Canoes 2006 Rolf de Heer Adventure 92 6
The Proposition 2005 John Hillcoat Drama, Western 99 4
Somersault 2004 Cate Shortland Drama, Teen 106 13
Japanese Story 2003 Sue Brooks Drama 110 8
Beneath Clouds 2002 Ivan Sen Drama 90 2
Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann Drama, Musical 127 11
Bootmen 2000 Dein Perry Musical, Comedy drama 95 5
Passion 1999 Peter Duncan Musical — 3
Doing Time for Patsy Cline 1997 Chris Kennedy Drama 95 4
Oscar and Lucinda 1997 Gillian Armstrong Drama, Romance 132 5
Shine 1996 Scott Hicks Drama, Biographical 101 11
Angel Baby 1995 Michael Rymer Drama 104 6
Exile 1994 Paul Cox Drama 95 1
The Piano 1993 Jane Campion Drama, Romance 120 31
Spotswood 1992 Mark Joffe Comedy 96 2
Black Robe 1991 Bruce Beresford Drama 100 2
The Crossing 1990 George Ogilvie Independent 90 1
Dead Calm 1989 Phillip Noyce Thriller 95 4
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey 1988 Vincent Ward Fantasy 90 7
Ground Zero 1987 Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson Political thriller 109 4
Rebel 1985 Michael Jenkins Musical 93 5
Razorback 1984 Russell Mulcahy Action, Horror 94 2
Careful, He Might Hear You 1983 Carl Schultz Drama 110 9
We of the Never Never 1982 Igor Auzins — — 1
Gallipoli 1981 Peter Weir War, Historical 111 10
Breaker Morant 1980 Bruce Beresford Trial 107 10
My Brilliant Career 1979 Gillian Armstrong Drama, Comedy 96 5
The Last Wave 1977 Peter Weir Horror, Science fiction 106 3
Break of Day 1976 Ken Hannam — 112 1
The Devil's Playground 1976 Fred Schepisi Drama, Biographical 107 5

Awards as recorded on Wikidata (Q4649799); older ceremonies may be incomplete.