Anthony Dod Mantle of Slumdog Millionaire was the 2009 winner of the Best Cinematography Oscar at the Academy Awards Ceremony on February 22, 2009. The cinematography award honors the cinematographer of the movie, often called director of photography. The other 2009 nominees were Tom Stern for Changeling, Claudio Miranda for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Wally Pfister for The Dark Knight, and Chris Menges and Roger Deakins for The Reader.
Past Winners
- 2007: Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood
- 2006: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
- 2005: Dion Beebe for Memoirs of a Geisha
- 2004: Robert Richardson for The Aviator
- 2003: Russen Boyd for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- 2002: Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition
- 2001: Andrew Lesnie for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2000: Peter Pau for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 1999: Conrad L. Hall for American Beauty
- 1998: Janusz Kaminski for Saving Private Ryan
Best Cinematography Oscar Winner 2009 Acceptance Speech
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Best Cinematography Oscar Winner 2009 Nominees
Tom Stern for Changeling
Chris Menges and Roger Deakins for The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire - Winner
References
Fast Facts
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Fact:
Awarded to the cinematographer/director of photography of the movie
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Winner
Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
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Presenters
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Nominations announced
January 22, 2009
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Award time
February 22, 2009, 5 p.m. PST
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Network
ABC
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Host
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Fact:
First nomination for Tom Stern, Claudio Miranda and Anthony Dod Mantle
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Fact:
Chris Menges haw won two previous Oscars for cinematography
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Fact:
Pfister and Deakins have previously been nominated
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Fact:
Voted on by members of the Academy Film and Television Arts and Sciences
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Last year's winner
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First award winner
Charles Rosher and Karl Struss for Sunrise in 1927
