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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

88th Academy Awards: Best Cinematography

The nominees:

Roger Deakins, Sicario

Oscar History: 12 previous nominations for Best Cinematography for The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Fargo (1996), Kundun (1997), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), No Country For Old Men (2007), The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007), The Reader (2008), True Grit (2010), Skyfall (2012), Prisoners (2013), Unbroken (2014)


Edward Lachman, Carol

Oscar History: 1 previous nomination for Best Cinematography for Far From Heaven (2002)


Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant

Oscar History: 2 wins for Best Cinematography for Gravity (2013) and Birdman (2014); 5 previous nominations for Best Cinematography for A Little Princess (1995), Sleepy Hollow (1999), The New World (2005), Children of Men (2006), and The Tree of Life (2011)


Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight

Oscar History: 3 wins for Best Cinematography for JFK (1991), The Aviator (2004), and Hugo (2011); 5 previous nominations for Best Cinematography for Platoon (1986), Born of the Fourth of July (1989), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Inglorious Basterds (2009), and Django Unchained (2014)


John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road

Oscar History: 1 win for Best Cinematography for The English Patient (1996); 3 previous nominations for Best Cinematography for Witness (1985), Rain Man (1988), and Cold Mountain (2003)


What I've Seen: Carol, The Hateful Eight, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Sicario

My Pick: Carol

Not Nominated, But Should Have Been: Creed (note: I haven't seen Creed in its entirety, but I have seen that one-shot boxing sequence and that alone would make Maryse Alberti worthy of a nomination)

Predicted Winner: The Revenant

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