AACTA Award for Best Cinematography

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1976.

Previous winners

• 1976: Ian Baker (The Devil's Playground)
• 1977: Russell Boyd (Break of Day)
• 1978: Russell Boyd (The Last Wave)
• 1979: Don McAlpine (My Brilliant Career)
• 1980: Don McAlpine (Breaker Morant)
• 1981: Russell Boyd (Gallipoli)
• 1982: Gary Hansen (We Of The Never Never)
• 1983: John Seale (Careful, He Might Hear You)
• 1984: Dean Semler (Razorback)
• 1985: Peter James (Rebel)
• 1986: Peter James (The Right Hand Man)
• 1987: Steve Dobson (Ground Zero)
• 1988: Geoffrey Simpson (The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey)
• 1989: Dean Semler (Dead Calm)
• 1990: Jeff Darling (The Crossing)
• 1991: Ellery Ryan (Spotswood)
• 1992: Peter James (Black Robe)
• 1993: Stuart Dryburgh (The Piano)
• 1994: Nino Martinetti (Exile)
• 1995: Ellery Ryan (Angel Baby)
• 1996: Geoffrey Simpson (Shine)
• 1997: Andrew Lesnie (Doing time for Patsy Cline)
• 1998: Geoffrey Simpson (Oscar and Lucinda)
• 1999: Martin McGrath (Passion)
• 2000: Steve Mason (Bootmen)
• 2001: Donald M. McAlpine (Moulin Rouge!)
• 2002: Allan Collins (Beneath Clouds)
• 2003: Ian Baker (Japanese Story)
• 2004: Robert Humphreys (Somersault)
• 2005: Benoît Delhomme (The Proposition)
• 2006: Ian Jones (Ten Canoes)
• 2007: Nigel Bluck (The Home Song Stories)
• 2008: Robert Humphreys (Unfinished Sky)
• 2009: Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah)
• 2010: Greig Frazer (Bright Star)