en Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography
Awarded for	Outstanding Cinematography
Country	United States
Presented by	Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded	Black Reel Awards of 2019
Most recent winner	Jomo Fray ; All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2024)
Website	blackreelawards.com

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography. The award is given to the cinematographer of the nominated film. The category was first introduced at the 19th Annual Black Reel Awards where James Laxton took home the first award in this category for If Beale Street Could Talk.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Ref.
2019	James Laxton	If Beale Street Could Talk	^[1]
	Chayse Irvin	BlacKkKlansman
	Tobias A. Schliessler	A Wrinkle in Time
	Rachel Morrison	Black Panther
	Sean Bobbitt	Widows

2020s

Year	Cinematographer	Film	Ref.
2020	Tat Racliffe	Queen & Slim	^[2]^[3]
	John Toll	Harriet
	Adam Newport-Berra	The Last Black Man in San Francisco
	Mike Gioulakis	Us
	Drew Daniels	Waves
2021	Marcell Rev	Malcolm & Marie	^[4]
	Newton Thomas Sigel	Da 5 Bloods
	Sean Bobbitt	Judas and the Black Messiah
	Tami Reiker	One Night in Miami...
	Hoyte van Hoytema	Tenet
2022	Bruno Delbonnel	The Tragedy of Macbeth	^[5]
	Myron Kerstein	In the Heights
	Edu Grau	Passing
	Janusz Kaminski	West Side Story
	Mihahi Malaimare Jr.	The Harder They Fall
2023	Hoyte van Hoytema	Nope	^[6]
	Autumn Durald Arkapaw	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
	Robert Richardson	Emancipation
	Bobby Bukowski	Till
	Polly Morgan	The Woman King
2024	Jomo Fray	All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt	^[7]
	Jody Lee Lipes	Earth Mama
	D. Smith	Kokomo City
	Olan Collardy	Rye Lane
	Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi	Silver Dollar Road

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

2 nominations

References

^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
^ Morales, Wilson (December 11, 2019). "20th Annual Black Reel Awards - Nominees Announced". Black Film. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
^ Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
^ Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[1] 2019 Black Reel Awards

[2] Morales, Wilson (December 11, 2019). "20th Annual Black Reel Awards - Nominees Announced". Black Film. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[3] 2020 Black Reel Awards

[4] "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

[5] "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. December 16, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

[Winners-6] Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.

[7] Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

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