2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)
Minari is making moves this month in multiple categories, including popping into the top 5 for cinematography. Lachlan Milne’s laconic lensing might be too subtle for a branch that really likes things to pop and could go for the saturated colors of The Prom or Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom instead, the surprisingly lush photography in Hillbilly Elegy (which would make Maryse Alberti only the second woman ever nominated) or Sean Bobbitt’s rich look for Judas and the Black Messiah.
Here are my ranked 2021 Oscar predictions in Cinematography for November.
Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – new entry this month
1. Mank (Netflix)
Erik Messerschmidt
2. Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Joshua James Richards
3. Tenet (Warner Bros)
Hoyte van Hoytema
4. News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Dariusz Wolski
5. Minari (A24)
Lachlan Milne
6. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Phedon Papamichael
7. Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros)
Sean Bobbitt
8. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Tobias A. Schliessler
9. Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Maryse Alberti
10. The Prom (Netflix)
Matthew Libatique
Other Contenders (alphabetical)
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Newton Thomas Sigel
The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
Ben Smithard
The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Martin Ruhe
Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures)
Mandy Walker
Nine Days (Sony Pictures Classics)
Wyatt Garfield
One Night in Miami… (Amazon Studios)
Tami Reiker
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