2023 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (December)
Here are my 2023 Oscar predictions in Cinematography for December.
Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new entry ♦
1. Avatar: The Way of Water – Russell Carpenter (20th Century Studios) ↑ – CCA
2. Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda (Paramount Pictures) ↑ – CCA
3. The Fabelmans – Janusz Kamiński (Universal Pictures) ↓ – CCA
4. Empire of Light – Roger Deakins (Searchlight Pictures) ↓ – CCA
5. All Quiet on the Western Front – James Friend (Netflix)
6. Babylon – Linus Sandgren (Paramount Pictures) ↑ – CCA
7. Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths) – Darius Khondji (Netflix) ↓
8. TÁR – Florian Hoffmeister (Focus Features) ↑ – CCA
9. Elvis – Mandy Walker (Warner Bros) ↑
10. Everything Everywhere All at Once – Larkin Seiple (A24) ↑
Other contenders (alphabetical)
The Banshees of Inisherin – Ben Davis (Searchlight Pictures)
The Batman – Greig Fraser (Warner Bros) ↓
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios)
Blonde – Chayse Irvin (Netflix)
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong (MUBI)
Devotion – Erik Messerschmidt (Sony Pictures)
Emancipation – Robert Richardson (Apple Original Films
EO – Michal Dymek (Janus Films) ♦
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Steve Yedlin (Netflix)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Frank Passingham (Netflix)
Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema (Universal Pictures)
RRR – K.K. Senthil Kumar (Variance Films)
Triangle of Sadness – Fredrik Wenzel (NEON)
White Noise – Lol Crawley (Netflix)
The Wonder – Ari Wegner (Netflix)
The Woman King – Polly Morgan (Sony/Tristar Pictures)
Women Talking – Luc Montpellier (UAR/Orion Pictures)
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