| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography | |
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| Awarded For: | Outstanding Cinematography |
| Presenter: | Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | Black Reel Awards of 2019 |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Holder: | Jomo Fray All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2024) |
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.
| Year | Cinematographer | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Cinematographer | Film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 |