MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography explained

MTV Video Music Award
for Best Cinematography
Awarded For:Cinematography
Presenter:MTV
Country:United States
Year:1984
Holder:Rina Yang – "Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift (2023)
Website:VMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography is a craft award given to both the artist as well as the cinematographer/director of photography of the music video.

From 1984 to 2006, the award's full name was Best Cinematography in a Video. After a brief absence in 2007, the category acquired its current, shortened name in 2008.

The biggest winner is Harris Savides with three wins. Pascal Lebègue, Daniel Pearl, Mark Plummer, and Scott Cunningham follow with two wins each. The most nominated director of photography is Daniel Pearl with nine nominations, followed by Martin Coppen, Christopher Probst, and Jeff Cronenweth with six. Beyoncé has won the most awards in this category with 4 wins. Madonna's videos have received the most nominations with ten. Ryan Lewis is also the only performer to have won a Moonman in this category for his work as a director of photography on the video for "Can't Hold Us" in 2013. Jared Leto ("Hurricane") is the only other performer to have been nominated for his work in this category.

Recipients

1980s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
"Every Breath You Take" [1]
"The Boys of Summer" [2]
"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." [3]
"C'est la Vie" [4]
"We'll Be Together" [5]
"Express Yourself" [6]

1990s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
"Vogue" [7]
"Wicked Game (Concept)" [8]
and Daniel Pearl"November Rain" [9]
"Rain" [10]
"Everybody Hurts" [11]
and Michael Trim"Love Is Strong" [12]
"Tonight, Tonight" [13]
"Virtual Insanity" [14]
"Criminal" [15]
"The Dope Show" [16]

2000s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
"Do Something" [17]
"Weapon of Choice" [18]
"We Are All Made of Stars" [19]
"Hurt" [20]
"99 Problems" [21]
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" [22]
"You're Beautiful" [23]
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"Conquest" [24]
"21 Guns" [25]

2010s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
"Empire State of Mind" [26]
"Rolling in the Deep" [27]
"Bad Girls" [28]
, Jason Koenig and Mego Lin"Can't Hold Us" [29]
and Jackson Hunt"Pretty Hurts" [30]
"Never Catch Me" [31]
"Formation" [32]
"HUMBLE." [33]
"Apeshit" [34]
Scott Cunningham"Señorita" [35]

2020s

YearWinner(s)WorkNomineesRef.
Michael Merriman"Rain on Me" [36]
Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez and Ryan Helfant"Brown Skin Girl" [37]
Nikita Kuzmenko"As It Was" [38]
Rina Yang"Anti-Hero" [39]

Notes and References

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