Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie explained

Primetime Emmy Award for Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Awarded For:	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Presenter:	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Country:	United States
Holder:	Black Bird (2023)

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Winners and nominations

1970s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
1970 ^[1]
	Ritual of Evil		Lionel Lindon
	The Immortal		Howard R. Schwartz
	My Sweet Charlie		Gene Polito	NBC
1971 ^[2]
	Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley		Bob Collins
	Vanished		Lionel Lindon
	The Neon Ceiling		Edward Rosson	NBC
	Tribes		Russell L. Metty	ABC
1972 ^[3]
	Brian's Song		Joseph F. Biroc
	Duel			ABC
	The Snow Goose		Ray Henman	NBC
1973 ^[4]
	Night of Terror		Ted Voigtlander
	Liza with a Z			NBC
	The Red Pony		Andrew Jackson	NBC
1974 ^[5]
	It's Good to Be Alive		Ted Voigtlander
	The Man Without a Country		Andrew Laszlo	ABC
	The Migrants		Richard C. Kratina	CBS
	Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John		Walter Strenge	ABC
	Trapped		Fred Mandl	ABC
1975 ^[6]
	Queen of the Stardust Ballroom		David M. Walsh
	Death Be Not Proud		Michael Chapman	ABC
	Lincoln	"Sad Figure, Laughing"	Howard Schwartz	NBC
	QB VII	"Parts 1 & 2"	Paul Beeson and Robert L. Morrison	ABC
1976 ^[7]
	Eleanor and Franklin		Paul Lohmann and Edward R. Brown
	Babe		Charles F. Wheeler	CBS
	Farewell to Manzanar		Hiro Narita	NBC
	Griffin and Phoenix		Richard C. Glouner	ABC
	The Entertainer		James Crabe	NBC
1977 ^[8]
	Raid on Entebbe		Bill Butler
			James Crabe	ABC
	The Loneliest Runner		Ted Voigtlander	NBC
	Sybil		Mario Tosi
	Tail Gunner Joe		Ric Waite
1978 ^[9]
	Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women		Gerald Finnerman
	A Family Upside Down		Joseph F. Biroc	NBC
	The Ghost of Flight 401		Howard Schwartz	NBC
	The Last Tenant		Dennis Dalzell	ABC
	The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish		Ric Waite	NBC
1979 ^[10]
	Rainbow		Howard Schwartz
	Elvis		Donald M. Morgan	ABC
	Ike: The War Years	"Part 2"	Archie R. Dalzell and Freddie Young	ABC
	The Winds of Kitty Hawk		Dennis Dalzell	NBC

1980s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
1980 ^[11]
	The Silent Lovers		Gayne Rescher
	Brave New World		Harry L. Wolf	NBC
	Kenny Rogers as The Gambler		Joseph F. Biroc	CBS
	The Miracle Worker		Ted Voigtlander	NBC
1981 ^[12]
	Little Lord Fauntleroy		Arthur Ibbetson
	Bitter Harvest		Gayne Rescher	NBC
	The Diary of Anne Frank		Ted Voigtlander	NBC
	East of Eden	"Part 2"	Frank Stanley	ABC
			Terry K. Meade	ABC
	Shōgun	"Part 4"	Andrew Laszlo	NBC
1982 ^[13]
	The Letter		James Crabe
	Marco Polo	"Part 4"	Pasqualino De Santis	NBC
	The Princess and the Cabbie		Gayne Rescher	CBS
1983 ^[14]	The Winds of War	"Into the Maelstrom"		ABC
	The Blue and the Gray	"Part 3"	Al Francis	CBS
	Murder Me, Murder You		Gayne Rescher	CBS
	The Thorn Birds	"Part 1"		ABC
	Witness for the Prosecution			CBS
1984 ^[15]	A Streetcar Named Desire		ABC
	Celebrity	"Part 3"		NBC
	The Day After			ABC
	George Washington	"Part 2"		CBS
1985 ^[16]	Malice in Wonderland		CBS
	The Bad Seed			ABC
	A Death in California		Joseph F. Biroc	ABC
	Evergreen	"Part 2"	Woody Omens	NBC
			Charles Correll	NBC
1986 ^[17]	An Early Frost	Woody Omens	NBC
	North and South	"Part 6"		ABC
	Peter the Great	"Part 3"		NBC
	Picking Up the Pieces		Philip H. Lathrop	CBS
1987 ^[18]	Christmas Snow		NBC
			John Elsenbach	NBC
				CBS
	Promise		Gayne Rescher	CBS
	There Were Times, Dear			PBS
1988 ^[19]	I Saw What You Did	Woody Omens	CBS
	Baby M	"Part 1"		ABC
	Inherit the Wind			NBC
	Little Girl Lost			ABC
1989 ^[20]	Shooter		NBC
	Disaster at Silo 7			ABC
	Favorite Son	"Part 3"	Bradford May	NBC
	Lonesome Dove	"The Return"		CBS
	War and Remembrance	"Part 11"		ABC

1990s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
1990 ^[21]	Murder in Mississippi	Donald M. Morgan	NBC
	The Final Days			ABC
	The Operation		John C. Flinn III	CBS
	Polly			NBC
	Where Pigeons Go to Die		Haskell Boggs	NBC
1991 ^[22]	Jackie Collins' Lucky/Chances	"Part 1"		NBC
	The Haunted		Michael D. Margulies	Fox
	Love, Lies and Murder	"Part 1"		NBC
	The Whereabouts of Jenny		Jonathan West	ABC
1992 ^[23]	Lady Against the Odds	Brad May	NBC
	Afterburn			HBO
	Doublecrossed		Donald M. Morgan	HBO
	Into the Badlands		Johnny E. Jensen	USA
	Miss Rose White		Kees Van Oostrum	NBC
1993 ^[24]	Stalin		HBO
	An American Story		Johnny E. Jensen	CBS
	Jackie Collins' Lady Boss	"Part 1"	Chuck Arnold	NBC
	Murder in the Heartland	"Part 1"		ABC
	Sinatra	"Part 1"		CBS
1994 ^[25]	Geronimo	Donald M. Morgan	TNT
	Gypsy		Ralf D. Bode	CBS
	Return to Lonesome Dove	"Part 2"	Kees Van Oostrum	CBS
	Stephen King's The Stand	"Part 1"	Edward J. Pei	ABC
		"Part 2"		NBC
1995 ^[26]	My Antonia	Robert Primes	USA
			Richard M. Rawlings Jr.	CBS
	Family Album		Michael W. Watkins	NBC
	My Brother's Keeper		Thomas Del Ruth	CBS
	Take Me Home Again		Chuck Arnold	NBC
1996 ^[27]	Rasputin		HBO
	Andersonville			TNT
	Gulliver's Travels			NBC
	Harrison: Cry of the City		Robert Primes	UPN
	Norma Jean & Marilyn		John Thomas	HBO
	The Siege at Ruby Ridge	"Part 2"	Donald M. Morgan	CBS
1997 ^[28]	Miss Evers' Boys	Donald M. Morgan	HBO
	Gotti		Alar Kivilo	HBO
	Hidden in America		James R. Bagdonas	Showtime
	In the Gloaming			HBO
	To Love, Honor and Deceive		Michael D. O'Shea	ABC
1998 ^[29]	What the Deaf Man Heard	Eric Van Haren Noman	CBS
	Buffalo Soldiers		William Wages	TNT
	The Day Lincoln Was Shot		Ronald Víctor García	TNT
	From the Earth to the Moon	"Can We Do This?"		HBO
	George Wallace	"Part 1"	Alan Caso	TNT
	Merlin	"Part 1"		NBC
1999 ^[30]	Winchell		HBO
	Dash and Lilly			A&E
	Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie		Roland 'Ozzie' Smith	CBS
	Lansky			HBO
	The '60s	"Part 2"	Michael D. O'Shea	NBC

2000s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2000 ^[31]	Introducing Dorothy Dandridge		HBO
	Annie
	A Christmas Carol
	Dirty Pictures			Showtime
	Witness Protection			HBO
2001 ^[32]	Frank Herbert's Dune	"Part 2"		Sci Fi
		"Part 2"	Elemér Ragályi	ABC
	Conspiracy			HBO
			Donald M. Morgan	HBO
		"Part 1"	James Chressanthis	ABC
	61*			HBO
2002 ^[33]	Shackleton	"Part 2"		A&E
	Band of Brothers	"The Patrol"		HBO
	James Dean
	The Mists of Avalon	"Part 1"	Vilmos Zsigmond
	Path to War			HBO
	Uprising	"Part 2"		NBC
2003 ^[34]	Out of the Ashes	Donald M. Morgan	Showtime
	Door to Door			TNT
	Hunter: Back in Force		John C. Flinn III	NBC
	Hysterical Blindness			HBO
	Live from Baghdad		Ivan Strasburg	HBO
2004 ^[35]	Something the Lord Made	Donald M. Morgan	HBO
	American Family: Journey of Dreams	"Chapter 1: The Wedding"		PBS
	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself		Peter James	HBO
	Angels in America	"Perestroika"	Stephen Goldblatt
	Iron Jawed Angels		Robbie Greenberg
2005 ^[36]	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers		HBO
	Faith of My Fathers		Bill Roe	A&E
	The 4400	"Part 1"	Thomas Burstyn	USA
	The Five People You Meet in Heaven			ABC
	Warm Springs			HBO
2006 ^[37]	Bleak House	"Part 1"	James Chressanthis	PBS
	Four Minutes		Melanie Oliver	ESPN2
	Into the West	"Dreams and Schemes"	William Wages	TNT
	Into the West	"Wheel to the Stars"	Alan Caso	TNT
	Mrs. Harris		Steven Poster	HBO
	Sleeper Cell	"Al-Faitha"	Robert Primes	Showtime
2007 ^[38]	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	David Franco	HBO
	Broken Trail	"Part 1"		AMC
	Jane Eyre	"Part 1"	Mike Eley	PBS
	The Path to 9/11	"Part 2"	Joel Ransom	ABC
	The Valley of Light		Eric Van Haren Noman	CBS
2008 ^[39]	John Adams	"Independence"		HBO
	The Andromeda Strain	"Part 1"		A&E
	Bernard and Doris		Mauricio Rubinstein	HBO
	The Company	"Part 1"	Ben Nott	TNT
	John Adams	"Don't Tread on Me"		HBO
	Sense & Sensibility	"Part 1"		PBS
2009 ^[40]	Little Dorrit	"Part 1"	Lukas Strebel	PBS
	Generation Kill	"Combat Jack"	Ivan Strasburg	HBO
			John B. Aronson	TNT
	Grey Gardens		Mike Eley	HBO
	Into the Storm		Michel Amathieu	HBO

2010s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2010 ^[41]	Return to Cranford	"Part 2"	Ben Smithard	PBS
	The Pacific	"Part 5"		HBO
	The Pacific	"Part 9"	Stephen F. Windon	HBO
	The Prisoner	"Checkmate"		AMC
	You Don't Know Jack			HBO
2011 ^[42]	Downton Abbey	"Episode One"	David Katznelson	PBS
	The Kennedys	"Life Sentences"	David Moxness	Reelz
	Mildred Pierce	"Part 5"		HBO
	The Pillars of the Earth	"Legacy"	Attila Szalay	Starz
	Too Big to Fail			HBO
2012 ^[43]	Great Expectations	"Part 2"		PBS
	Game Change			HBO
	Hemingway & Gellhorn		Rogier Stoffers	HBO
	Sherlock A Scandal in Belgravia			PBS
	Treasure Island	"Part 1"	Ulf Brantås	Syfy
2013 ^[44]	Top of the Lake	"Part 1"		Sundance
		"I Am Anne Frank, Part 2"		FX
	Behind the Candelabra			HBO
	The Girl		John Pardue
	Parade's End	"Part 5"	Mike Eley
2014 ^[45]	Sherlock His Last Vow		Neville Kidd	PBS
	Fargo	"Buridan's Ass"		FX
	Fargo	"The Crocodile's Dilemma"	Matt Lloyd	FX
		"Episode One"	Ed Wild	BBC America
	Killing Kennedy		Stephen St. John	Nat Geo
	The Normal Heart		Danny Moder	HBO
2015 ^[46]	Bessie	Jeff Jur	HBO
		"Monsters Among Us"		FX
	Houdini	"Part 1"		History
	The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe	"Part 1"	Chris Manley	Lifetime
2016 ^[47]	Fargo	"Waiting for Dutch"		FX
	Luther		John Conroy	BBC America
		"From the Ashes of Tragedy"		FX
	Sherlock The Abominable Bride		Suzie Lavelle	PBS
2017 ^[48]
	The Night Of	"Ordinary Death"	Fred Elmes	HBO
	Big Little Lies	"You Get What You Need"	Yves Bélanger	HBO
	Black Mirror Nosedive		Seamus McGarvey	Netflix
	Fargo	"The Law of Vacant Places"	Dana Gonzales	FX
	The Young Pope	"Episode 1"	Luca Bigazzi	HBO
2018 ^[49]
	Genius: Picasso	"Chapter One"	Mathias Herndl	Nat Geo
	The Alienist	"The Boy on the Bridge"	PJ Dillon	TNT
	Fahrenheit 451		Kramer Morgenthau	HBO
	Godless	"An Incident at Creede"	Steven Meizler	Netflix
	Twin Peaks	"Part 8"	Peter Deming	Showtime
	USS Callister (Black Mirror)		Stephan Pehrsson	Netflix
2019 ^[50]
	Chernobyl	"Please Remain Calm"	Jakob Ihre	HBO
			Dave Klein	HBO
	True Detective	"The Great War and Modern Memory"	Germain McMicking	HBO
	When They See Us	"Part 1"	Bradford Young	Netflix

2020s

Year	Program	Episode	Nominees	Network
2020 ^[51]
	Watchmen	"This Extraordinary Being"	Gregory Middleton	HBO
	Defending Jacob	"After"	Jonathan Freeman	Apple TV+
	Devs	"Episode 7"	Rob Hardy	FX
	The Plot Against America	"Part 1"	Martin Ahlgren	HBO
	Watchmen	"Little Fear of Lightning"	Xavier Grobet	HBO
2021 ^[52]
	The Queen's Gambit	"End Game"	Steven Meizler	Netflix
	Fargo	"East/West"	Dana Gonzales	FX
	Mare of Easttown	"Illusions"	Ben Richardson	HBO
	Small Axe	"Mangrove"	Shabier Kirchner	Prime Video
	The Underground Railroad	"Chapter 9: Indiana Winter"	James Laxton	Prime Video
2022 ^[53]
	Dopesick	"Breakthrough Pain"	Checco Varese	Hulu
	1883	"1883"	Ben Richardson	Paramount+
	1883	"Lightning Yellow Hair"	Christina Alexandra Voros	Paramount+
	Gaslit	"Will"	Larkin Seiple	Starz
	Moon Knight	"Asylum"	Gregory Middleton	Disney+
	Station Eleven	"Wheel of Fire"	Christian Sprenger	HBO Max
2023 ^[54]
	Black Bird	"Hand to Mouth"	Natalie Kingston	Apple TV+
	Boston Strangler		Ben Kutchins	Hulu
	Dead Ringers	"One"	Jody Lee Lipes	Prime Video
	George & Tammy	"Stand by Your Man"	Igor Martinović	Showtime
	Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities	"The Autopsy"	Anastas Michos	Netflix
2024 ^[55]
	All the Light We Cannot See	"Episode 4"	Tobias Schliessler	Netflix
	Fargo	"The Tragedy of the Commons"	Dana Gonzales	FX
	Griselda	"Middle Management"	Armando Salas	Netflix
	Lessons in Chemistry	"Little Miss Hastings"	Zachary Galler	Apple TV+
	Ripley	"V Lucio"	Robert Elswit	Netflix
	True Detective: Night Country	"Part 6"	Florian Hoffmeister	HBO