Mexican cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki has won 109 awards from 147 nominations. He has won three Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and four Critics' Choice Movie Awards, among various other accolades.
Lubezki received recognition early in his career, earning two Ariel Award nominations for Best Cinematography at the 1992 ceremony for Sólo con tu pareja (his first film with director Alfonso Cuarón) and Like Water for Chocolate, winning for the latter. Lubezki won the award twice more consecutively; in 1993 for Miroslava, and in 1994 for Ámbar. Two years later, he was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Cinematography for A Little Princess (1995), which he again shot for Cuarón, at the 68th Academy Awards. His cinematography for Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999) received significant awards attention, winning him a Satellite Award for Best Cinematography and a Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography and earning Lubezki his second Academy Award nomination along with six other nominations from various organizations.
The New World (2005), Lubezki's first collaboration with director Terrence Malick, marked his third Academy Award nomination and earned him five nominations and three awards. He received significant awards attention for his work on Cuarón's Children of Men (2006), being awarded nine wins and four nominations, including a fourth Academy Award nomination. In 2011, he re-teamed with Malick for The Tree of Life, which was his fifth film nominated for an Academy Award; his cinematography was awarded by 22 other award shows and organizations. He received international awards attention for his next three films; Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014), and The Revenant (2015), including three consecutive Academy Awards at the 86th, 87th, and 88th Academy Awards. , he is the only cinematographer to achieve this.
Awards and nominations Award/Organization Year Category Work Result Academy Awards 1996Best Cinematography A Little Princess 2000 Sleepy Hollow 2006 2007 Children of Men 2012 2014 Gravity 2015 Birdman 2016 Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2011 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2015 Birdman 2016 American Society of Cinematographers 2000 Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Releases Sleepy Hollow 2007 Children of Men 2012 2014 Gravity 2015 Birdman 2015 Ariel Awards1992 Best Cinematography Like Water for Chocolate Enter "Emmanuel Lubezki" in the search box. Sólo con tu pareja 1993 Miroslava 1994 Ámbar Austin Film Critics Association 2007 Best Cinematography Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 Australian Cinematographers Society 2007 International Award for Cinematography Children of Men 2012 Boston Society of Film Critics 1999 Best Cinematography Sleepy Hollow 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 British Society of Cinematographers 1999 Best Cinematography in a Feature Film Sleepy Hollow 2006 Children of Men 2012 2014 Gravity 2015 Birdman 2016 CableACE Awards 1994 Best Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction in a Comedy or Dramatic Series Fallen Angels(Episode: "Murder Obliquely") Camerimage 2011 Golden Frog 2013 Best 3D Feature Film Gravity 2014 Golden Frog Birdman Chicago Film Critics Association 1996Best Cinematography A Walk in the Clouds 2000 Sleepy Hollow 2006 Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film 2000 Best Cinematography Sleepy Hollow 2003 Y tu mamá también 2012 2015 Birdman Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2005 Best Cinematography 2006 Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 Dublin Film Critics' Circle 2013 Best Cinematography Gravity rowspan="2" To the Wonder 2016 Independent Spirit Awards 2015 Best Cinematography Birdman Florida Film Critics Circle 2011 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2015 Georgia Film Critics Association 2012 Best Cinematography 2014 Gravity To the Wonder 2015 Birdman 2016 Hollywood Film Awards 2011 Hollywood Cinematography Award 2014 Birdman Houston Film Critics Society 2012 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2015 Birdman 2016 IndieWire Critics Poll 2006 Best Cinematography Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2016 Knight of Cups London Film Critics' Circle 2015 Technical Achievement Birdman Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2006 Best Cinematography Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman National Society of Film Critics 2000 Best Cinematography Sleepy Hollow 2006 2007 Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity New York Film Critics Circle 1999 Best Cinematographer Sleepy Hollow 2005 2006 Children of Men 2011 New York Film Critics Online 2011 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman Online Film Critics Society 1999 Best Cinematography Sleepy Hollow 2005 2006 Children of Men 2011 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 Royal Photographic Society 2016 Lumière Award — San Diego Film Critics Society 2005 Best Cinematography 2011 2013 To the Wonder Gravity 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle 2011 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 Satellite Awards 2000 Best Cinematography Sleepy Hollow 2005 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2011 2014 Gravity 2015 Birdman 2016 Sitges Film Festival 1994 Best Cinematography Ámbar St. Louis Film Critics Association 2011 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015 Tokyo International Film Festival 1992 Best Artistic Contribution Award Like Water for Chocolate Venice Film Festival 2006 Golden Osella Children of Men Visual Effects Society 2014 Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture Gravity Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2011 Best Cinematography 2013 Gravity 2014 Birdman 2015
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