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.
Winners and nominees 2010s Year Cinematographer Film 2019James LaxtonIf Beale Street Could Talk 2019 Black Reel Awards Chayse Irvin BlacKkKlansman Rachel Morrison Black Panther Sean Bobbitt Widows Tobias A. Schliessler A Wrinkle in Time
2020s Year Cinematographer Film 2020Tat RacliffeQueen & Slim2020 Black Reel Awards John Toll Harriet Adam Newport-Berra The Last Black Man in San Francisco Mike Gioulakis Us Drew Daniels Waves 2021Marcell RevMalcolm & Marie Newton Thomas Sigel Da 5 Bloods Sean Bobbitt Judas and the Black Messiah Tami Reiker One Night in Miami... Hoyte van Hoytema Tenet 2022Bruno Delbonnel The Tragedy of Macbeth Alice Brooks In the Heights Mihai Mălaimare Jr. The Harder They Fall Edu Grau Passing Janusz Kaminski West Side Story 2023Hoyte van HoytemaNope Autumn Durald Arkapaw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Robert Richardson Emancipation Bobby Bukowski Till Polly Morgan The Woman King 2024Jomo FrayAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Jody Lee Lipes Earth Mama D. Smith Kokomo City Olan Collardy Rye Lane Henry Adebonojo and Antonio Rossi Silver Dollar Road 2025Jomo FrayNickel Boys Wolfgang Held and Moses Tau Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Bryan Gentry Luther: Never Too Much Kira Kelly Rez Ball Bruce Francis Cole Suncoast 2026Autumn Durald ArkapawSinners Jermaine Canute Bradley Edwards My Father's Shadow Kira Kelly Him Malik Hassan Sayeed After the Hunt Brittany Shyne Seeds
Multiple nominations and wins
Multiple nominations
2 nominations Sean Bobbitt Hoyte van Hoytema Autumn Durald Arkapaw Jomo Fray Kira Kelly
Multiple wins
2 wins Jomo Fray
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