MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography
Template:Short description Template:Infobox award 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 Jeff Cronenweth with seven. 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
| Year | Winner(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Every Breath You Take" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1984">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "The Boys of Summer" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1985">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1986">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "C'est la Vie" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1987">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "We'll Be Together" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1988">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Express Yourself" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1989">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
1990s
| Year | Winner(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Vogue" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1990">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Wicked Game (Concept)" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1991">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort and Daniel Pearl | "November Rain" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1992">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Rain" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1993">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Everybody Hurts" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1994">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname and Michael Trim | "Love Is Strong" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1995">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Tonight, Tonight" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1996">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Virtual Insanity" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1997">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Criminal" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1998">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "The Dope Show" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA1999">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
2000s
| Year | Winner(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Do Something" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Weapon of Choice" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2001">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "We Are All Made of Stars" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Hurt" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2003">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "99 Problems" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2004">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "You're Beautiful" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2006">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Conquest" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2008">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "21 Guns" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2009">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
2010s
| Year | Winner(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Empire State of Mind" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2010">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Rolling in the Deep" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2011">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Bad Girls" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2012">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname, Jason Koenig and Mego Lin | "Can't Hold Us" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2013">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort and Jackson Hunt | "Pretty Hurts" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Never Catch Me" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "Formation" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2016">Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sort | "HUMBLE." Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref name="VMA2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Template:Sortname | "Apeshit" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Scott Cunningham | "Señorita" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
2020s
| Year | Winner(s) | Work | Nominees | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Mtvvma | Michael Merriman | "Rain on Me" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Benoit Soler, Malik H. Sayeed, Mohammaed Atta Ahmed, Santiago Gonzalez and Ryan Helfant | "Brown Skin Girl" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Nikita Kuzmenko | "As It Was" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Mtvvma | Rina Yang | "Anti-Hero" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Anatol Trofimov | "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | |
| Template:Mtvvma | Xiaolong Liu | "Not Like Us" Template:Small | Template:Smalldiv | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
References
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