Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Cinematography. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.
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NBP Staff Picks
| Matt Neglia | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 4 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 5 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 6 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 7 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 8 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 9 | BLONDE (Chayse Irvin) |
| 10 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
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| Dan Bayer | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 4 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 5 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 6 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 7 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 8 | TÁR (Florian Hoffmeister) |
| 9 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
| 10 | BLONDE (Chayse Irvin) |
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| Zoe Rose Bryant | |
|---|---|
| 1 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 2 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 3 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 4 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 5 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 6 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 7 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 8 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 9 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 10 | THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Ben Davis) |
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| Danilo Castro | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 4 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 5 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 6 | BLONDE (Chayse Irvin) |
| 7 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 8 | TÁR (Florian Hoffmeister) |
| 9 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
| 10 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
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| Nadia Dalimonte | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 4 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 5 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 6 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 7 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 8 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 9 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 10 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
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| Cody Dericks | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 4 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 5 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 6 | EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Larkin Seiple) |
| 7 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 8 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 9 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 10 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
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| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 4 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 5 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 6 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 7 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 8 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 9 | THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Ben Davis) |
| 10 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
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| Will Mavity | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 4 | ELVIS (Mandy Walker) |
| 5 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 6 | THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Ben Davis) |
| 7 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 8 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 9 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 10 | THE WHALE (Matthew Libatique) |
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| Tom O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 4 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 5 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 6 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 7 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 8 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 9 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
| 10 | EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Larkin Seiple) |
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| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 4 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 5 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 6 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 7 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 8 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 9 | THE WHALE (Matthew Libatique) |
| 10 | AMSTERDAM (Emmanuel Lubezki) |
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| Ema Sasic | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 4 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 5 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 6 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 7 | ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (James Friend) |
| 8 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
| 9 | EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Larkin Seiple) |
| 10 | BLONDE (Chayse Irvin) |
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| Amy Smith | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BABYLON (Linus Sandgren) |
| 2 | EMPIRE OF LIGHT (Roger Deakins) |
| 3 | BARDO (Darius Khondji) |
| 4 | AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Russell Carpenter) |
| 5 | THE FABELMANS (Janusz Kaminski) |
| 6 | TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Claudio Miranda) |
| 7 | THE BATMAN (Greig Fraser) |
| 8 | NOPE (Hoyte Van Hoytema) |
| 9 | EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Larkin Seiple) |
| 10 | BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER (Autumn Durald Arkapaw) |
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