Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s "Amélie", shot by Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC, best-shot film of 1998-2008
The poll is a follow-up to one published in AC in March ’99 in honor of the ASC’s 80th anniversary; that vote covered the best-shot movies of 1894-1997.
For the new poll, AC asked subscribers to nominate 10 films released between 1998 and 2008 that they believed had the best cinematography. A final ballot listing the 50 most popular nominees was then posted on the ASC Web site, and the final vote was open to the public. More than 17,000 people around the world participated in the final vote. Here’s the Top 10, along with the dates of the issues wherein you can find our coverage of the productions:
- Amélie: Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC (AC Sept. ’01)
- Children of Men: Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (AC Dec. ’06)
- Saving Private Ryan: Janusz Kaminski (AC Aug. ’98)
- There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit, ASC (AC Jan. ’08)
- No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (AC Oct. ’07)
- Fight Club: Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (AC Nov. ’99)
- The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister, ASC (AC July ’08)
- Road to Perdition: Conrad L. Hall, ASC (AC Aug. ’02)
- Cidade de Deus (City of God): César Charlone, ABC (AC Feb. ’03)
- American Beauty: Conrad L. Hall, ASC (AC March & June ’00)