By Miguel Mike Medina
Cinematography is one of the most innovative and creative things ever invented in cinema. The name sounds catchy. Cinematography sounds better than Director or Photography. But that’s just my opinion. I have done Directing, Producing, Writing, and Editing, but I haven’t fully done a Cinematographer’s work. That’s next up lining up for me.
Recently, I decided that I’ll be taking my love for cinema to a whole another level. In the last week, I have been studying and watching films from a cinematography standpoint only. In the last 15 years, we have seen some of the best cinematography films. Here are my Top 15 best cinematography movies of the past 15 years:
15) Roma – Cinematographer: Alfonso Cuaronn
14) The Irishman – Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto
13) True Grit – Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
12) The Social Network – Cinematographer: Jeff Cronenweth
11) Skyfall – Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
10) Inception – Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
9) Hugo – Cinematographer: Robert Richardson
8) Dunkirk – Cinematographer: Hoyte Van Hoytema
7) The Revenant – Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
6) Gravity – Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
5) Birdman – Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
4) Prisoners – Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
3) The Dark Knight – Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
2) The Tree of Life – Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
1) Blade Runner 2049 – Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki
As you can probably tell from this list, I love Roger Deakins and Emmanuel Lubezki. Those two are my Top 2 favorite cinematographers of all time. Robert Richardson is No. 3 on my list. Some of the current cinematographers I like to watch are Rodrigo Prieto, Hoyte Van Hoytema, Bradford Young, and Rachel Morrison.