Monday, July 18, 2011

84th Oscar Cinematography Updates (2011-2012 Awards Season) (7/18/11)

Here are today’s rankings for the 84th Oscar Cinematography race, with previous ranking shown in parenthesis after each entry.

Probably the most difficult decision for me was placing Cave Of Forgotten Dreams above Hugo for the nomination. The combination of an early release date with a documentary genre makes it the most likely to be left out, but I do remember people raving about the visuals in this movie, so perhaps the cinematography branch will appreciate it. In any event, I know it is a risky bet, and that its chances might actually be better if cinematography had a short list like some of the other technical categories, but I’ve placed it here for now as the wild card, with Hugo in the very close 6th position.

1. Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree Of Life (Predicted Winner) (previous rank 1)
2. Janusz Kaminski for War Horse (previous rank 7)
3. Eduardo Serra for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (previous rank 2)
4. Guillaume Shiffman for The Artist (New)
5. Peter Zeitlinger for Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (New)

Alternates:
6. Robert Richardson for Hugo (previous rank 3)
7. Jeff Cronenweth for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (previous rank 8)
8. Adriano Goldman for Jane Eyre (previous rank 6)
9. Larry Fong for Super 8 (previous rank 14)
10. Chris Menges for Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close (New)
11. Eric Gautlier for On The Road (previous rank 4)
12. Peter Sushitzky for A Dangerous Method (previous rank 5)
13. Newton Thomas Sigel for Drive (New)
14. Alex Catalan for Even The Rain (Tambien La Lluvia) (New)
15. Tom Stern for J. Edgar (previous rank 12)
16. Hoyte Van Hoytema for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (previous rank 16)
17. Phedon Papamichael for The Ides Of March (previous rank 9)
18. Rodrigo Prieto for Water For Elephants (previous rank 15)
19. Jose Luis Alcaine for The Skin That I Inhabit (La Piel Que Habito) (previous rank 10)
20. Wally Pfister for Moneyball (previous rank 22)
21. Rodrigo Prieto for We Bought A Zoo (previous rank 11)
22. Roger Deakins for In Time (New)
23. Peter Andrews for Contagion (previous rank 17)
24. Barry Ackroyd for Coriolanus (previous rank 19)
25. Ben Smithard for My Week With Marilyn (previous rank 27)
26. Masanobu Takayanagi for Warrior (New)
27. Dean Semler for In The Land Of Blood And Honey (New)
28. Phedon Papamichael for The Descendants (previous rank 18)
29. Chris Blauvelt for Meek’s Cutoff (previous rank 13)
30. Brendan Galvin for Immortals (previous rank 21)
31. Stephan Goldblatt for The Help (New)
32. Phillipe Rousselot for Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (previous rank 23)
33. John Mathiseon for X-Men: First Class (previous rank 24)
34. Matthew Libatique for Cowboys & Aliens (New)
35. Andrew Lesnie for Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (previous rank 29)
36. Richard Wong for Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (New)
37. Manuel Alberto Claro for Melancholia (previous rank 26)
38. Jose David Montero for Apollo 18 (New)
39. Dariusz Wolski for The Rum Diary (previous rank 25)
40. Michael McDonough for Albert Nobbs (New)
41. Sean Bobbitt for Shame (New)
42. Pawel Edelman for Carnage (New)
43. Benoit Delhomme for One Day (New)
44. Darius Khondji and Johanne Debas for Midnight In Paris (New)
45. Shelly Johnson for Captain America (New)
46. Dariusz Wolski for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (New)
47. Juan Ruiz Anchia for Blackthorn (New)
48. Robert Elswit of Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol (New)
49. Hagen Bogdanski for W.E. (New)
50. John Toll for The Adjustment Bureau (previous rank 20)


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See Cinematography predictions for other years HERE.
If you’re into cinematography, you might also like Film Editing and Visual Effects.
See predictions for other categories at the 84th Oscars HERE.
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