MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography
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.
| MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Cinematography |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | MTV |
| First awarded | 1984 |
| Last awarded | 2020 |
| Currently held by | Michael Merriman – "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande (2020) |
| Website | VMA website |
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 Martin Coppen and Christopher Probst with six. The performers whose videos have won the most awards are Madonna and Beyoncé. 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
| Year | Winner(s) | Work | Performer(s) | Nominees | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Daniel Pearl | "Every Breath You Take" | The Police |
|
[1] |
| 1985 | Pascal Lebègue | "The Boys of Summer" | Don Henley |
|
[2] |
| 1986 | Oliver Stapleton | "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." | a-ha |
|
[3] |
| 1987 | Mark Plummer | "C'est la Vie" | Robbie Nevil |
|
[4] |
| 1988 | Bill Pope | "We'll Be Together" | Sting |
|
[5] |
| 1989 | Mark Plummer | "Express Yourself" | Madonna |
|
[6] |
| 1990 | Pascal Lebègue | "Vogue" | Madonna |
|
[7] |
| 1991 | Rolf Kestermann | "Wicked Game (Concept)" | Chris Isaak |
|
[8] |
| 1992 | Mike Southon and Daniel Pearl | "November Rain" | Guns N' Roses |
|
[9] |
| 1993 | Harris Savides | "Rain" | Madonna |
|
[10] |
| 1994 | Harris Savides | "Everybody Hurts" | R.E.M. |
|
[11] |
| 1995 | Garry Waller and Mike Trim | "Love Is Strong" | The Rolling Stones |
|
[12] |
| 1996 | Declan Quinn | "Tonight, Tonight" | The Smashing Pumpkins |
|
[13] |
| 1997 | Stephen Keith-Roach | "Virtual Insanity" | Jamiroquai |
|
[14] |
| 1998 | Harris Savides | "Criminal" | Fiona Apple |
|
[15] |
| 1999 | Martin Coppen | "The Dope Show" | Marilyn Manson |
|
[16] |
| 2000 | Jeff Cronenweth | "Do Something" | Macy Gray |
|
[17] |
| 2001 | Lance Acord | "Weapon of Choice" | Fatboy Slim |
|
[18] |
| 2002 | Brad Rushing | "We Are All Made of Stars" | Moby |
|
[19] |
| 2003 | Jean-Yves Escoffier | "Hurt" | Johnny Cash |
|
[20] |
| 2004 | Joaquín Baca-Asay | "99 Problems" | Jay-Z |
|
[21] |
| 2005 | Samuel Bayer | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day |
|
[22] |
| 2006 | Robbie Ryan | "You're Beautiful" | James Blunt |
|
[23] |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Wyatt Troll | "Conquest" | The White Stripes |
|
[24] |
| 2009 | Jonathan Sela | "21 Guns" | Green Day |
|
[25] |
| 2010 | John Perez | "Empire State of Mind" | Jay-Z and Alicia Keys |
|
[26] |
| 2011 | Tom Townend | "Rolling in the Deep" | Adele |
|
[27] |
| 2012 | André Chemetoff | "Bad Girls" | M.I.A. |
|
[28] |
| 2013 | Ryan Lewis, Jason Koenig and Mego Lin | "Can't Hold Us" | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (featuring Ray Dalton) |
|
[29] |
| 2014 | Darren Lew and Jackson Hunt | "Pretty Hurts" | Beyoncé |
|
[30] |
| 2015 | Larkin Seiple | "Never Catch Me" | Flying Lotus (featuring Kendrick Lamar) |
|
[31] |
| 2016 | Malik Sayeed | "Formation" | Beyoncé |
|
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| 2017 | Scott Cunningham | "HUMBLE." | Kendrick Lamar |
|
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| 2018 | Benoît Debie | "Apeshit" | The Carters |
|
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| 2019 | Scott Cunningham | "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello |
|
[32] |
| 2020 | Michael Merriman | "Rain on Me" | Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande |
|
[33] |
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