Camera Usage 2009-2016 Academy Award Nominated Films from Best Picture and Best Cinematography

For many years, Tom Fletcher, as great service to the community, has meticulously tracked the cameras and formats used for major motion pictures.  In the early days of the Digital Cinema Society the group helped him gather and publish a list of feature films that were acquired digitally, but with the overwhelming rise in these numbers, he has been forced to limit the results to only those major motion pictures recognized with Best Picture and Cinematography Oscar nominations.  His results from 2009 to 2016 have now been published below and are also available for download here:

www.digitalcinemasociety.org/downloads/FletcherAwardCameraFormatChart2016.pdf

2016

Bridge of Spies     35mm       Best Picture

Brooklyn           ALEXA       Best Picture

Carol               16mm                       Best Cinematography

Mad Max:Fury Road ALEXA       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Room               Red Dragon Best Picture

Sicario             ALEXA                     Best Cinematography

Spotlight           ALEXA       Best Picture

The Big Short       35mm       Best Picture

The Hateful Eight   65mm                       Best Cinematography

The Martian         Red Dragon Best Picture

The Revenant       ALEXA       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

 

2015

American Sniper     ALEXA       Best Picture

Birdman            ALEXA       Best Picture Best Cinematography

Boyhood             35mm       Best Picture

Ida                 ALEXA                     Best Cinematography

Mr. Turner         ALEXA                     Best Cinematography

Selma              ALEXA     Best Picture

Grand  Budapest Hotel     35mm       Best Picture Best Cinematography

The Imitation Game 35mm       Best Picture

Theory of  Everything         35mm       Best Picture

Unbroken           ALEXA                     Best Cinematography

Whiplash           ALEXA       Best Picture

 

2014

12 Years a Slave   35mm       Best Picture

American Hustle     35mm       Best Picture

Captain Phillips   35mm       Best Picture

Dallas Buyers Club ALEXA       Best Picture

Gravity             ALEXA       Best Picture Best Cinematography

Her                 ALEXA       Best Picture

Inside Llewyn Davis 35mm                       Best Cinematography

Nebraska           ALEXA       Best Picture  Best Cinematography

Philomena           ALEXA       Best Picture

Prisoners        ALEXA                     Best Cinematography

The Grandmaster     35mm                       Best Cinematography

Wolf of Wall Street 35mm      Best Picture

 

2013

Amour               ALEXA       Best Picture

Anna Karenia       35mm                       Best Cinematography

Argo               35mm       Best Picture

Beasts of the Southern Wild       16mm       Best Picture

Django Unchained   35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Les Miserables     35mm       Best Picture

Life of Pi         ALEXA       Best Picture Best Cinematography

Lincoln             35mm       Best Picture Best Cinematography

Silver Linings Playbook           35mm       Best Picture

Skyfall             ALEXA                    Best Cinematography

Zero Dark Thirty   ALEXA       Best Picture

 

2012

Extremely Loud  & Incredibly Close ALEXA       Best Picture

Hugo               ALEXA       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Midnight in Paris   35mm       Best Picture

Moneyball           35mm       Best Picture

The Artist         35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

The Descendants     35mm       Best Picture

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  Red Epic             Best Cinematography

The Help           35mm       Best Picture

The Tree of Life   35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

War Horse           5mm         Best Picture   Best Cinematography

 

2011

127 Hours           35mm       Best Picture

Black Swan         16mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Inception           35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

The Fighter         35mm       Best Picture

The Kids Are All Right           35mm       Best Picture

The King’s Speech   35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

The Social Network Red MX     Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Toy Story 3         Other       Best Picture

True Grit           35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Winter’s Bone       Red One     Best Picture

 

2010

A Serious Man       35mm       Best Picture

An Education       35mm       Best Picture

Avatar             Sony       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

District 9         Red One     Best Picture

Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince  35mm                     Best Cinematography

Inglorious Bastards 5mm         Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Precious           35mm       Best Picture

The Blind Side     35mm       Best Picture

The Hurt Locker     35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

The White Ribbon   35mm                       Best Cinematography

Up                 Other       Best Picture

Up in the Air       35mm       Best Picture

 

2009

Changeling         35mm                       Best Cinematography

Frost / Nixon      35mm       Best Picture

Milk              35mm       Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire 35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

Curious Case of Benjamin Button     Viper     Best Picture   Best Cinematography

The Dark Knight     35mm                       Best Cinematography

The Reader         35mm       Best Picture   Best Cinematography

 

Camera Usage – 2016 Academy Award Nominated Films from Best Pictures and Best Cinematography

2016

Bridge of Spies 35mm Best Picture

Brooklyn ALEXA Best Picture

Carol 16mm Cinematography

Mad Max:Fury Rd ALEXA Best Picture Best Cinematography

Room Red Dragon Best Picture

Sicario ALEXA Best Cinematography

Spotlight ALEXA Best Picture

The Big Short 35mm Best Picture

The Hateful Eight 65mm Best Cinematography

The Martian Red Dragon Best Picture

The Revenant ALEXA Best Picture Best Cinematography