2008 Academy Awards Nominations

[Jim McKinney]

Amazingly, none of these were shot with a Red Camera.

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,"
"Atonement,"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,"
"No Country for Old Men,"
"There Will Be Blood."

Pretty solid list here. Anyone care to add honorable mentions?

[Fergus Meiklejohn]

lol.. maybe next year huh!

Atonement is a dreadful movie IMO..
Mostly because it is a boring, stupid story. But the heavily diffused camerawork didn't help huh:)

[Erik Rangel]

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

2 nods for the Deaks...Awesome.

[Adrian T.]

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

2 nods for the Deaks...Awesome.

Not good. This will split the votes for him.

[Alexis Hanawalt]

Anyone care to add honorable mentions?

Into the Wild


**Anyone know if the new Microsoft Word spellcheck finally accepts "Into" as a word?

[Erik Rangel]

Not good. This will split the votes for him.

Doh! I guess you're right.

[Ruairi Robinson]

There Will be Blood deserves to win.

[Bill Goehring]

Into the Wild

I got my Hal Holbrook call right but missed on Penn's direction. I guess the editor got the credit this time.

[Warren Kommers]

Into the Wild


**Anyone know if the new Microsoft Word spellcheck finally accepts "Into" as a word?

great movie but primarily natty light. Not that that means it shouldn't of been nominated. But it was robbed in best pic and director! Michael Clayton! give me a break.

Diving Bell and the Butterfly. If you haven't seen it go. Hardest one to find. Janusz best work in my opinion. The first movie where he didn't have at least one or two shots that were too much.

Although the Deaks is good. Oh and Children of Men should have won last year.

[Sanjin Jukic]

Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Cinematography 2008>>>

Tech specs and some other references:


The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins ASC, BSC (Born in England)


The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Janusz Kaminski ASC (Born in Poland)
Atonement - Seamus McGarvey BSC (Born in Northern Ireland)


No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins ASC, BSC (Born in England)


There Will Be Blood - Robert Bob Elswit ASC (Born in USA)

Source: American Cinematographer Magazine>>>LINK>>>

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