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Oscars 2010 – Cinematography: Surprise Win for DP Mauro Fiore

I wasn’t expecting the green-screen giant to win for Cinematography – I guess it just goes to show that complex shots can still be effective with make-believe and beat out pristine B&W in Haneke’s Palme D’or winner and the gritty realism via the frames in the low budget The Hurt Locker.
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The Noms:

“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Who Will Win: The Hurt Locker
Who Should Win: The Hurt Locker
Who Won: Avatar’s Mauro Fiore
Commentary: I wasn’t expecting the green-screen giant to win for Cinematography – I guess it just goes to show that complex shots can still be effective with make-believe and beat out pristine B&W in Haneke’s Palme D’or winner and the gritty realism via the frames in the low budget The Hurt Locker.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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