The Goya Award for Best Cinematography (

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: ''Premio Goya a la mejor fotografía'') is one of the

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's principal national

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awards. The category has been presented ever since the

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of the

. Teodoro Escamilla was the first winner of the award for his work in '' Love, the Magician'' (1986).

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holds the record of most nominations for this category with twenty, winning five of them.

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is the most awarded in this category with six wins, for ''

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'' (1991), ''

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'' (1996), '' The Others'' (2001), '' Soldiers of Salamina '' (2003) and ''

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'' (2004).

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also won the

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for his work on ''

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''. In the list below the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

Official site
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Awards for best cinematography