2024 FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARDS Best Cinematography Nominees

You may be familiar with cinematographer Aaron Morton's work from Fede Álvarez's Evil Dead. Morton has recently been on one hell of a streak in 2023, in particular. Aside from his nominated work on The First Omen, he also recently worked on Abigail and Brian Duffield's No One Will Save You, both nominated in multiple categories this year.

Eric K. Yue has worked as a cinematographer on features The Giant and A Thousand And One along with a music video for Father John Misty. Yue's collaboration with writer-director Jane Schoenbrun brought to life a neon-soaked nostalgia for a TV show we've never seen but knew in our bones all along.

Due to a series of circumstances, In A Violent Nature needed to be reshot. Pierce Derks served as on-set documentarian on the initial shoot, and stepped into the cinematographer role for the reshoot. In an interview with Filmmaker, Derks discussed his new role and shooting the killer POV slasher on a $5,000 Canon C70.

DP Karim Hussain and Antiviral, Possessor and Infinity Pool director Brandon Cronenberg have proven to be an unstoppable force. Hussain shared with Filmmaker that Infinity Pool was shot at 2K ProRes 4444 at 1280 ISO. “We did a lot of tests prior to shooting Possessor to find an image that, when blown up to 4K, would look the most like film and have that softness naturally right out of the gate.”

Another team of frequent collaborators on this year's list, Poor Things cinematographer Robbie Ryan, director Yorgos Lanthimos, and star Emma Stone. For this take on the Frankenstein story, Ryan explored new film stocks and techniques to bring the whimsical world to life.

In a Los Angeles Times interview, Ryan shared, “Yorgos really likes the Rainer Werner Fassbinder films where the dolly moves and it zooms in and out. That was the new hook for me. The troublesome part was that he wanted to achieve it with a very wide zoom going into a very tight zoom. We struggled with that, and we ended up with a lens that was 16.5 to 110. Worked out pretty well.”

Congratulations to all of the incredible nominees, you can check out the full list right here. You're invited to watch with us live. We'll be live tweeting throughout the show, come on in and join the virtual party with #ChainsawAwards.  As we gear up for the big day, tag us in your shared ballots, and all your Chainsaw party preparations!  Print your official 2024 Chainsaw Awards official Ballot PDF right here.

Or if you prefer a jpeg, you can download that right here.

Thank you to our sponsors Vixen by Micheline Pitt, Shudder, Paramount Scares, Impale, The Criterion Collection, and RED for making this all possible! For more, check out our Chainsaw Awards survival guide.