Oscars 2022: Greig Fraser ASC ACS wins Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Dune

Cinematographer Greig Fraser ASC ACS won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his lensing of Dune at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.

Taking to the stage to accept his award, Fraser said: “Denis Villeneuve, the master Denis, he’s brought a whole group of unknown actors together to make an amazing movie along with our lovely producers. Thank you!

“Collaborators; I’m nothing without them… my friends Patrice, Paul, Donald and Jackie… My crew, I’m not going to name them all because it will take too long, but I will call you all straight after this. And speaking of calling, mum… I will return your call and I apologise. Lauren, all the friends and family celebrating around the world and in Melbourne, and most importantly, my wife Jodie, my children Felix, Leo, and Poppy. Allowing a middle-aged man to go out and play with his friends in the sand dunes for six months is pretty amazing.”

Nominees in the category were Dan Laustsen ASC DFF (Nightmare Alley); Ari Wegner ACS (The Power of the Dog); Bruno Delbonnel ASC AFC (The Tragedy of Macbeth); and Janusz Kaminski (West Side Story).

The Academy previously recognized Fraser’s work with a 2016 Best Cinematography nomination for Lion. Fraser has also received numerous additional accolades for his work on Dune, including the cinematography prize at the BAFTA Film Awards and the American Society of Cinematographers Award for a feature film at the 36th annual ASC Awards.

Dune, from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures was honoured with 10 Oscar nominations this year: best cinematography, best costume design, best sound, best original score, best adapted screenplay, best film editing, best makeup and hairstyling, best production design and best visual effects. In addition to triumphing in the best cinematography category, the epic film scooped awards in production design, editing, visual effects, sound, and original score categories.

Accepting the award for production design, Dune set decorator Zsuzsanna Sipos and production designer Patrice Vermette took to the stage. Vermette paid a special tribute to his “friend Jean-Marc Vallée” and thanked director Denis Villeneuve “for allowing us to dream…for being a great friend.”

Other winners included CODA (Best Picture); Drive My Car (Best International Feature); Kenneth Branagh (Best Original Screenplay for Belfast); and Jane Campion (Best Director).

History was made with Campion’s Best Director win for The Power of the Dog as it marks the first time female directors have won the award in two consecutive years (Chloé Zhao won last year for Nomadland). It is Campion’s second Oscar, following the her original screenplay win for The Piano.

“Big love to my fellow nominees, I love you all… It could have been any of you. I love directing because it’s a deep dive into story, yet the task of manifesting a world can be overwhelming. The sweet thing is I’m not alone,” Campion said, accepting the Best Director award. “On The Power of the Dog I worked with actors I’ve come to call my friends. They met the challenge of the story with the depths of their gifts…” Campion also thanked her whole crew and “brilliant producers”.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees, the full list of which you can find below…

Cinematography

• “Dune,” Greig Fraser ASC ACS — Winner
• “Nightmare Alley,” Dan Laustsen ASC DFF
• “The Power of the Dog,” Ari Wegner ACS
• “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Bruno Delbonnel ASC AFC
• “West Side Story,” Janusz Kaminski

Best Picture

• “CODA” — Winner
• “Belfast”
• “Don’t Look Up”
• “Drive My Car”
• “Dune”
• “King Richard”
• “Licorice Pizza”
• “Nightmare Alley”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “West Side Story”

Directing

• Jane Campion “The Power of the Dog” — Winner
• Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
• Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
• Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

International Feature Film

• “Drive My Car” (Japan) — Winner
• “Flee” (Denmark)
• “The Hand of God” (Italy)
• “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” (Bhutan)
• “The Worst Person in the World” (Norway)

Production Design

• “Dune,” Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos — Winner
• “Nightmare Alley,” Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau
• “The Power of the Dog,” Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards
• “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
• “West Side Story,” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Visual Effects

• “Dune,” Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer — Winner
• “Free Guy,” Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick
• “No Time to Die,” Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
• “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould
• “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Makeup and Hairstyling

• “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh — Winner
• “Coming 2 America,” Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer
• “Cruella,” Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon
• “Dune,” Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
• “House of Gucci,” Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Film Editing

• “Dune,” Joe Walker — Winner
• “Don’t Look Up,” Hank Corwin
• “King Richard,” Pamela Martin
• “The Power of the Dog,” Peter Sciberras
• “tick, tick…BOOM!” Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

Documentary Feature

• “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” — Winner
• “Ascension”
• “Attica”
• “Flee”
• “Writing with Fire”

Documentary Short Subject

• “The Queen of Basketball” — Winner
• “Audible”
• “Lead Me Home”
• “Three Songs for Benazir”
• “When We Were Bullies”

Original Song

• “No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die,” music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell — Winner
• “Be Alive” from “King Richard,” music and lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
• “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto,” music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• “Down To Joy” from “Belfast,” music and lyric by Van Morrison
• “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days,” music and lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Troy Kotsur, “CODA” — Winner
• Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”
• Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
• J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”
• Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” — Winner
• Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
• Judi Dench, “Belfast”
• Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
• Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”

Live Action Short Film

• “The Long Goodbye” — Winner
• “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
• “The Dress”
• “On My Mind”
• “Please Hold”

Animated Short Film

• “The Windshield Wiper” — Winner
• “Affairs of the Art”
• “Bestia”
• “Boxballet”
• “Robin Robin”

Original Screenplay

• “Belfast” (Kenneth Branagh) — Winner
• “Don’t Look Up” (Screenplay by Adam McKay and story by Adam McKay and David Sirota)
• “King Richard” (Zach Baylin)
• “Licorice Pizza” (Paul Thomas Anderson)
• “The Worst Person in the World” (Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier)

Adapted Screenplay

• Siân Heder, “CODA” — Winner
• Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, “Drive My Car”
• Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”

Original Score

• “Dune,” Hans Zimmer — Winner
• “Don’t Look Up,” Nicholas Britell
• “Encanto,” Germaine Franco
• “Parallel Mothers,” Alberto Iglesias
• “The Power of the Dog,” Jonny Greenwood

Sound

• “Dune,” Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett — Winner
• “Belfast,” Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri
• “No Time to Die,” Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor
• “The Power of the Dog,” Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb
• “West Side Story,” Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Costume Design

• “Cruella,” Jenny Beavan — Winner
• “Cyrano,” Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran
• “Dune,” Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan
• “Nightmare Alley,” Luis Sequeira
• “West Side Story,” Paul Tazewell

Actor in a Leading Role

• Will Smith, “King Richard” — Winner
• Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
• Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
• Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
• Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” — Winner
• Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
• Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
• Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
• Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

Animated Feature Film

• “Encanto” — Winner
• “Flee”
• “Luca”
• “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
• “Raya and the Last Dragon”

BY ZOE MUTTER