Best Cinematography: 1950s

UPDATE: Alex suggested including each year's Oscar winner and whether or not my pick was nominated, so I've added that on my Best Picture and Best Cinematography picks. My acting picks will be updated very soon.

1950: Sunset Blvd. (John F. Seitz)

Oscar winner: The Third Man (B&W),
King Solomon's Mines (Color)
Was this film nominated?: Yes

1951: Decision Before Dawn (Franz Planer)

Oscar winner: A Place in the Sun (B&W),
An American in Paris (Color)
Was this film nominated?: No

1952: The Quiet Man (Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout)

Oscar winner: The Quiet Man (Color),

The Bad and the Beautiful (B&W)

1953: Ugetsu (Kazuo Miyagawa)

Oscar winner: From Here to Eternity (B&W),

Shane (Color)
Was this film nominated?: No

1954: Seven Samurai (Asakazu Nakai)

Oscar winner: On the Waterfront (B&W),
Three Coins in the Fountain (Color)
Was this film nominated?: No

1955: The Night of the Hunter (Stanley Cortez)

Oscar winner: The Rose Tattoo (B&W),
To Catch a Thief (Color)
Was this film nominated?: No

1956: The Red Balloon (Edmond Sechan)

Oscar winner: Around the World in Eighty Days (Color),
Somebody Up There Likes Me (B&W)
Was this film nominated?: No

1957: The Seventh Seal (Gunnar Fischer)

Oscar winner: The Bridge on the River Kwai
Was this film nominated?: No

1958: Vertigo (Robert Burks)

Oscar winner: Gigi (Color), The Defiant Ones (B&W)
Was this film nominated?: No

1959: Black Orpheus (Jean Bourgoin)

Oscar winner: Ben-Hur (Color),

The Diary of Anne Frank (B&W)

Was this film nominated?: No

Updated: 5/22/14