MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography

MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded for	cinematography
Country	United States
Presented by	MTV
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2016
Official website	VMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography in a Video is a craft award given to both the artist as well as the cinematographer/director of photography of the music video.

The biggest winner is Harris Savides with three wins. Pascal Lebègue, Daniel Pearl, and Mark Plummer follow closely behind with two wins each. The most nominated editor is Daniel Pearl with nine nominations. Followed by Martin Coppen with six nominations. The performer whose videos have won the most awards is Madonna. Likewise, Madonna's videos have received the most nominations with ten. Ryan Lewis is also the only performer to have won a Moonman in this category for his work as a director of photography on the video for "Can't Hold Us" in 2013. Jared Leto ("Hurricane") is the only other performer to have been nominated for his work in this category.

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