Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

1970's

1976

A Determining Force (NBC)

1978

Continuing Creation (NBC)

1979

This Other Eden (NBC)

1970's

1978

NBC Special Treat ("Five Finger Discount") (NBC)

1979

The Big Blue Marble (SYN)

The Big Blue Marble (SYN)

NBC Special Treat ("Rodeo Red and the Runaway") (NBC)

1980's

1980

ABC Afterschool Special ("A Movie Star's Daughter") (ABC)

ABC Weekend Special ("The Gold Bug") (ABC)

CBS Library ("Once Upon a Midnight Dreary") (CBS)

Sesame Street (PBS)

3-2-1 Contact ("Mountain Climbing" and "Hot/Cold") (PBS)

1980's

1980

The Big Blue Marble ("Witch's Sister: Chapter 2") (SYN)

1980's

1981

Work and Worship: The Legacy of St. Benedict (NBC)

1980's

1982

The Body Human (The Loving Process: Men) (CBS)

1983

New Wilderness (SYN)

1980's

1981

The Big Blue Marble (SYN)

The Big Blue Marble ("New Jersey/Egypt") (SYN)

The Body Human ("Facts for Boys") (CBS)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Stoned") (ABC)

Mandy's Grandmother (SYN)

1982

The Big Blue Marble ("Horsemen of Inner Mongolia") (SYN)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now") (ABC)

The Body Human ("Becoming a Woman") (CBS)

1983

CBS Afternoon Playhouse ("The Shooting") (CBS)

CBS Library ("Robbers, Rooftops and Witches") (CBS)

1984

ABC Afterschool Special ("Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy") (ABC)

ABC Afterschool Special ("The Hand Me Down Kid") (ABC)

ABC Weekend Special ("Cougar") (ABC)

1980's

1985

ABC Afterschool Special ("Out of Step") (ABC)

Kidsworld (ABC)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia") (ABC)

1986

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("The War Between The Classes") (CBS)

3-2-1 Contact (PBS)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Are You My Mother?") (ABC)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Don't Touch") (ABC)

ABC Weekend Special ("Pippi Longstocking") (ABC)

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Have You Tried Talking to Patty?") (CBS)

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Babies Having Babies") (CBS)

1987

3-2-1 Contact (PBS)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Teen Father") (ABC)

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes") (CBS)

Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

1988

ABC Afterschool Special ("Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story") (ABC)

ABC Afterschool Special ("The Day My Kid Went Punk") (ABC)

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Never Say Goodbye") (CBS)

Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

1989

3-2-1 Contact (PBS)

Pee-wee's Playhouse ("To Tell The Tooth") (CBS)

1990's

1990

ABC Afterschool Special ("Torn Between Two Fathers") (ABC)

Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

China at the Crossroads (ABC)

1991

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("But He Loves Me") (CBS)

Pee-wee's Playhouse (CBS)

1992

Scenic Wonders of America (Disney)

Square One TV (PBS)

ABC Afterschool Special ("It's Only Rock & Roll") (ABC)

1990's

1993

Great Wonders of the World ("Wonders of Nature") (Disney)

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth") (CBS)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

ABC Afterschool Special ("Shades of a Single Protein") (ABC)

This Old House (PBS

1994

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

ABC Weekend Special ("CityKids") (ABC)

Great Wonders of the World (Disney)

This Old House (PBS)

The Victory Garden (PBS)

1995

ABC Weekend Special ("Crash the Curiousaurus") (ABC)

Beakman's World (CBS)

Martha Stewart Living (SYN)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (FOC)

This Old House (PBS)

1996

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("My Indian Summer") (CBS)

CBS Schoolbreak Special ("Crosstown") (CBS)

Home Again with Bob Vila (SYN)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

This Old House (PBS)

1997

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Beakman's World (CBS)

Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS)

Home Again with Bob Vila (SYN)

This Old House (PBS)

1998

Yan Can Cook (PBS)

Beakman's World (CBS)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

The Sports Illustrated for Kids Show (CBS)

This Old House (PBS)

1999

The Inventors' Specials ("Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants") (HBO)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

This Old House (PBS)

Secrets of the Animal Kingdom (PBS)

2000's

2000

The Phantom Eye (AMC)

Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)

B. Smith with Style (SYN)

Outward Bound (Discovery Kids)

This Old House (PBS)

2001

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Better Homes and Gardens (SYN)

Natureworks (PBS)

Pets: Part of the Family (PBS)

This Old House (PBS)

2002

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly ("The Face: Jesus in Art") (PBS)

Behind the Screen with John Burke (AMC)

The Book of Pooh (Disney)

Martha Stewart Living (SYN)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

2003

Our America (Showtime)

Ask This Old House (PBS)

Martha Stewart Living (SYN)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

2004

Martha Stewart Living (SYN)

Ask This Old House (PBS)

Great Hotels (Travel)

Full Frontal Fashion (WE)

The Victory Garden (PBS)

2005

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

Great Hotels (Travel)

Inside This Old House (A&E)

This Old House (PBS)

Travel Gear (Travel)

2006

The Victory Garden (PBS)

Everyday Italian (Food)

Inside This Old House (A&E)

This Old House (PBS)

2007

The Victory Garden (PBS)

Everyday Italian (Food)

Reading Rainbow (PBS)

This Old House (PBS)

2008

DragonflyTV (PBS)

Chefs A' Field (PBS)

Design Squad (PBS)

Dinosapien (Discovery Kids)

Food Trip with Todd English (PBS)

2009

Equitrekking (PBS)

DragonflyTV (PBS)

Flip This House (A&E)

Johnny and the Sprites (Disney)

This Old House (PBS)

2010's

2010

The Electric Company (PBS)

Rick Steves' Iran (PBS)

Biz Kid$ (PBS)

2011

Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)

Biz Kid$ (PBS)

The Electric Company (PBS)

Samantha Brown's Asia ("Bali") (Travel)

2012

Equitrekking (PBS)

The Electric Company (PBS)

Giada at Home (Food)

R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Hub)

Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)

2013

Born to Explore with Richard Wiese (SYN)

Equitrekking (PBS)

Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)

R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (Hub)

Travel Thru History (MeTV)

2014

Giada In Paradise (Cooking)

Jonathan Bird's Blue World (Blueworldtv.com)

Made in Israel (ABC Family)

The Mind of a Chef (PBS)

2015

The Mind of a Chef (PBS)

A Chef's Life (PBS)

Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (Amazon)

2010's

2016

The Mind of a Chef (PBS)

A Chef's Life (PBS)

Annedroids (Amazon)

Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)

R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (Netflix)