Awarded for cinematography First awarded 1984 Official website VMA website Instituted 1984 | Country United States Last awarded 2016 Presented by MTV Category of MTV Video Music Award | |
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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.