Lubezki Claims Best Cinematographer Award from New York Film Critics Online

It could turn out to be another memorable awards season for Emmanuel Lubezki

The Mexican cinematographer—who picked up several awards, including his first-ever Oscar, last awards season for his work on Gravity—has claimed the Best Cinematographer prize from the New York Film Critics Online.

Emmanuel Lubezki

Lubezki won the award for his impressive work on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s critically acclaimed dark comedy Birdman.

It’s the third award Lubezki has picked up in nearly as many days…

Earlier, he claimed the same prize from the Boston Society of Film Critics and the Los Angeles Critics Association.

With all the hardware he’s starting to collect, it appears Lubezki is a shoo-in for a 2015 Academy Award nomination.

Meanwhile, González Iñárritu picked up another Best Screenplay award for co-penning Birdman with with Nicolás Giacobone,Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo. Earlier in the weekend, he picked up the same award from the Boston Society of Film Critics.

Lubezki Wins Best Cinematography Award from the L.A. Critics Association

Emmanuel Lubezki is back to his winning ways…

The Mexican cinematographer, who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography this year for his work on Gravity, has won the Best Cinematography award from the Los Angeles Critics Association.

Emmanuel Lubezki

Lubezki earned the award for his critically acclaimed work on Alejandro González Iñárritu’s black comedy Birdman, starring Michael Keaton as a washed-up Hollywood actor who once played the superhero Birdman in three blockbuster movies, before leaving the multi-billion-dollar franchise. More than 20 years after Birdman, Riggan wants to reinvent his career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway play.

Lubezki has said the camerawork and editing of Birdman were manipulated to give the appearance that most of the film was shot in one continuous long take. The screenwriters have said that the long take approach was part of Iñárritu’s initial idea behind the film although “huge” and “important” people warned them not to write it and shoot it that way.