Five Cinematographers from Five Different Countries Headline 2010 Academy Award Nominees. By Bob Fisher and David Heuring

For the first time in the 82-year history of the Academy Awards, the five nominees for cinematography each hail from five different countries, proving, in case there was any doubt, that filmmaking is truly the most global of media arts.

The films besides each DP’s credit range in genre from pure fantasy to hard-edged realism, with budgets from modestly funded independent features to a several hundred million dollar studio blockbuster.

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