Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography

The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the US for single-camera work in daytime television. The Daytime Emmy Awards are among the more prominent categories of Emmy Award.

Winners and Nominees

Winners in bold

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming

1970s

1976

• A Determining Force (NBC)

1978

• Continuing Creation (NBC)

1979

• This Other Eden (NBC)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming

1970s

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)

1980s

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)

Special Classification - Individual Achievement

1980s

1980

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

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming - Cinematographer

1980s

1981

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

Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts - Cinematography

1980s

1982

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

1983

• New Wilderness (SYN)

Outstanding Cinematography in Children's Programming

1980s

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)

Outstanding Cinematography

1980s

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)

1990s

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)

Outstanding Single Camera Photography

1990s

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)

2000s

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)

2010s

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: The Series (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: The Series (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)

Outstanding Cinematography

2010s

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)

2017

• SuperSoul Shorts ("Maggie the Cow") (OWN)
  • Family Ingredients (PBS)
  • Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope (PBS)
  • Rock the Park (SYN)
  • Supernatural Encounters (Daystar)

2018

• Scars of Nanking (A&E)
  • An American Girl Story ("Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance") (Amazon)
  • Buddy Thunderstruck (Netflix)
  • Family Ingredients (PBS)
  • Free Rein (Netflix)
  • Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin (SYN)