Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Australian Cinematographers Society | Cinematographer of the Year | Between Wars | Won |
| 1976 | British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Nominated |
| 1977 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Break of Day | Won |
| 1977 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Cinematography | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Won |
| 1978 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | The Last Wave | Won |
| 1979 | Saturn Awards | Best Cinematography | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Won |
| 1980 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | The Chain Reaction | Nominated |
| 1981 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Gallipoli (1981 film) | Won |
| 1982 | Australian Cinematographers Society | Cinematographer of the Year | Gallipoli (1981 film) | Won |
| 1983 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | The Year of Living Dangerously | Nominated |
| 1986 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Burke & Wills | Nominated |
| 1988 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Raymond Longford Award | Won | |
| 1990 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Best Achievement in Cinematography | Blood Oath (film) | Nominated |
| 1998 | Australian Cinematographers Society | Hall of Fame Award | Won | |
| 2002 | Film Critics Circle of Australia | Special Achievement Award | Won | |
| 2003 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Won |
| 2003 | Camerimage | Special Award for Duo Cinematographer-Director (with Peter Weir) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Won |
| 2003 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Cinematography | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated |
| 2003 | Camerimage | Special Award for Duo Cinematographer-Director (with Peter Weir) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Won |
| 2003 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated |
| 2003 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated |
| 2004 | Golden Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography (shared with Sandi Sissel on second unit) | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated |
| 2005 | Kodak Award | Excellence in Cinematography | Won |
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