MTV VMA for Best Cinematography

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MTV Video Music Award category music video award category

The MTV VMA for Best Cinematography is a category at the MTV Video Music Awards that honors outstanding camera work and visual composition in music videos.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography	4
Best Cinematography in a Music Video	1
Best Cinematography in a Video	1
MTV VMA for Best Cinematography canonical	1
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography (Johnny Cash video)	1
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography (nomination)	1
MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography in a Video	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2914521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MTV VMA for Best Cinematography
Context triple: [Best Cinematography, alsoKnownAs, MTV VMA for Best Cinematography]

A. Grammy Award for Best Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is a prestigious annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation and production of short-form music videos.
B. Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy for outstanding video projects of extended length, such as full-length concert films or music documentaries.
C. Best Music Video
Best Music Video is a Grammy Award category that honors outstanding artistic and technical achievement in short-form music videos.
D. Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video was a short-lived Grammy category that honored music videos distinguished by a strong, innovative narrative or conceptual framework rather than simple performance footage.
E. MTV Video Music Award
The MTV Video Music Award is a prominent music video accolade presented annually by MTV to honor outstanding achievements in the medium.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MTV VMA for Best Cinematography
Target entity description: The MTV VMA for Best Cinematography is a category at the MTV Video Music Awards that honors outstanding camera work and visual composition in music videos.

A. Grammy Award for Best Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is a prestigious annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation and production of short-form music videos.
B. Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy for outstanding video projects of extended length, such as full-length concert films or music documentaries.
C. Best Music Video
Best Music Video is a Grammy Award category that honors outstanding artistic and technical achievement in short-form music videos.
D. Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video was a short-lived Grammy category that honored music videos distinguished by a strong, innovative narrative or conceptual framework rather than simple performance footage.
E. MTV Video Music Award
The MTV Video Music Award is a prominent music video accolade presented annually by MTV to honor outstanding achievements in the medium.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	MTV Video Music Award category ⓘ music video award category ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Best Cinematography in a Music Video ⓘ linked to: MTV VMA for Best Cinematography Best Cinematography in a Video ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award
awardFor	best cinematography in a music video ⓘ outstanding camera work in music videos ⓘ visual composition in music videos ⓘ
awardGivenFor	artistic excellence in music video cinematography ⓘ
categoryType	technical award ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	cinematography ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	music video ⓘ
hasAwardType	competitive award ⓘ
hasOfficialName	MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ linked to: MTV VMA for Best Cinematography
hasRecipientType	cinematographer ⓘ director of photography ⓘ
hasTopic	music industry ⓘ music video production ⓘ popular music ⓘ visual arts in music ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
isPartOfEventSeries	annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
medium	music video ⓘ
organizer	MTV ⓘ
partOf	MTV Video Music Awards ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award
presentedBy	MTV ⓘ
relatedTo	MTV VMA for Best Art Direction ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction MTV VMA for Best Direction ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction MTV VMA for Best Visual Effects ⓘ linked to: MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects cinematography awards ⓘ music video awards ⓘ
selectionCriteria	camera work ⓘ framing and composition ⓘ lighting and visual style ⓘ quality of cinematography ⓘ
typicalVenue	MTV Video Music Awards ceremony venue ⓘ linked to: MTV award shows

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