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CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1978 · UNITED STATES

Rachel Morrison

Naturalistic, emotionally grounded light.

Born
1978
Country
United States
Field
Cinematographer
Rachel Morrison
Portrait: Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0

KNOWN FOR

  1. 2017Mudbound
  2. 2018Black Panther
  3. 2013Fruitvale Station

WHY THEY MATTER

First woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, for Mudbound; first woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle award for cinematography; ASC member since 2017.

THE LIFE

Morrison grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and studied film and photography at New York University before the AFI Conservatory. Her work on the documentary Rikers High was nominated for an Emmy. For Dee Rees's Mudbound she became the first woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and she went on to shoot Black Panther. She made her feature directing debut with The Fire Inside.

Source: Wikipedia

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