Why this year's Academy Awards could be a breakthrough for female cinematographers

Posted Tuesday 01 Feb 2022

Why this year's Academy Awards could be a breakthrough for female cinematographers

Can you believe that after 93 years, cinematography is still the only category that still exists for which a woman has never won an Academy Award? To date, only one woman has been nominated by the Academy, Rachel Morrison for Dee Rees' Mudbound in 2017.

However, this sad statistic could soon change as a clutch of films with women behind the lens vie for contention, writes Thomas Page of CNN.

Ari Wegner, the cinematographer behind awards favourite The Power of the Dog, Claire Mathon (Spencer) and Hélène Louvart (The Lost Daughter) have all found acclaim for their recent work.

With major award nominations around the corner, CNN caught up with these three cinematographers, who shared their experiences bringing their films to the screen.

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Image: Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog, filmed in Central Otago