Rachel Morrison
Rachel Morrison | |
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Born | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | April 27, 1978
Nationality | American |
Education | Concord Academy |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 2002–present |
Notable credit(s) | Fruitvale Station Mudbound Black Panther |
Spouse |
Rachel Garza (m. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
Rachel Morrison (born April 27, 1978)[1] is an American cinematographer and director. For her work on Mudbound (2017), Morrison earned a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, making her the first woman ever nominated in that category.[2] She has twice worked with director Ryan Coogler, working on the films Fruitvale Station (2013), and Black Panther (2018).[3]
Early life
Morrison took up photography at a young age. She grew up in a Jewish family[4] in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[5] and graduated from Concord Academy in 1996.[6] She then attended New York University, where she completed a double major in film and photography because she was unable to choose between the two; by the end of her degree, she had decided to concentrate on cinematography.[7] She then attended the AFI Conservatory's graduate cinematography program and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 2006.[8]
Career
Morrison began her career in television, working on series and telefilms for a number of networks. Her cinematography on the 2005 television documentary Rikers High, about high school education within the Rikers Island prison complex, was nominated for an Emmy Award.[9][7]
Morrison worked on The Hills[10] for two years, then shot Zal Batmanglij's Sound of My Voice, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.[10] Over the next two years, she photographed Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and Fruitvale Station, which premiered at Sundance in 2012 and 2013 respectively,[10] as well as Any Day Now (2012), Some Girl(s) (2013) and The Harvest (2013).[9]
At the 2013 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, Morrison was awarded the Kodak Vision Award for her work in cinematography and her collaboration with other women filmmakers.[9] The same year, Variety named her as one of the "Up Next" in their Below The Line Impact Report,[11] while Indiewire named her as one of their "Cinematographers To Watch".[10]
In 2014, she photographed Cake, directed by Daniel Barnz,[12] which she followed up with the 2015 film Dope. Dope premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, making it Morrison's seventh film to screen at the annual festival in six consecutive years.[13]
2014 marked Morrison's first foray into directing, as she was offered the chance to direct an episode of the television series American Crime, which aired in 2015.[13] In 2017 she became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[14]
Morrison was the cinematographer for Dee Rees's 2017 film Mudbound.[15] For her work on the film, Morrison became the first woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer,[15] the first woman to be nominated for the feature category of the American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards,[16] and the first woman ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.[2]
Morrison served as cinematographer for Marvel's Black Panther (2018).[3]
Personal life
Morrison married Rachel Garza in December 2011. They have one son, who was born in 2014,[17][18] and a daughter born in 2018.[19]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2011 | Sound of My Voice | Zal Batmanglij | |
2012 | Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie | Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim |
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Any Day Now | Travis Fine | ||
2013 | Fruitvale Station | Ryan Coogler | |
Some Girl(s) | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | ||
The Harvest | John McNaughton | ||
2014 | Little Accidents | Sara Colangelo | |
Cake | Daniel Barnz | ||
2015 | Dope | Rick Famuyiwa | |
2017 | Mudbound | Dee Rees | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer[15] Nominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography[20] Nominated – American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Cinematography[16] Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography[21] Nominated – Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society for Best Cinematography Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography |
2018 | Black Panther | Ryan Coogler | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Cinematography |
2019 | Seberg | Benedict Andrews |
As director
- Flint Strong (TBA)
Television
As cinematographer
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2016 | Confirmation | Rick Famuyiwa | TV movie |
As director
Year | Title | Notes |
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2015 | Quantico | Episode: "Kill" |
2015–2016 | American Crime | 2 episodes |
2020 | Homemade | Episode: "The Lucky Ones" |
2020–2021 | Hightown | 4 episodes |
2021 | The Morning Show | Episode: "A Private Person" |
2021 | American Crime Story | 2 episodes |
Other awards
Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Rikers High | News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography | Nominated | [7] |
2013 | — | Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards: Kodak Vision Award | Won | [7] |
2016 | What Happened, Miss Simone? | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Rachel Morrison". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Tapley, Kristopher (September 12, 2017). "Oscars: 'Mudbound' Cinematographer Is First Female Nominated – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ a b Valentini, Valentina I (November 16, 2017). "'Mudbound' Cinematographer Captures Look of '40s South With Digital Cameras". Variety. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
- ^ Bloom, Nate (March 22, 2018). "'Black Panther' cinematographer is the first woman nominated for an Oscar in her field". The Jewish News of Northern California.
- ^ "Behind the Camera on 'Fruitvale Station'"
- ^ "Rachel Morrison ’96: An Authentic Career"
- ^ a b c d "ONFILM Interview: Rachel Morrison". Kodak. September 13, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "AFI Member Marquee". American Film Institute. February 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Rachel Morrison to Receive WIF Kodak Vision Award". Kodak. April 29, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Lyttelton, Oliver (January 31, 2013). "On The Rise: 5 Cinematographers To Watch In 2013". Indiewire. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "PHOTOS: Below the Line Impact Report – Cinematographers". Variety. August 14, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Workman, Matt (January 22, 2015). "The Cinematography of Cake with DP Rachel Morrison". Cinematography Database. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Paula (January 23, 2015). "Rachel Morrison on Her Two Sundance 2015 Films and Being Pegged as a 'Female DP'". Indiewire. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ Instagram 17 March 2017.
- ^ a b c New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Willem Dafoe Wins Supporting Actor, ‘Mudbound’ DP Makes History – Variety
- ^ a b "2018 American Society of Cinematographers Awards Nominations". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (January 23, 2018). "Rachel Morrison Becomes First Woman Nominated for a Cinematography Oscar". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Bendix, Trish (December 9, 2008). "Lesbian cinematographer Rachel Morrison brings us "A Non-Issue?"". AfterEllen. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Rachel Morrison, ASC. on Instagram: "Welcome Cleo Miró Morrison. Born 8/28/18 at 101PM. 6 lbs 18.5 inches. Needless to say, we are already madly in love..."". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ Joey Nolfi. "Oscars: Rachel Morrison first woman nominated for cinematography". EW.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
- ^ Pedersen, Erik; Hammond, Pete (December 6, 2017). "Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads With 14 Nods; Netflix Tops TV Contenders". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
External links
- 1978 births
- American cinematographers
- 20th-century American Jews
- LGBT people from California
- Living people
- Tisch School of the Arts alumni
- AFI Conservatory alumni
- American women cinematographers
- Concord Academy alumni
- LGBT people from Massachusetts
- People from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New York University alumni
- 21st-century American Jews