Mar 2, 2018 7:59 PM

Check the Resume: Rachel Morrison

The Black Panther director of photography is also the first woman to get an Oscar nomination for cinematography. Look back at her other work.

EVERETT COLLECTION
01
Sound of My Voice
Five years before *The OA*, Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij set the table for their puzzling Netflix series with this dark tale of documentarians investigating a mysterious Los Angeles cult.
WEINSTEIN COMPANY
02
Fruitvale Station
The acclaimed tale of Oscar Grant’s murder at the hand of transit cops in Oakland first brought Morrison together with writer-director Ryan Coogler—a relationship that would continue with *Black Panther*.

ELEPHANT EYE FILMS
03
The Harvest
Director David McNaughton (*Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer*, *Wild Things*) took more than a decade away from movies, then returned with this horror tale that was small, intimate, and truly terrifying.
Lionsgate / Everett Collection
04
Cake
Jennifer Aniston snagged a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as a woman dealing with the aftermath of a fatal car accident. *Friends* it ain’t.

INDIE RIGHTS
05
Druid Peak
A little-seen but well-regarded indie drama about a “troubled teen” who goes to live with his estranged park-ranger father—and forges a connection with a pack of wolves who live in the park.
OPEN ROAD FILMS
06
Dope
Rick Famuyiwa’s comedy about LA high-school kids getting caught up in a drug gang’s machination was a Sundance sensation, made stars out of Shameik Moore and Kiersey Clemons, and actually lived up to its name.

NETFLIX
07
Mudbound
Netflix’s historical drama about race, love, and friendship in the post-WWII South didn’t just make Morrison the first-ever woman to get a Best Cinematography nomination, but pulled in three others, including a Best Supporting Actress nom for Mary J. Blige.
MARVEL FILMS
08
Black Panther
Just a tiny little arthouse gem you probably haven’t seen.

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Jennifer M. Wood writes about movies, television, and pop culture. She is the editor of The Curious Viewer: A Miscellany of Bingeable Streaming TV Shows from the Past Twenty Years and the author of The Curious Movie Buff: A Miscellany of Fantastic Films from the Past 50 Years. ... Read More

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