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 COLLECTION01
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 COMPANY02
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 FILMS03
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 Collection04
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 RIGHTS05
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 FILMS06
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.
- NETFLIX07
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 FILMS08
Black Panther
Just a tiny little arthouse gem you probably haven’t seen.
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