Jennifer M. Wood
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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.
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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