Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC has won the Best Cinematography Academy Award for her work on Sinners – making history as the first woman and woman of colour to take home the prize.
Arkapaw triumphed in a competitive category, which included ASC and BSC Award winner Michael Bauman (One Battle After Another) and Film Independent Spirit Award winner Adolpho Veloso ABC AIP (Train Dreams).
The full list of nominees included:
- Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen ASC DFF
- Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji ASC AFC
- One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
- Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC
- Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso ABC AIP
Speaking in the Oscars Press Room after receiving the award, a joyful Arkapaw revealed: “A lot of little girls that look like me will sleep really well tonight because they’ll want to become cinematographers.
“Being on stage getting this award for a movie like that will change so many girls’ lives because they’ll be inspired when they weren’t before.”
Referencing her moving acceptance speech, the Academy Award winner added: “I just wanted to say thank you to all the women in the room, because moments like this don’t happen without women standing up for you and advocating for you.
“I know that this happened because of that, so I wanted to say thank you, because I don’t know a lot of the voters. I’ve learned over the past few months going through this process that it does take a village to make stuff like this happen.
“But this isn’t about me anymore. This is about so much more. And I know that. I wanted it for all the ladies in the room, and I wanted it for all the girls at home.”
Speaking to British Cinematographer, Arkapaw previously revealed why Sinners was such a special project to work on.
“This story is close to my heart because my father is Creole and born in New Orleans, where much of my family still lives,” she said.
“Its themes dealing with the Black experience in the south, community, and the legacy of segregation resonate deeply with me.”
Arkapaw’s success was one of four for the film, which previously set an Oscars record with 16 nominations in total.
Other prizes included Screenplay, Score and Actor for lead Michael B. Jordan, who played two roles in Ryan Coogler’s period horror.
Elsewhere, One Battle After Another took home the most trophies overall with six, including Best Picture and Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson.
Best International Feature went to Sentimental Value, following its successful night at the European Film Awards in January, while Best Animated Film was presented to Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters.
Mr Nobody Against Putin scooped Best Documentary Feature, Best Sound went to F1 and Best Visual Effects was given to Avatar: Fire and Ash.
The full list of winners is available below.
BEST PICTURE
- WINNER: One Battle After Another
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- F1
- Hamnet
- Marty Supreme
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
BEST ACTRESS
- WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
- Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone – Bugonia
BEST ACTOR
- WINNER: Michael B Jordan – Sinners
- Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
- Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
- Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- WINNER: Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
- Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- WINNER: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo – Sinners
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
BEST DIRECTOR
- WINNER: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
- Ryan Coogler – Sinners
- Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
- Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
- Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters
- Arco
- Elio
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
- WINNER: Sentimental Value
- It Was Just an Accident
- Sirât
- The Secret Agent
- The Voice of Hind Rajab
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- WINNER: Mr Nobody Against Putin
- Come See Me in the Good Light
- Cutting Through the Rocks
- The Alabama Solution
- The Perfect Neighbor
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- WINNER: Sinners – Ryan Coogler
- Blue Moon – Robert Kaplow
- It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- WINNER: One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Bugonia – Will Tracy
- Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
- Hamnet – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell
- Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- WINNER: Golden – KPop Demon Hunters (by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park)
- Dear Me – Diane Warren: Relentless (by Diane Warren)
- I Lied to You – Sinners (by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson)
- Sweet Dreams of Joy – Viva Verdi! (by Nicholas Pike)
- Train Dreams – Train Dreams (by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- WINNER: Sinners – Ludwig Goransson
- Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
- Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
- Hamnet – Max Richter
- One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- WINNER: Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
- Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
- Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
- One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
- Train Dreams
BEST FILM EDITING
- WINNER: One Battle After Another – Andy Jurgensen
- F1 – Stephen Mirrione
- Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- Sentimental Value – Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Sinners – Michael P Shawver
BEST SOUND
- WINNER: F1 – Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A Rizzo and Juan Peralta
- Frankenstein – Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke and Brad Zoern
- One Battle After Another – José Antonio García, Christopher Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor
- Sinners – Chris Welcker, Benjamin A Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor and Steve Boeddeker
- Sirât – Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- WINNER: Avatar: Fire and Ash – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
- F1 – Ryan Tudhope, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington and Keith Dawson
- Jurassic World Rebirth – David Vickery, Stephen Aplin, Charmaine Chan and Neil Corbould
- Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter and Donnie Dean
- The Lost Bus – Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen and Brandon K McLaughlin
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- WINNER: Frankenstein – Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau
- Hamnet – Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton
- Marty Supreme – Jack Fisk and Adam Willis
- One Battle After Another – Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino
- Sinners
BEST CASTING
- WINNER: One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis
- Hamnet – Nina Gold
- Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
- Sinners – Francine Maisler
- The Secret Agent – Gabriel Domingues
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
- WINNER: Frankenstein – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey
- Kokuho – Kyoko Toyokawa, Naomi Hibino and Tadashi Nishimatsu
- Sinners – Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine and Shunika Terry
- The Smashing Machine – Kazu Hiro, Glen Griffin and Bjoern Rehbein
- The Ugly Stepsister – Thomas Foldberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- WINNER: Frankenstein – Kate Hawley
- Avatar: Fire and Ash – Deborah L Scott
- Hamnet – Malgosia Turzanska
- Marty Supreme – Miyako Bellizz
- Sinners – Ruth E Carter
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- WINNER: The Girl Who Cried Pearls
- Butterfly
- Forevergreen
- Retirement Plan
- The Three Sisters
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
- WINNER (TIED): The Singers
- WINNER (TIED): Two People Exchanging Saliva
- A Friend of Dorothy
- Butcher’s Stain
- Jane Austen’s Period Drama
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- WINNER: All the Empty Rooms
- Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
- Children No More: Were and Are Gone
- The Devil Is Busy
