---
name: "Autumn Durald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/autumn-durald-arkapaw"
fi1m_id: "autumn-durald-arkapaw"
imdb_id: "nm2557161"
tmdb_id: 1385904
wikidata_id: "Q16934978"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "14 December 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T03:35:35.869650+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Autumn Durald

## Identity

Autumn Durald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/autumn-durald-arkapaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** autumn-durald-arkapaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm2557161
- **TMDB ID:** 1385904
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16934978
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Durald_Arkapaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16934978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2557161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1385904

Cinematographer. Born 14 December 1979 in Oxnard, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 December 1979, Oxnard, California, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Autumn Cheyenne Durald
- **Frequently works with:** [Ryan Coogler](https://film.one/person/ryan-coogler.md), [Wunmi Mosaku](https://film.one/person/wunmi-mosaku.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Horror 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,237m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_Durald_Arkapaw, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16934978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2557161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1385904

## Coming up

- *Black Panther 3* (2028-12-13), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Loki*](https://film.one/tv/loki.md) (71), [*The Last Showgirl*](https://film.one/film/the-last-showgirl.md) (68), [*Black Panther: Wakanda Forever*](https://film.one/film/black-panther-wakanda-forever.md) (66)
- **HBO Max:** [*Sinners*](https://film.one/film/sinners.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Autumn Durald Arkapaw is an American cinematographer. Born Autumn Cheyenne Durald on 14 December 1979 in Oxnard, California, she studied art history at Loyola Marymount University and cinematography at the American Film Institute Conservatory. She is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Arkapaw has worked as director of photography on films including *Palo Alto* (2014), *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022) and *The Last Showgirl* (2024). For her work on *Sinners* (2025), directed by Ryan Coogler, she won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, becoming the first woman and the first Black person to do so; she was also the first woman of colour nominated in the category. On television, she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work on the *Loki* episode "Lamentis" (2021). She is married to cinematographer Adam Arkapaw.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Sinners* (2025), Fi1m 79, "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *The Last Showgirl* (2024), Fi1m 68, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-showgirl.md)
- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther-wakanda-forever.md)
- *Loki* (2021), Fi1m 71, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Black Panther 3* (2028), Director of Photography
- *Sinners* (2025), Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/sinners.md)
- *The Last Showgirl* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-showgirl.md)
- *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (2022), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther-wakanda-forever.md)
- *Loki* (2021), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)
- *Mainstream* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Beastie Boys Story* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Aziz Ansari: Right Now* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Sun Is Also a Star* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Untogether* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Good Time Girls* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Assassin's Creed* (2016), Additional Director of Photography
- *The Light Between Oceans* (2016), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Desire* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Arcade Fire - The Reflektor Tapes* (2015), Director of Photography
- *One & Two* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Fruits De Mer* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Palo Alto* (2014), Director of Photography
- *K.I.T.* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Casino Moon* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Guadalupe the Virgin* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Portraits of Braddock* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Miss This at Your Peril* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Losing My Cherry* (2010), Gaffer
- *Man in a Room* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Macho* (2009), Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Autumn Durald](https://film.one/media/person/8582/gallery-536911fcb7c9.jpg) Autumn Durald — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Autumn_Durald_Arkapaw_-_Sinners_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Autumn Durald Arkapaw at a Q&A for Sinners in Los Angeles, California (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/8582/gallery-ea4831fd6e26.jpg) Autumn Durald Arkapaw at a Q&A for Sinners in Los Angeles, California (2025) — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Autumn_Durald_Arkapaw_-_Sinners.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Autumn Durald](https://film.one/media/person/8582/gallery-63fe257d13e8.jpg) Autumn Durald — Image via TMDB
- ![Autumn Durald](https://film.one/media/person/8582/gallery-3e7fd981c58b.jpg) Autumn Durald — Image via TMDB
- ![Autumn Durald](https://film.one/media/person/8582/gallery-583303ea8f2c.jpg) Autumn Durald — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2026: Best Cinematography (won), for *Sinners*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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