Autumn Durald Arkapaw Makes History as the First Woman to Win the Oscar for Best Cinematography
Embed from Getty Images History was just made at the 2026 Oscars. Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman and first African-American person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for her work on Sinners. With this victory, a woman has now won in all non-gendered competitive categories at the Oscars—a feat that took 98 editions of the ceremony to achieve. During her acceptance speech, she commended her fellow female filmmakers.












































































