Overview
- Arkapaw’s victory makes her the first woman—and the first woman of color—to earn the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
- Sinners led this year’s Oscars with a record 16 nominations and converted multiple categories into wins, including Best Original Screenplay for Ryan Coogler.
- The film’s visuals were captured on IMAX 65mm and Ultra Panavision 70, with Arkapaw recognized as the first woman to shoot a feature in these large‑format systems.
- Only three women had been nominated for cinematography before this year—Rachel Morrison, Ari Wegner and Mandy Walker—underscoring the category’s historic gender gap.
- In her acceptance speech, Arkapaw thanked Coogler and invited the women in the Dolby Theatre to stand, crediting their support for her path to the stage.