Autumn Cheyenne Durald Arkapaw (born December 14, 1979) is an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

Biography

Durald grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and is of Filipino descent on her mother's side and African-American Creole on her father's side. She attended

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. LMU enrolls over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, making it the largest Catholic university on the west coast of the ...

and studied art history. After graduating she worked in advertising and later as a camera assistant on films. She graduated from the

AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on stor ...

's cinematography program in 2009. In 2022, she became a member of the

American Society of Cinematographers The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), founded in Hollywood in 1919, is a cultural, educational, and professional organization that is neither a labor union nor a guild. The society was organized to advance the science and art of cinem ...

. Durald is married to Australian cinematographer

Adam Arkapaw Adam Arkapaw is an Australian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on the television series '' Top of the Lake'' and ''True Detective'', for which he has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He is also known for his collaborations with ...

; the couple has one son, Aedan.

Filmography

Film

Documentary film

Television

Music video

Awards

*In 2014, ''Variety'' named her as one of ten "Cinematographers to Watch". *In 2014, ''Variety'' named her as one of the "Up Next" in their Below The Line Impact Report. *In 2014, ''Indiewire'' named her as one of the "On The Rise: Cinematographers To Watch".

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* * 1979 births Living people 21st-century American women AFI Conservatory alumni American cinematographers African-American cinematographers American women cinematographers Film people from California Loyola Marymount University alumni People from Oxnard, California American people of Filipino descent Long stubs with short prose {{US-cinematographer-stub