Career
Morrison began her career in television, working on series and telefilms for a number of networks. Her cinematography on the 2005 television documentary Rikers High, about high school education within the Rikers Island prison complex, was nominated for an Emmy Award. [10] [8]
Morrison worked on The Hills [11] for two years, then shot Zal Batmanglij's Sound of My Voice , which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. [11] Over the next two years, she photographed Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and Fruitvale Station , which premiered at Sundance in 2012 and 2013 respectively, [11] as well as Any Day Now (2012), Some Girl(s) (2013) and The Harvest (2013). [10]
At the 2013 Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, Morrison was awarded the Kodak Vision Award for her work in cinematography and her collaboration with other women filmmakers. [10] The same year, Variety named her as one of the "Up Next" in their Below The Line Impact Report, [12] while Indiewire named her as one of their "Cinematographers To Watch". [11]
In 2014, she photographed Cake , directed by Daniel Barnz, [13] which she followed up with the 2015 film Dope . Dope premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, making it Morrison's seventh film to screen at the annual festival in six consecutive years. [14]
2014 marked Morrison's first foray into directing, as she was offered the chance to direct an episode of the television series American Crime , which aired in 2015. [14] In 2017 she became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. [15]
Morrison was the cinematographer for Dee Rees's 2017 film Mudbound . [16] For her work on the film, Morrison became the first woman to win the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer, [16] the first woman to be nominated for the feature category of the American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards, [17] and the first woman ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. [2]
Morrison served as cinematographer for Marvel's Black Panther (2018). [3]
On June 19, 2019, it was announced Morrison would make her directorial debut on Flint Strong, [18] which was later retitled The Fire Inside and released in 2024. [4]
In March 2023, Morrison directed an episode of the Star Wars streaming series The Mandalorian season 3. [19]
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