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Mar 16, 2026
Bay Area filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The Danville-raised cinematographer won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of color ever to win the award in the Academy’s 98-year history. Arkapaw was born in Oxnard and raised in the Bay Area. She is Filipino on her mother’s side and Black Creole on her father’s, making her historic win a major milestone for representation behind the camera. She also became the first woman to shoot a feature film using large-format IMAX, one of the most technically demanding formats in filmmaking. By the way, we have a weekly newsletter with what’s worth knowing about and doing in San Francisco. One newsletter. Once a week. Link in bio. Media via Shutterstock/The Academy/@addp #mustdosf #sanfranciscofilm #bayarea #oscars
Bay Area filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The Danville-raised cinematographer won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of color ever to win the award in the Academy’s 98-year history. Arkapaw was born in Oxnard and raised in the Bay Area. She is Filipino on her mother’s side and Black Creole on her father’s, making her historic win a major milestone for representation behind the camera. She also became the first woman to shoot a feature film using large-format IMAX, one of the most technically demanding formats in filmmaking. By the way, we have a weekly newsletter with what’s worth knowing about and doing in San Francisco. One newsletter. Once a week. Link in bio. Media via Shutterstock/The Academy/@addp #mustdosf #sanfranciscofilm #bayarea #oscars
Bay Area filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The Danville-raised cinematographer won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of color ever to win the award in the Academy’s 98-year history. Arkapaw was born in Oxnard and raised in the Bay Area. She is Filipino on her mother’s side and Black Creole on her father’s, making her historic win a major milestone for representation behind the camera. She also became the first woman to shoot a feature film using large-format IMAX, one of the most technically demanding formats in filmmaking. By the way, we have a weekly newsletter with what’s worth knowing about and doing in San Francisco. One newsletter. Once a week. Link in bio. Media via Shutterstock/The Academy/@addp #mustdosf #sanfranciscofilm #bayarea #oscars
Bay Area filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The Danville-raised cinematographer won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of color ever to win the award in the Academy’s 98-year history. Arkapaw was born in Oxnard and raised in the Bay Area. She is Filipino on her mother’s side and Black Creole on her father’s, making her historic win a major milestone for representation behind the camera. She also became the first woman to shoot a feature film using large-format IMAX, one of the most technically demanding formats in filmmaking. By the way, we have a weekly newsletter with what’s worth knowing about and doing in San Francisco. One newsletter. Once a week. Link in bio. Media via Shutterstock/The Academy/@addp #mustdosf #sanfranciscofilm #bayarea #oscars
Bay Area filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The Danville-raised cinematographer won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of color ever to win the award in the Academy’s 98-year history. Arkapaw was born in Oxnard and raised in the Bay Area. She is Filipino on her mother’s side and Black Creole on her father’s, making her historic win a major milestone for representation behind the camera. She also became the first woman to shoot a feature film using large-format IMAX, one of the most technically demanding formats in filmmaking. By the way, we have a weekly newsletter with what’s worth knowing about and doing in San Francisco. One newsletter. Once a week. Link in bio. Media via Shutterstock/The Academy/@addp #mustdosf #sanfranciscofilm #bayarea #oscars
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Bay Area filmmaker Autumn Durald Arkapaw just made Oscars history. The Danville-raised cinematographer won Best Cinematography for Sinners, becoming the first woman and first woman of color ever to win the award in the Academy’s 98-year history. Arkapaw was born in Oxnard and raised in the Bay Area. She is Filipino on her mother’s side and Black Creole on her father’s, making her historic win a major milestone for representation behind the camera. She also became the first woman to shoot a feature film using large-format IMAX, one of the most technically demanding formats in filmmaking. By the way, we have a weekly newsletter with what’s worth knowing about and doing in San Francisco. One newsletter. Once a week. Link in bio. Media via Shutterstock/The Academy/@addp #mustdosf #sanfranciscofilm #bayarea #oscars

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