She could become the first woman to win an Academy Award in her category. Her attention to historical detail may get her over the line
If the Melbourne-born, Los Angeles-based director of photography wins best cinematography on Sunday, Walker will take her first-in-the history-of-film-making titles to three, having already won for Elvis at Australia’s Aacta wards in December.
“While the cinematographers’ branch [of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] has a notoriously poor track record in honouring diverse artists — no Black director of photography has ever won the category and only two have been nominated – Walker might have an edge,”In her speech at the ASC awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday, Walker dedicated her victory to “all the women who will win the award after me”.
Walker, who worked on a previous Luhrmann film, Australia, first worked with the director on the memorable 2003 Chanel No 5 commercial featuring Nicole Kidman. Luhrmann had been impressed with Walker’s work on Ray Lawrence’s Lantana, which was co-nominated with his own Moulin Rouge at the 2001 Aactas for best feature film. Neither won but Luhrmann’s partner, Catherine Martin, went on to win two Oscars for costume design and art direction for her work on Moulin Rouge.
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