Autumn Durald is a feature and commercial cinematographer. She heralds a new wave on the cinematographic scene. Working with very visual directors to create lush celluloid landscapes, Durald is a leader in the next generation of top tier DPs. Franco stars alongside actors including Emma Roberts, Nat Wolf and Val Kilmer. Prior to this, Durald lensed fashion stories with Coppola for designers including Diane Von Furstenberg, Opening Ceremony and a commercial for United Arrows, starring Kiko Mizuhara. Durald provided camerawork for Levi's We Are All Workers campaign with director Melodie McDaniel and cinematographer Harris Savides, ASC.
She worked as DP on the Latin campaign in Mexico City and on the documentary directed by Aaron Rose, distributed by IFC. The documentary won the One Show Entertainment Best Documentary Gold Award in 2011. The DP got her start in the film business travelling the world shooting the documentary TV show On the Road in America. Durald studied art history at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and attended graduate school at AFI as a cinematography fellow. In the summer following her initial year at AFI she lensed her first feature in 35mm, Macho. The film was purchased by IFC and went on to win Best Micro Budget Feature at Raindance International Film Festival.
Durald cites as influences the work of Gordon Willis, ASC, photographer Danny Lyon and her grandparents, who traveled the world taking pictures in the 1950s and 60s. The power of these stories, her grandparents' attention to compositional detail and Willis' expressive lighting in Broadway Danny Rose and Klute all influenced her decision to work with in the film industry. Born in Port Hueneme, CA, Durald now lives in Pasadena with her husband, cinematographer Jeff Bierman and their dog Shadow.
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