(UPDATE) FILIPINA AMERICAN cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history by becoming the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Cinematography at the 98th Academy Awards held Sunday night in Los Angeles (Monday morning in Manila). She is also the first Filipina and the first Black person to win the award. Arkapaw won for her work on “Sinners,” Ryan Coogler’s genre-bending hit, which entered the Oscars with a record 16 nominations and went on to win four awards, including Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Original Screenplay for Coogler and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson. During her acceptance speech, Arkapaw asked the women in the audience to stand, acknowledging the support she received throughout her career and the film’s awards run. “I’m so honored to be here, and I really want all the women in the room to stand up because I feel like I wouldn’t be here without you guys,” she said. “I really, really, truly mean that.” She also thanked the cast, crew and her family, and paid tribute to Coogler, with whom she had previously worked on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” “Whenever I get to thank Ryan, he replies and says, ‘No, thank you. Thank you for believing in me and thank you for trusting me,’” she said. “That’s the kind of guy that I get to make films with.” Arkapaw is only the fourth woman ever nominated in the cinematography category. The previous female nominees were Rachel Morrison for “Mudbound,” Ari Wegner for “The Power of the Dog,” and Mandy Walker for “Elvis.” Before the Oscars, she had already emerged as one of the season’s most celebrated cinematographers, winning critics’ awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards, and the American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Born in Oxnard, California, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Arkapaw is of Filipino descent on her mother’s side and African American Creole on her father’s. Her win places her alongside Matthew Libatique as another cinematographer of Filipino heritage recognized by the Academy in the category. Her work on “Sinners” had drawn notice even before awards season. Arkapaw became the first woman to shoot a feature film on IMAX film, using large-format IMAX 65mm and Ultra Panavision 70 for the production. Other major winners at the ceremony included “One Battle After Another,” which took Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson. Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for “Hamnet,” Amy Madigan won Best Supporting Actress for “Weapons,” and Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for “One Battle After Another.” “KPop Demon Hunters” won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Golden,” while “F1” won Best Sound. The 98th Academy Awards was livestreamed in the Philippines via Disney+.