Polly Morgan (cinematographer)

Polly Morgan
Born
London
NationalityBritish
Education
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2011-present

Polly Morgan is a British cinematographer who has worked on the studio feature films Lucy in the Sky (2019), A Quiet Place Part II (2020), Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and The Woman King (2022). She was also the cinematographer for multiple episodes of the TV series Legion (2017–2019). Morgan is accredited by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).[1] To date, she is the only woman to be a member of both,[2] and she is the youngest member of ASC.[3]

Prior to becoming cinematographer, Morgan worked in the film and television industries since the early 2000s as a production assistant and in multiple roles of the camera department. She worked under numerous cinematographers and attended the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory as a Fulbright Scholar, graduating in 2010 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in cinematography. Morgan's first cinematography credit was the film Venom (2011). She worked as cinematographer on other numerous films and TV series throughout the 2010s, with her first studio feature-film credit being Lucy in the Sky (2019).

In 2024, she was cinematographer for the films Marmalade and Back to Black.

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