New Iberia native wins Emmy for cinematography on 'Black Bird,' an Apple TV series

New Iberia native Natalie Kingston won outstanding cinematography for her work on the Apple TV+ miniseries "Black Bird" at the 75th Emmy Awards.

"What a complete out-of-body experience. I'm beyond honored and blown away," Kingston said in a Facebook post.

Kingston, 42, is a New Iberia Senior High School graduate who went on to study Mass Communication at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. According to ULL University News, Kingston says her Cajun roots shaped her work behind the camera, and one of her first productions was a documentary-style show for KDCG in Opelousas.

Kingston said "Black Bird," was her first TV show and was her hardest experience to date as a cinematographer, but the most rewarding.

The series is a true-crime drama, featuring actor Taron Egerton, who plays Jimmy Keene. Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum-security prison without parole and cuts a deal with the FBI to enter a maximum-security prison to befriend a suspected serial killer, played by Paul Walter Hauser.

In 2023, Hauser won the Golden Globe for best supporting actor for his work in the miniseries.

"I share this with my extraordinary NOLA crew," Kingston wrote on Facebook. "This is for all of y’all. we did it."

The Television Academy's 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards aired Jan. 6, presenting the second of its two awards ceremonies to honor outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television.

An edited presentation of the awards will air at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, on FXX and be available for streaming on Hulu on Sunday, Jan. 14.

This article originally appeared on Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Natalie Kingston of New Iberia wins Emmy for 'Black Bird' cinematography