Reed Morano was born on April 15, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She is known for her work on Frozen River (2008), The Skeleton Twins (2014) and Kill Your Darlings (2013). She has been married to Matthew Walker since September 13, 2008. They have two children.
There are many legendary DPs that I admire, some of whom have a very strong signature but I'm not sure I want to be the DP where you see my work and say oh, Reed shot that. I hope to be able to adopt to every movie and disappear into it.
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I'm hyper-sensitive to people who are waiting around. It's not as easy as it looks to be that fast and still give careful thought to the story, the continuity, the emotion behind the scene and how all things affect the lighting. It's a very tricky job we have as DPs, where you are expected to make something that really is an emotional art but also needs to be technically spot on. You're often given a very small window of time to achieve it.
3
For better or worse, I'm just like one of the guys. They can say what they want. It doesn't bother me and chances are I've heard it all before. I grew up in an informal jokey environment. That's the reason I took this job. If I wanted to go to work and be serious, I'd work for a hedge fund.
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[on the series 'Looking'] There was a lot of sexual talk in the script. But the crew got it. We're shooting two dudes having sex and everyone's going with it, there's zero judgment, They don't feel like they need to set themselves apart for anything because we're all a family on set. It's definitely going to alienate some people. When they posted our trailer on Facebook it got a million comments - a lot of people who were very angry about the fact they had to see two men kissing. It was really upsetting to me. I can't actually believe that an ignorance to that level still exists.
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[on HBO} They were really great to work for. They try to hire the right people and give as much freedom as they can. What makes them so good is that they hire artists they trust and let them do what they want. They definitely have their opinions, but they don't micro-manage. They're so supportive.
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Fact
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Reed is the youngest active member of the ASC.
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Invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Cinematographers Branch) in 2013.
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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2013.
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Divorce
2016
TV Series 1 episode
Beyoncé: Lemonade
2016
TV Special
Vinyl
2016
TV Series 5 episodes
No Love Like Yours
2016
Short
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: No Love Like Yours
2016
Video short
Some of Us Had Been Threatening Our Friend Colby
2015
Short
Meadowland
2015
And So It Goes
2014
Looking
2014
TV Series 8 episodes
War Story
2014/I
The Skeleton Twins
2014
director of photography
Autumn Blood
2013
director of photography
O.T.E
2013
Short
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
Kill Your Darlings
2013
director of photography
House of Style: Music, Models and MTV
2012
TV Movie documentary director of photography
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
director of photography
Free Samples
2012
director of photography
Shut Up and Play the Hits
2012
Documentary
For Ellen
2012
director of photography - as Reed Morano Walker
Smoking Kills
2011
Short
The Air Inside Her
2011
Short
Yelling to the Sky
2011
director of photography
Little Birds
2011
director of photography
Three Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Days
2010
Short
Megafauna
2010
Short
Fugue
2009/I
Short director of photography
Lloyd Boston's Style at Any Age
2009
TV Movie
Nowhere Kids
2009
Short
Closet Cases
2009
TV Series 2 episodes
Don't Sweat It
2009
TV Series 2 episodes
Emina
2009
Video short
Straighten Up and Fly Right
2008
Short
Psychic Detectives
TV Series 14 episodes, 2006 - 2008 director of photography - 2 episodes, 2006
Frozen River
2008
director of photography - as Reed Dawson Morano
Once Upon a Film
2007
Jinx!
2007
Short
Wasted NYC
2007
Short
Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa
2007
Documentary director of photography
My African Uncle
2006
Video short
Cover Shot
2006
TV Series 22 episodes
Helen at Risk
2006
Video short
In Love
2006/I
Short
Brooklyn Battery
2005
Ménage à trois
2005
Short
Docs and Robbers
2004
Size Matters
2001
Short
The Test
2000
Short
Beauty and the Bike
1999
Short
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Meadowland
2015
camera operator
Looking
2014
TV Series "a" camera operator - 8 episodes
War Story
2014/I
camera operator
The Skeleton Twins
2014
camera operator / underwater director of photography
Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive
2013
TV Special camera operator
Autumn Blood
2013
camera operator
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
camera operator
Kill Your Darlings
2013
camera operator - uncredited
The Place Beyond the Pines
2012
additional photography
Free Samples
2012
camera operator
Shut Up and Play the Hits
2012
Documentary camera operator
For Ellen
2012
camera operator - uncredited
Yelling to the Sky
2011
camera operator
Little Birds
2011
camera operator - uncredited
Frozen River
2008
camera operator
Psychic Detectives
TV Series additional photography - 1 episode, 2007 additional camera operator - 1 episode, 2006
$600,000
