43 Reed Morano Quotes for You to Enjoy

Reed Morano

American Director

Born: Apr 15, 1977

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A lot of cinematography is intuition. It's an art, not a formula. Reed Morano

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As a cinematographer or director, I'm always looking for projects that are able to say a lot with the actor's expressions. Reed Morano

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When you work as a cinematographer, the actors look to you for reassurance. When you're lighting them, they can never think you're making an adjustment because of the way they look. If they are nervous, it impacts their performance, which impacts the story. Reed Morano

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In everything I do, the aesthetics are driven by the emotion. However I can do that with a camera, whether it's a long lens or a wide lens, I'll do. Reed Morano

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Don't think of your gender as a handicap. Reed Morano

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When I got on my first set, I watched what the cinematographer was doing, and at that level in film school, the cinematographer has the most control. They're the one looking through the viewfinder, carrying the camera, framing the shots. Reed Morano

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I actually carried a Panavision Platinum and a G2 when I was seven months pregnant for a film called 'Little Birds,' and the whole movie was handheld. And we were shooting in the desert. That's a 35-millimeter camera. It's huge, probably at least 50, 55 pounds, and I did all my own operating. Reed Morano

I always like to do sound design, and in movies, you have more leeway with that, but I don't really notice that sound design is being used in TV other than just location sound. Reed Morano

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A lot of male cinematographers stick a pillow to their stomachs so they have somewhere to rest their elbows while shooting. Reed Morano

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I don't want to step on the DP's toes. That's the first lesson I learned when I started directing with other cinematographers. Reed Morano

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I know how a cinematographer wants to be treated by their director, and so I already have a leg up in that department, and I know what would be insulting to say to a DP because I've been one for so long. Reed Morano

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My family lives on Long Island. Reed Morano

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When it was time to go to college, I was going to apply to Boston University for journalism, and dad said, 'Why not apply to NYU film school, because you love telling stories and taking pictures?' And I thought, 'Oh, I can do that for a job? Cool!' Reed Morano

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I have been lucky in getting a lot of the projects I've wanted, maybe because I'm really, really driven. But there is a stigma that women can't direct big studio films. Not that I want to do that, but it is a topic that comes up a lot. Reed Morano

In America, we tend to be very sheltered, and I'm speaking from personal experience because I feel sheltered. Reed Morano

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I feel like directing is more about who the individual is rather than if they're a man or a woman. It's kind of hard to generalize and group all of us female filmmakers into one group, like we're all going provide you with the same thing, because we're not. We're all individuals. Reed Morano

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I think it's a common misconception that because you're a woman, you can't command a set and have people respect you, and for some reason, Hollywood is really far behind every other industry. It's getting better; it's just slow. Reed Morano

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I want to make the movies that move people in a way they've never been moved before. Reed Morano

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Most of the people I know in the film business here in New York, the moms and the dads, just take different turns working. So everybody's a working parent, and nobody bats an eyelash at it. Reed Morano

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