American - Director | April 27, 1978 -
The first female DPs that I was aware of were Ellen Kuras, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent, Sandi Sissel, Maryse Alberti and Tami Reiker. You look for a role model as somebody who looks like yourself and is doing what you want to do; they were the handful.
Rachel Morrison
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To me, as an audience member, movies always come to a screeching halt when they get to their action scenes. They always feel like they drag on to me.
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Part of the reason why I love to operate is because I find that so much of what we do is instinctual. It's dancing with the actors and responding to their body language, and you feel what the right place for the camera is at any given moment.
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For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about.
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If there's anything consistent about my work, it's not flat.
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I think there's this assumption that everybody would rather be a director, and I don't know that that's the case for me, so we'll see.
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I kind of grew up with a camera in my hand.
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Having a family is a compromise on some level, but it's so incredibly worth it. It actually informs the work that I do as a DP.
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I really do believe that the experience of having a child is going to actually make me a much better cinematographer.
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My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.
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I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness: a relevance to what's happening in our world.
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Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of.
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