Rachel Morrison

Director

1978-04-27

Quotes by Rachel Morrison

• It's always a challenge to shoot a period film and not have it look like you hit the tea stain button in post.

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• I didn't want 'Mudbound' to feel stylized in any way.

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• I did photography in summer camp; I did it in high school. The only hard decision I've had to make was whether to go towards photo or film. And I ultimately realized that the type of photo I was interested in was actually photojournalism. And it's a very individualist career, whereas film is a very team-driven medium. So that's why I chose film.

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• There's something so inspiring about being in real locations, where you can feel the tactile qualities from the layer of paint that has been chipping off and the hundreds of years that have been lived in the space.

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• Usually, if you notice good cinematography, then the cinematographer's failing. I try to make light feel like it's always motivated and natural in some way and hope that the lighting goes unnoticed.

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• Life is unpredictable, and I feel, to some extent, lighting and cinematography should be a reflection of that.

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• I think you can make a gorgeous movie on any piece of equipment. Look at 'Tangerine,' which is a beautiful movie shot on an iPhone. You see so many movies that are impeccably shot but are vapid, and there's no audience for that except for other cinematographers who just like to watch two-hour-long music videos.

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• Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion.

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• I love faces that have freckles. I love faces that have wrinkles. For me, beauty is naturalism, I guess.

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