Reed Morano

Reed Morano is a director and cinematographer best known for her work on The Handmaid's Tale, for which she won the Emmy Award for Outstanding directing for a drama series in 2017. She was also one of Vanity Fair's six TV Power Players to Watch in 2017 and The Handmaid's Tale featured on Indiewire's list of the 20 Best-Directed TV Drama Series of the 21st Century.

One of Indiewire’s 20 Best Breakthrough Directors of 2015, Morano also earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for cinematography in her stunning directorial debut Meadowland where she also served as the film's cinematographer. The film premiered in competition at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2013, Morano was inducted into the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers. She was the youngest member as well as 1 out of only 12 female cinematographer members at the time. She was honored with the 2011 Kodak Vision award for cinematography at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy awards, and in past years has been named one of variety's "10 Cinematographers to Watch", one of ioncinema.com's "American New Wave 25", and one of five innovative cinematographers in ICG Magazine's "Generation Next" Spotlight. In 2012, Reed's work was featured in Indiewire's "On the Rise '12: 5 Cinematographers Lighting Up Screens in Recent Years." and "Heroines of Cinema: An A-Z of Women in Film in 2012."