Reed Morano

Reed Morano (born April 15, 1977)) is an American cinematographer and director. Reed is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Frozen River (2008), Kill Your Darlings (2013), The Skeleton Twins (2014), all of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2013, Morano became the youngest member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and one of 14 women in an organization of approximately 345 active members. Two years later, she made her directorial debut with her feature film Meadowland. She also directed the first three episodes of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, for which she won an Emmy Award. 2Early life Morano was born in Omaha, Nebraska, one of two children of Lyn and Winslow Mankin. Sometime after she moved her with family to Minnesota at 8 months old, her parents divorced, she and her brother Justin lived with their mother on Long Island, in New York State. After summering on Fire Island, they moved there year-round when her mother married Casey Morano. Morano acquired two older step-siblings and, later, half-siblings Jordan, Morgan and Ali. The blended family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when Morano was in third grade; they returned to Long Island three years later, and Morano attended Beach Street Middle School in West Isli