Jury Prize Quotes by Rachel Morrison

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

— Rachel Morrison

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…

— Rachel Morrison

You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually, you need…

— Rachel Morrison

As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative.

— Rachel Morrison

The first female DPs that I was aware of were Ellen Kuras, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent, Sandi Sissel, Maryse Alberti and Tami…

— Rachel Morrison

I find beauty in imperfection.

— Rachel Morrison

I think lighting is a reflection of what is at stake emotionally in a movie.

— Rachel Morrison

If there's anything consistent about my work, it's not flat.

— Rachel Morrison

It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally.

— Rachel Morrison

Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of.

— Rachel Morrison

I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness: a relevance…

— Rachel Morrison

Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away.

— Rachel Morrison

'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and messaging in…

— Rachel Morrison

We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times and that…

— Rachel Morrison

The biggest difference for me was that I operated almost every frame on 'Mudbound,' and I didn't operate on 'Black Panther.'

— Rachel Morrison