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Kelly Reichardt
FilmmakerKnown for:
First Cow (2019), Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Education:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University (BFA); School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
Kelly Reichardt has developed a cinema of extreme quietness and economy, set primarily in the American West and structured around duration, landscape, and small actions rather than conventional narrative events. Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), and First Cow (2019) share a commitment to the physical textures of place and to characters operating without social support. She works consistently with the actor Michelle Williams and within very small budgets.
Kelly Reichardt's Gear List(1)
ARRI
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Reichardt shoots on 16mm and 35mm film; "First Cow" (2019) and "Meek's Cutoff" (2010) were shot on film with Arriflex cameras. Her commitment to film is documented in published interviews.
Product description
The Arriflex 35 BL (Blimped Lightweight), introduced in 1972, was the first self-blimped 35mm motion picture camera quiet enough for sync-sound shooting without an external housing. Its mirror-reflex viewfinder and rugged construction made it a standard tool in European and independent filmmaking from the 1970s onward.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
