Kelly Reichardt

Known for: First Cow (2019), Meek's Cutoff (2010)

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.