With more than twelve years of experience as a director of photography, Reed Morano has shot numerous independent features, documentaries, television series, commercials and music videos. In addition to theatrical release, Reed's work has aired on numerous channels including NBC, CBS, IFC, the Sundance Channel, A&E, E!, MTV, TLC and has been showcased at film festivals around the world.

Frozen River, one of Reed's recent features, was nominated for two Academy Awards and seven Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture. It won the prestigious Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and Best Feature at the 2008 Gotham Awards. Frozen River was distributed theatrically and is available on DVD by Sony Pictures Classics. Reed's work on the film was the subject of an article in American Cinematographer magazine.

Reed's work can be seen in the feature-length documentary Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (shot on HD, 24p and Super16), which has been honored with numerous awards at festivals around the world, including the Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and a nomination for the 2007 Gotham Awards. The film's premiere at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival was accompanied by a rave review in Variety which praised the film's "stunning look." Reed is in pre-production for a narrative feature based on the doc, called Land of Enchantment, shooting in late 2010.

See the trailer for Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa at stillpointpictures.com.

Reed recently wrapped three 35mm features: the Sundance Directors Lab film Little Birds, written and directed by Elgin James, starring Juno Temple (Atonement), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), and Kyle Gallner (A Nightmare on Elm Street); For Ellen, written and directed by So Yong Kim, starring Paul Dano (There Will be Blood), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), and Jena Malone (Donnie Darko); and Yelling to the Sky, also from the Sundance Directors Lab and the IFP's Independent Filmmaker Labs, written and directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Zoe Kravitz (The Brave One), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), Jason Clarke (Public Enemies), and Shareeka Epps (Half Nelson).

A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she was honored with awards in cinematography, Reed was later chosen by the faculty to be an adjunct professor in the cinematography department where she taught for two years. Reed lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she is currently in pre-production for several features shooting in 2011.

Several of Reed's credits can be seen on her IMDB profile.