About Kelly Reichardt
Kelly Reichardt ( RYE-kart; born March 3, 1964) is an American film director, film editor and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working-class characters in small, rural communities. Reichardt made her feature film debut with River of Grass (1994) and subsequently directed a series of films set and filmed in Oregon: the dramas Old Joy (2006) and Wendy and Lucy (2008); the Western Meek's Cutoff (2010); and the thriller Night Moves (2013). In 2016, she wrote and directed the Montana-set drama Certain Women. Since 2019, Reichardt has returned to directing Oregon-set dramas, with First Cow (2019) and Showing Up (2022). Reichardt's ninth film, The Mastermind, premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. == Early life and education == Reichardt was raised in Miami, Florida. Her mother was a narcotics agent, and her father was a crime-scene technician. They separated when she was still a child. She developed a passion for photography when she was young, working with her father's crime-scene camera.
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