Biography and filmography

Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt (born March 3, 1964 in Miami, Florida) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist-style films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working class characters in small, rural communities.

She 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, Reichardt wrote and directed the Montana-set drama Certain Women, and in 2019 directed First Cow, again set in Oregon.

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Movies (40)

RAIN SET ACTION

RAIN SET ACTION

2026 · Director

Mente maestra

Mente maestra

2025 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

Rumours

Rumours

2024 · Thanks

Pasajes

Pasajes

2023 · Thanks

Showing Up

Showing Up

2023 · Editor, Screenplay, Director

Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020

Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020

2021 · Director, Camera Operator, Editor

Bronx, New York, November 2019

Bronx, New York, November 2019

2021 · Camera Operator, Director, Editor

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

2021 · Thanks

First Cow: A Place in This World

First Cow: A Place in This World

2020 · Self

A Feeling of Home: The Making of First Cow

A Feeling of Home: The Making of First Cow

2020 · Self

First Cow

First Cow

2020 · Director, Screenplay, Editor

Owl

Owl

2019 · Director

La música del terremoto

La música del terremoto

2019 · Thanks

Monkfish

Monkfish

2019 · Thanks

Jean Pierre Melville: A Primer

Jean Pierre Melville: A Primer

2018

The Last Resort

The Last Resort

2018 · self

Ciertas mujeres

Ciertas mujeres

2016 · Director, Screenplay, Editor

Carol

Carol

2015 · Thanks

Siempre Alice

Siempre Alice

2014 · Thanks

Night Moves

Night Moves

2014 · Director, Editor, Screenplay

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

2013 · Self

Tierra Brava

Tierra Brava

2011 · Director, Editor

The Girl Who Wasn't Missing

The Girl Who Wasn't Missing

2011 · Thanks

Ode

Ode

2010 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer

Warning!!! Pedophile Released

Warning!!! Pedophile Released

2009 · Thanks

Bullseye

Bullseye

2009 · Thanks

Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy

2008 · Director, Screenplay, Editor

The Lost Coast

The Lost Coast

2008 · Thanks

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

2006 · Thanks

Old Joy

Old Joy

2006 · Director, Screenplay, Editor

Travis

Travis

2004 · Director

Then a Year

Then a Year

2002 · Director, Editor

Habit

Habit

1997 · partygirl on phone

The Delta

The Delta

1997 · Thanks

River of Grass

River of Grass

1995 · Director, Screenplay, Story

Thank You and Good Night

Thank You and Good Night

1992 · Art Direction

Poison

Poison

1991 · Townsperson ("Horror") (uncredited), Set Dresser, Property Master

The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth

1990 · His Wife, Wardrobe Supervisor

Longtime Companion

Longtime Companion

1989 · Props

This Girl, This Boy

This Girl, This Boy

· Thanks

TV shows (3)