Morvarid  Reyes Talebzadeh

Morvarid Reyes Talebzadeh

Cinematographer at MorFilms
Los Angeles, United States

About me

www.morfilms.net
Award-winning cinematographer based in Los Angeles, USA. Her first feature, Bangkok’s Fear (2015), was directed and shot by herself in Thailand, was praised for its cinematography in the Creative International Film Festival. Morvarid has most recently lensed the feature film Guillotine, directed by Ray IzadMehr in Los Angeles. In camera department, she had the opportunity to work with recognized actors such as Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, John Malkovich, Mark Wahlberg, John Krasinski, Wagner Moura, among others.

She has worked on several highly successful films including Gemini Man, Mile 22, and Sundance / Cannes winning film Cemetery of Splendor. She has also filmed numerous shows including Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (three-time Emmy nominee), Netflix’s Narcos (three-time Emmy-nominee), Apple Tv’s new series Echo 3, The Amazing Race(15-time Emmy winner), Locked Up Abroad, and numerous specials for National Geographic and Discovery Channel. She worked with many of Hollywood’s most celebrated filmmakers including Oscar winner Ang Lee, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Peter Berg, David Whitney, Phil Abraham, Andrew Bernstein, Dennie Gordon, and Peter Webber.

With over twenty years of experience in the film industry, Morvarid’s work has screened at international film festivals such as (GUKIFF) Seoul Guro International Film Festival. “Ismael” the official selection at Unicef Film Festival, was the winner for best cinematography at the Belfast International Film Festival and others. Morvarid travels extensively for her work on feature films in East Asia, Europe, United Kingdom, Middle East, Africa, South and North America, she is passionate about finding the next great story to tell.

Languages
  • English - Pro
  • Spanish - Pro

Positions

Guillotine
Los Angeles, United States
March 2021 - Present (3 years 9 months)
Feature film called GUILLOTINE, directed by Ray Izad-Mehr and produced by Sara Vahabi. We shoot the entire film in Los Angeles, it’s been a great challenge because the feature has 5 chapters with 5 different timelines reviving France, Germany, Algeria and Iraq. The film tells the story of the Guillotine through several true stories ranging from the French Revolution in 1792 to the murders carried out by Saddam Hussein’s son’s in Iraq 2003. The film was shot on Alexa Mini (Open Gate) and BKMC 6K with a combination of anamorphic and spherical optics, which changes the aspect ratio of the film, using 4:3 for the German Nazi chapter, 2.39:1 anamorphic and 1.85:1 spherical lenses filmed in studio and different outdoor locations such as castles around Los Angeles. I feel incredibly proud of the cinematographic work achieved in this film, since there are specific timelines in the film where electricity did not exist and we shot it with many colors and types of lighting like sodium and vapor lights.

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