The phrase "gifted cinematographer" means a highly talented and skilled person who creates and captures beautiful and visually appealing scenes or shots in films or movies. Full definition
Hollywood Reporter's Harry Windsor praised Durald in his One & Two review; «Gifted cinematographer Autumn Cheyenne Durald's (Palo Alto) dusky images and shallow depth of field recalls Roger Deakins» work on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and the lyrical, prelapsarian world she evokes is the last place you expect to see teenagers apparating at will.» (autumndurald.com)
Working with gifted cinematographer Ed Rutherford, she captures scenes with muted yet vivid light and colour, which beautifully echoes in the stark landscapes. (contactmusic.net)
Such meticulous, fashionable naturalism belongs to many European art films and not a few Sundance products (Carpignano, gifted cinematographer Wyatt Garfield and editor Affonso Gonçalves all worked on «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» whose director, Benh Zeitlin, co-wrote the score of «Mediterranea») and it's not always fortunate, resulting in films often destined to reach only elite audiences in festivals and art houses. (rogerebert.com)