Welcome to Rain Li’s site. Here you can find most of her recent work as cinematographer in features films, commercials and music videos, and you will also have an insight to some of her photographic and art work.
Rain Li was born and raised in Beijing, China. By age twenty-six, she had shot ten features, twenty-five short films, numerous popular commercials, music videos and also interesting art and fashsion projects, such as installations.
She is known as Christopher Doyle’s long-time collaborator on numbers of projects, was voted one of the 10 Best Cinematographers’ of The Year by Variety in 2007 and received the Best Cinematography award from the Boston Film Critic in 2009, shared with Christopher Doyle. Rain is constantly looking for new ideas and energies to apply to visuals.
Rain has collaborated with fashion photographer, Max Vadukul on a film 'The Man with the Suitecase' for the latest Yohji Yamamoto collection 'COMING SOON'.
Rain Li collaborated with Mexican artist, Laureana Toledo, on an art video installation project,for Birmingham Eastside Project Gallery. It was shown there from 27th Sep - 22 November 2008.
Hollywood Reporter & Variety rewarding young talent
Selected by 'Hollywood Reporter' magazine, as the one of three most talented cinematographers under age 35 this year. Also selected by Variety magazine as one of their '10 Cinematographers to Watch' for 2007. To read the either article, click the relevant link below -
Paranoid Park was in the official selection in Cannes 2007 and has won The Special Prize of the 60th Anniversary at the festival
Jury President Stephen Frears awarded a 60th Anniversary Prize to Gus Van Sant.
Gus Van Sant accepted this Anniversary Award and expressed his appreciation:
"Thanks, Stephen, and thanks to the Jury and thanks to the family Karmitz for backing this film. It had very humble beginnings and for the short film as well. Thanks to my producers. Of course thanks to Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux for this Festival; it’s been a really good one this year. Thanks to Chris Doyle and Rain Li for the cinematography and Blake Nelson for writing the original book that it’s from and all the others who helped make it. Thank you.”
Paranoid Park was in the official selection in Cannes 2007 and has won The Special Prize of the 60th Anniversary at the festival