"Best cinematography" by Boston film Critic 2008
Variety's 10 Cinematographers to watch 2007
Crafts prodigies: Celebrating the next gen
Death In Portland by Bob Davis from March issue 08 of American Cinematographer
Beijing Borned by Men's Vogue, March 08
Rain has just had her first exhibition in China. It's also an event with live music and dance performance.
The idea to bring film visual language, live music and dance together to celebrate femininity in new China.
Rain is featured on the Coming Soon blog as part of her work with the campaign.
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.
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.”