PHOTO: Michael Barker
IN CINEMA
Camera as Character:
CINEMATOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS with IRIS NG
Tickets: FREE
Friday, May 10 at 4 PM
We invite friends, filmmakers, non-filmmakers, students, Harlemites, and all New Yorkers to join us for a special documentary workshop with award-winning cinematographer, Iris Ng, whose work turns a critical lens on social injustice, marginalized perspectives, and POV filmmaking.
Iris has lensed dozens of films, including the Academy-shortlisted point-of-view documentaries STORIES WE TELL (2012) and SHIRKERS (2018) as well as social issue films, TWICE COLONIZED (2023), SUBJECTS OF DESIRE (2021), PUSH (2019), A BETTER MAN (2017), MIGRANT DREAMS (2016), CATEGORY: WOMAN (2022), and the award-winning Netflix Series MAKING A MURDERER (2015, 2018).
Equally versed in shooting off-the-cuff verité or stylized recreations, Iris’ experience in the documentary space as well as films for artists, and scripted shows has allowed her the opportunity to observe a diverse range of filmmaking styles and collaborations with directors. In this masterclass she will explore the ethics of cinematography, with a particular focus on artificial staging/recreation and using the camera to embody perspective, as well as the relationship between cinematographer and actor/participant.
About Iris Ng
Iris has been a cinematographer for 17 years, and is known for work that focuses on human rights, marginalized communities, and auteur perspectives. She has an extensive CV in documentary films but has also been lensing films for contemporary artists, as well as shot scripted shorts, prime time TV, and digital series. Her most notable work includes Academy shortlisted films STORIES WE TELL (Dir. Sarah Polley, 2012), and Netflix Original SHIRKERS (Dir. Sandi Tan, 2018), as well as Primetime Emmy award-winning, MAKING A MURDERER (2015, 2018). She has also collaborated on celebrated socially-critical feature documentaries such as TWICE COLONIZED, ONE OF OURS, PUSH, SUBJECTS OF DESIRE, TWICE COLONIZED, ONE OF OURS, PUSH, SUBJECTS OF DESIRE, A BETTER MAN, MIGRANT DREAMS, and CATEGORY: WOMAN. Films she has lensed have premiered at Sundance, TIFF, Venice, CPH:DOX, Sheffield, True/False, Telluride, DOC NYC, Doxa, and Hot Docs, where her camera work has been in three of the festival's opening night films. Many have also been commissioned for broadcasters BBC, CBC, A&E. PBS and major streaming platforms with productions originating in the UK, Germany, the the US.
Iris serves on the Committee On Racial Equity (C.O.R.E) with IATSE 667, is Co-Chair of the Field of View Mentorship Committee with the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, and is a founding member of the Documentary Cinematographers Alliance (DCA).
