Jia Li

Jia Li is a documentary cinematographer, director, and editor based in Brooklyn. She studied studio art, journalism, and interaction science before picking up the camera. Her work is focused on the spaces where cultures overlap, in Asia and beyond. Her short film Noodle School (Brooklyn Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, TOPIC) portrayed the underclass of students attending a vocational noodle school in northwestern China. Her work in video journalism has won Edward R. Murrow, Ellies, and Webby awards.