I’m a queer, Taiwanese-American cinematographer, and sometimes video editor, based in Brooklyn focusing on documentary, commercial, music, experimental, and narrative films.
About
Shirley Chan is a Taiwanese-American cinematographer, and sometimes editor, in Brooklyn, NY. Her journalistic background and love of experimenting with movement, color, and texture informs her approach towards editorial, branded, documentary, narrative, and performance art films.
She is a ICG Local 600 Camera Operator, ICF*C member, and SOC associate.
Clients include: Saint Heron, Chevrolet, Dior, Adidas, Nike, Rag & Bone, Cole Haan, Arc’teryx, Levi’s, Google, Meta, WhatsApp, JFK Airport, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Museum, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
You can also find her work in Vanity Fair, GQ, Vox, Architecture Digest, The Cut, New York Times Cooking, Eater, Bon Appétit, BBC, NBC, Late Night with Seth Meyers, More Perfect Union, Huffpost, and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Her narrative and documentary films she’s lensed have screened at film festivals around the US.
