Iris Ng

Iris Ng is a Canadian cinematographer, most noted for her work on documentary films.[1]

She worked on short films in her early career before working with Min Sook Lee on My Toxic Baby as her first full-length project.[2] She then became more widely known for her work on Sarah Polley's acclaimed film Stories We Tell, which established her reputation as a cinematographer whose work combined the ability to "blend into a situation but also remain present as a human who can be supportive".[3]

In 2024, she was announced as the subject of a special program highlighting her work at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[4]

Filmography

Film

  • Circa 1960 - 2006
  • Sixty Days - 2007
  • Point of Departure - 2008
  • Bunko - 2008
  • Purfled Promises - 2009
  • My Toxic Baby - 2009
  • Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers - 2010
  • The Market - 2011
  • Stories We Tell - 2012
  • Service of the Goods - 2013
  • Muneeza in the Middle - 2014
  • The Innocents - 2014
  • Michael M. Koerner - 2015
  • Diana Leblanc - 2015
  • The Trick with the Gun - 2015
  • League of Exotique Dancers - 2015
  • The Trip - 2015
  • Dancer of the Board - 2016
  • Migrant Dreams - 2016
  • This River - 2016
  • The Apology - 2016
  • Isla Santa Maria 3D - 2016
  • Nuuca - 2017
  • A Better Man - 2017
  • ROPEd - 2017
  • Come to Me, Paradise - 2017
  • The Country - 2018
  • The Woman Who Loves Giraffes - 2018
  • The Terrorist Hunter - 2018
  • The Way Out - 2018
  • Shirkers - 2018
  • Toxic Beauty - 2019
  • Push - 2019
  • Communicating Vessels - 2020
  • My So-Called Selfish Life - 2021
  • One of Ours - 2021
  • Artificial Immortality - 2021
  • Subjects of Desire - 2021
  • Distant Cousins - 2022
  • Category: Woman - 2022
  • Twice Colonized - 2023
  • Money Shot: The Pornhub Story - 2023

Television

  • Committed - 2010
  • Herman's House - 2012
  • The Ghosts in Our Machine - 2013
  • Organic Panic - 2014
  • Making a Murderer - 2015-18
  • American Masters: "Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl" - 2016
  • Girls' Night Out - 2016
  • Robin & Mark & Richard III - 2016
  • Once an Immigrant - 2017
  • Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors - 2018
  • In the Making - 2019
  • Running Wild: The Cats of Cornwall - 2020
  • Hey Lady! - 2020
  • Strays - 2021
  • Nature: "Flyways" - 2024

Awards

Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 2015 Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series The Ghosts in Our Machine
with Nicholas de Pencier, Liz Marshall, John Price 		Nominated [5]
2023 Photography in a Comedy Series Strays ("House Sitting") Nominated
Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series Artificial Immortality
with Stephen Chung 		Nominated [6]

References

  1. ^ Kelly Townsend, "Hot Docs selects cinematographer Iris Ng for Focus On spotlight". Playback, March 20, 2024.
  2. ^ Rachel Ho, "Iris Ng: Visualizing stories". Point of View, February 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Kevin Ritchie, "Iris Ng, one of Toronto’s busiest documentary cinematographers, returns to Hot Docs". Now, April 26, 2017.
  4. ^ Pat Mullen, "Iris Ng, Raoul Peck to Receive Hot Docs Spotlights". Point of View, March 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announces nominees for 2015 Canadian Screen Awards". Chino Kino, January 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023.

External links

  • Iris Ng at IMDb