Norm Li

{{short description|Canadian cinematographer}} '''Norm Li''' ({{Lang-zh|t=李永畧}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw/film/programme/films/detail/4196|title=幸福之路 Lucky Lu|website=[[Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards]]|accessdate=2025-12-15}}</ref>) is a Canadian [[cinematographer]].<ref name=furminger>Sabrina Furminger, [https://www.yvrscreenscene.com/home/2018/10/3/norm-li-leads-audiences-under-the-viaduct "Norm Li leads audiences ‘Under the Viaduct’"]. ''YVR Screen Scene'', October 3, 2018.</ref> For his work on the film ''[[The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open]]'' (2019), Li won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]].<ref name=":0" />

== Career == Li is most noted for his work on the film ''[[The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open]]'', for which he won the [[Canadian Screen Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] at the [[8th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=2020 Canadian Screen Awards winners: ‘Mary Kills People,’ ‘Vikings’ win big {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6974396/2020-canadian-screen-awards-winners/ |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref> He was previously nominated in the same category at the [[6th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2018 for ''[[Never Steady, Never Still]]'',<ref>Adrian Mack, [https://www.straight.com/movies/1020096/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-leave-vancouver-out-rain "Canadian Screen Awards nominations leave Vancouver out in the rain"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', January 16, 2018.</ref> and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series at the [[4th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2016 for ''Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI''.

His other credits have included the films ''[[Beyond the Black Rainbow]]'' (2010), ''[[Below Zero (2011 film)|Below Zero]]'' (2011), ''[[In Their Skin]]'' (2012), ''[[Afflicted (film)|Afflicted]]'' (2013), ''[[Cabin Fever: Patient Zero]]'' (2014), ''[[Edge of Winter (film)|Edge of Winter]]'' (2016), ''[[Hollow in the Land]]'' (2017)<ref>Frank Scheck, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hollow-land-1065415 "'Hollow in the Land': Film Review"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', December 7, 2017.</ref> and ''[[Same Old]]'' (2022).

Li won a [[Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival#2012|Bloodie Award]] for his cinematography work on ''Beyond the Black Rainbow'' at the 2012 [[Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BiTS |url=https://bloodinthesnow.ca/BITS2012.html |access-date=2025-11-12 |website=bloodinthesnow.ca}}</ref>

Li also won acclaim for his work on ''[[Seagrass (film)|Seagrass]]'' (2023).{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}}

== Personal life == Of [[Hong Kong people|Hong Kong Chinese]] descent, Li was raised in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], and is currently based in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]].<ref name="furminger" />

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1964040}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Norm}} [[Category:Canadian cinematographers]] [[Category:Best Cinematography Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]] [[Category:Canadian people of Hong Kong descent]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]