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{{Short description|British cinematographer (born 1986)}} {{Infobox person | name = Rina Yang | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1986}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = Met Film School (BA) | occupation = {{hlist|Cinematographer}} | organisation = British Society of Cinematographers | years_active = 2010–present | website = {{url|https://rinayang.com/}} }}
'''Rina Yang''' {{small|BSC}} (born 1986) is a British cinematographer based in London. She became the first Asian woman to join the British Society of Cinematographers and was named a 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough/rina-yang|title=Rina Yang - Cinematographer|website=BAFTA|accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref> She was also the first woman cinematographer to be nominated for a BAFTA Cymru for fiction. She won a VMA for her work on Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero".
==Early life== Born to a Korean family,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/rina-yang-cinematographer-interview|title=Cinematographer Rina Yang Juggles Euphoria, Indie Films, and Taylor Swift Videos With Ease|journal=W Magazine|first=Michael|last=Beckert|date=17 October 2022|accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref> Yang grew up in Japan. As a creative child, her mother encouraged her to take up still life and portrait painting; she became interested in film at 16.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://lbbonline.com/news/cinematographers-behind-the-camera-rina-yang|title=Cinematographers Behind the Camera: Rina Yang|website=Little Black Book|date=30 October 2020|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref> Yang initially intended to study economics at university, but was inspired to leave Japan at 20 by a friend who lived in England and pursue a creative field. She graduated from the Met Film School with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Practical Filmmaking, awarded by the University of West London.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.metfilmschool.ac.uk/alumni/rina-yang|title=Alumni: Rina Yang|website=MetFilm School|accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.creativelivesinprogress.com/article/rina-yang|title=Director of photography Rina Yang talks exceeding your director's expectations and following heart above money|website=Creative Lives – In Progress|first=Indi|last=Davies|date=23 May 2017|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref>
==Career== From 2012 to 2015, Yang began her career doing music videos for a number of folk, rock and electric artists. Her portfolio expanded significantly in 2016 to the likes of Corrine Bailey Rae, Blossoms and FKA Twigs.<ref name=":0"/> This included Raye's music video "I U US" directed by Charli XCX. The following year, Yang reunited with Raye for "You Don't Know Me" with Jax Jones and with FKA Twigs for one of several Nike campaigns Yang worked on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reformthefunk.com/features/talking-cinematography-with-one-of-londons-most-sought-after-dops-rina-yang|title=Talking Cinematography with One of London's Most Sought After DOPs, Rina Yang.|work=Reform the Funk|author=MUSA|date=4 October 2018|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nr.world/rina-yang/|title=Rina Yang|work=NR|first=Ellie|last=Brown|date=2021|accessdate=28 October 2024}}</ref> Yang also worked with artists such as Dua Lipa, Zara Larsson, Niall Horan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/10/02/niall-horan-too-much-ask-malia-james/49848|title=Niall Horan 'Too Much To Ask' by Malia James|work=Promonews|date=2 October 2017|accessdate=28 October 2024}}</ref> and Björk, and Sam Fender across 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/rina-yang-world-mental-health-day-film-101017|title=Cinematographer Rina Yang on the art of balancing life with 12 hour working days|website=It's Nice That|first=Bryony|last=Stone|date=10 October 2017|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref>
Yang was credited with additional photography on the Channel 4 comedy-drama ''The End of the F***ing World'' (2017),<ref name=":1"/> marking her first television project, and had her first feature film project as second unit director of photography on the biopic ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018).<ref name="es feb 19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/visual-effects-artist-calls-for-more-roles-for-women-a4073796.html|title=Visual effects artist calls for more roles for women behind the camera|work=Evening Standard|first=Anthony|last=France|date=23 February 2019|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> She earned a BAFTA Cymru nomination for her work on the ''Through the Gates'' installment of the anthology ''On the Edge'' (2018).
In 2019, Yang worked on three episodes of the Netflix crime drama ''Top Boy'' for its third series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelooklondon.com/work/tv-drama/top-boy-3/|title=Top Boy Series 3|work=The Look London|date=13 September 2019|accessdate=21 January 2025}}</ref> She reunited with FKA Twigs for the music videos "Cellophane" and "Home with You", Charli XCX for "2099" with Troye Sivan, as well as Dua Lipa in 2020 for two tracks with Madonna. Yang filmed Stella Corradi's BBC One film ''Sitting in Limbo'' (2020) on the Windrush scandal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://goldenglobes.com/articles/rise-female-cinematographers/|title=The Rise of Female Cinematographers|work=Golden Globes|first=Michele|last=Manelis|date=9 March 2023|accessdate=28 October 2024}}</ref> as well as Nadia Hallgren's documentary ''Becoming''.
Yang appeared on the ''British Vogue'' list of 12 Young Creatives in 2021<ref name="bv mar 21">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/the-new-creatives|title=The 12 Young Creatives Inspiring The Vogue Editors Now|journal=British Vogue|first1=Campbell|last1=Addy|first2=Laura|last2=Bailey|date=14 March 2021|accessdate=12 August 2024}}</ref> and joined the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/bsc-welcomes-new-full-and-associate-members/|title=The BSC welcomes new full and associate members|work=British Cinematographer|date=14 July 2022|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref> Yang began working with Taylor Swift on ''All Too Well: The Short Film'' (2021), earning Yang her MTV VMA nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/taylor-swift-music-video-lensed-by-rina-yang-bsc-wins-at-mtv-vmas/|title=Taylor Swift music video lensed by Rina Yang BSC wins at MTV VMAs|work=British Cinematographer|date=1 September 2022|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref> Yang was invited back for Swift's ''Midnights'' music videos the following year and won a VMA for "Anti-Hero". Also in 2022, she gained prominence as cinematographer of an episode of the HBO drama ''Euphoria'' and Nikyatu Jusu's psychological horror film ''Nanny''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/nanny-cinematographer-rina-yang-interview-1205151141/|title='Nanny' cinematographer Rina Yang on the 'miracles' it takes to make an independent film|website=Gold Derby|first=Daniel|last=Montgomery|date=19 November 2022|accessdate=13 September 2024}}</ref> Yang further went into film with ''The Fire Inside'' (2024),<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-01-16 |title=The cinematography of The Fire Inside with Rachel Morrison ASC and Rina Yang BSC |url=https://www.cinematography.world/the-cinematography-of-the-fire-inside-with-rachel-morrison-asc-and-rina-yang-bsc/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Cinematography World |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/tiff-cinematographers-camera-gear/|title=TIFF 2024: 90 Cinematographers Explain How They Shot Their Features|work=IndieWire|first=Sarah|last=Shachat|date=10 September 2024|accessdate=13 September 2024}}</ref> for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination.<ref name="va dec 24"/>
==Artistry== In an interview, Yang named the Coen brothers' ''Fargo'' (1996), Hayao Miyazaki's ''My Neighbour Totoro'' (1988), Yasujirō Ozu's ''Tokyo Story'' (1953), and Wong Kar-wai's ''Chungking Express'' (1994) as some of her favourite films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/rina-yang/|title=Long Haul Traveller: Meet the New Wave / Rina Yang |journal=British Cinematographer|date=5 January 2018|accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== As of 2019, Yang was based in Clapton, East London.<ref name="es feb 19"/>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 2016 | ''Lost Youth'' | Taichi Kimura | Short film |- | 2017 | ''Baby Mine'' | Nour Wazzi | Short film |- | 2018 | colspan="2" | ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' | As second unit d.o.p |- | 2019 | ''Kiss of the Rabbit God'' | Andrew Thomas Huang | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 | ''Becoming'' | Nadia Hallgren | Documentary |- | ''Actress'' | Daisy Lewis | Short film |- | 2022 | ''Nanny'' | Nikyatu Jusu | |- | 2024 | ''The Fire Inside'' | Rachel Morrison | |- | 2025 | ''O'Dessa'' | Geremy Jasper | |- | 2026 | ''Mother Mary'' | David Lowery | With Andrew Droz Palermo |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 2017 | ''The End of the F***ing World'' | Jonathan Entwistle | 2 episodes; as additional photography |- | 2018 | ''On the Edge'' | Stella Corradi | Anthology: ''Through the Gates'' |- | 2019 | ''Top Boy'' | Aneil Karia | 3 episodes<ref name=":0" /> |- | 2020 | ''Sitting in Limbo'' | Stella Corradi | Television film |- | 2021 | ''Super. Human.'' | | Short |- | 2022 | ''Euphoria'' | Sam Levinson | Episode: "A Thousand Little Trees of Blood" |- |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Song ! Year ! Artist ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | "Life Size Ghosts" | 2012 | rowspan="3" | Mt Wolf | |- | "Shapeshift" | rowspan="4" | 2013 | |- | "Hypoflight" | |- | "The Village" | Tunng | |- | "Midnight Shallows" | Mt Wolf | |- | "Nothing Stays the Same" | rowspan="3" | 2014 | Luke Sital-Singh | |- | "Last Orders" | Nothing but Thieves | |- | "Who You Love" | Kindess feat Robyn | |- | "I'll Be Back" | rowspan="7" | 2015 | Kindness | |- | "Bad Boyfriend" | Spector | |- | "Red" | Mt Wolf | |- | "Till the End" | Lucy Rose | |- | "Love the Jobs You Hate" | Honne | |- | "London Bars" | Chase & Status | |- | "It Gets Cold" | Eliza and the Bear | |- | "Be Apart" | rowspan="20" | 2016 | Porches | |- | "Green Aphrodisiac" | Corinne Bailey Rae | |- | "In My Car" | Gold Panda | |- | "Kicks" | Lauren Aquilina | |- | "All Four Walls" | Gorgon City feat Vaults | |- | "Milk & Honey" | Billie Marten | |- | "At Night" | MNEK | |- | "Charlemagne" | Blossoms | |- | "Weekend" | Louis the Child and Icona Pop | |- | "UDSM" | rowspan="2" | Kloe | |- | "Liability" | |- | "Good Together" | Honne | |- | "I, U, US" | Raye | Directed by Charli XCX |- | "Not Gonna Break Me" | Jamie N. Commons | |- | "Prima Donna" | Vince Staples | |- | "Take Me for a Ride" | Holy Oysters | |- | "ROOMs" | FKA Twigs |<ref name=":0" /> |- | "Copper Kiss" | Sälen | |- | "Garden" | Emeli Sandé | |- | "Dye My Hair" | Alma | |- | "Scared to Be Lonely" | rowspan="9" | 2017 | Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa | |- | "Thinking 'Bout You" | Dua Lipa | |- | "In the Morning" | Nao | |- | "You Don't Know Me" | Jax Jones feat Raye | |- | "On My Mind" | Disciples | |- | "Don't Let Me Be Yours" | Zara Larsson | |- | "Sun of Jean" | Loyle Carner | |- | "Too Much to Ask" | Niall Horan | |- | "Arisen My Senses" | Björk |<ref name=":0" /> |- | "In My View" | rowspan="5" | 2018 | Young Fathers | |- | "Blue Lights" | Jorja Smith |<ref name=":0" /> |- | "Street Fighter Mas" | Kamasi Washington | |- | "Dead Boys" | Sam Fender | As camera operator |- | "Pure Water" | Skepta | |- | "Cellophane" | rowspan="4" | 2019 | FKA Twigs | Live at the Wallace Collection<ref name=":0" /> |- | "2099" | Charli XCX feat Troye Sivan | |- | "Home With You" | FKA Twigs |<ref name=":0" /> |- | "Rocket Fuel" | DJ Shadow feat De La Soul | |- | "Levitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix)" | rowspan="4" | 2020 | rowspan="2" | Dua Lipa feat Madonna | |- | "Club Future Nostalgia" | |- | "Diamonds" | Sam Smith | |- | "Savior Complex" | Phoebe Bridgers | |- | ''All Too Well: The Short Film'' | 2021 | rowspan="4" | Taylor Swift | |- | "Anti-Hero" | rowspan="2" | 2022 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/rina-yang-bsc-anti-hero/|title=Rina Yang BSC / 'Anti-Hero'|work=British Cinematographer|first=Helen|last=Parkinson|date=6 March 2024|accessdate=13 September 2024}}</ref> |- | "Bejeweled" | |- | "Lavender Haze" | 2023 | |- | "Training Season" | 2024 | Dua Lipa | |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! Ref. |- | 2019 | BAFTA Cymru | Best Photography and Lighting | ''Through the Gates'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/nominations-announced-for-the-2019-british-academy-cymru-awards|title=Nominations announced for the 2019 British Academy Cymru Awards|work=BAFTA|date=5 September 2019|accessdate=22 July 2024}}</ref> |- | 2022 | MTV Video Music Awards | rowspan="2" | Best Cinematography | ''All Too Well: The Short Film'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web|last=Serrano|first=Athena|date=26 July 2022|title=Your 2022 VMA Nominations Are Here: Jack Harlow, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Nas X Lead The Pack|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3179856/vma-nominees-2021-justin-bieber-megan-thee-stallion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811160224/http://www.mtv.com/news/3179856/vma-nominees-2021-justin-bieber-megan-thee-stallion/|url-status=dead|archivedate=11 August 2021|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 | MTV Video Music Awards | "Anti-Hero" | {{won}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-mtv-vmas-winners-list-1235411480/|title=Here Are the 2023 MTV VMAs Winners: Full List|work=Billboard|first=Katie|last=Atkinson|date=12 September 2023|accessdate=23 September 2023}}</ref> |- | Girls on Film Awards | Best Cinematographer | ''Nanny'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hlaagency.co.uk/girls-on-film-awards-2023-2/|title=Girls On Film Awards 2023|work=HLA Agency|accessdate=12 August 2024}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" | 2024 | colspan="2" | British Arrows | Nike campaign | {{Runner-up|Bronze}} | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/the-british-arrows-announces-2024-award-winners/|title=The British Arrows announces 2024 award winners|work=British Cinematographer|date=26 March 2024|accessdate=12 August 2024}}</ref> |- | Camerimage | Golden Frog for Best Cinematography | rowspan="2" | ''The Fire Inside'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Brzeski |first=Patrick |date=15 October 2024|title=Camerimage Film Festival: 'Emilia Pérez,' 'The Girl With the Needle' and 'The Fire Insidee' to Screen in Competition |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/camerimage-film-festival-emilia-perez-the-girl-with-the-needle-and-the-fire-inside-to-screen-in-competition-1236032265/ |accessdate=10 November 2024|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> |- | 2025 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | {{nom}} | <ref name="va dec 24">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/spirit-awards-2025-nominations-1236233647/|title=Spirit Awards 2025 Nominations: 'Anora' and 'I Saw the TV Glow' Lead Film Categories, 'Shōgun' Rules TV|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|last2=Moreau|first2=Jordan|work=Variety|date=4 December 2024|accessdate=5 December 2024}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|3743097}} * [https://katemolins.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/kate-m-ac-cv-march-18.pdf Credits]
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