Shirley Chan

(She/her)

Cinematographer/Editor

Brooklyn, New York US

Available for Freelance

Explore Directory

I’m a queer, Taiwanese-American cinematographer, and sometimes video editor, based in Brooklyn focusing on documentary, commercial, experimental, and narrative films.

About

Shirley Chan is a Taiwanese-American, Brooklyn-based cinematographer and sometimes editor working in the documentary, branded, fine art, and narrative space. Her clients include Saint Heron, Nike, Meta, Levi’s, Chevrolet, Arc’teryx, Neutrogena, Coca-Cola, WhatsApp, and institutions like The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Art Gallery of New South Wales and more. You can also find her work in Vox, New York Times Cooking, BBC, NBC, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Conde Nast, More Perfect Union, Remezcla, Slate, Huffpost, and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Her narrative (Friend of Sophia, Missile) and documentary (Breadwinners) films she’s lensed have screened at film festivals around the US.

The Video Consortium ® is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that connects and supports today's nonfiction filmmakers and video journalists to tell bold stories that change the world. (EIN: 81-1686368)

Donate

Connect with thousands of nonfiction video storytellers in