Iris Ng

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

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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

Awards

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryWorkResultRef(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]

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