Warm lamplight between two empty benches beside the water at night
THE FILM PORTFOLIO OF JINQI ZHANGGLENDALE, CALIFORNIA

CINEMATOGRAPHY / EDITING / COLOR

Dream + Idea
= Film.

A feeling. A frame. A story worth telling.

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PICTURE / RHYTHM / EMOTIONSCROLL TO EXPLORE
EDITORCOLORISTDIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

01 / THE WORK

Selected stories.

Images that stay.
Stories that move.

02 / VERTICAL DRAMAS

Vertical dramas.

Selected editing work
2025–2026

Jinqi Zhang in the mountainsJINQI ZHANG / BEHIND THE FRAME

03 / BEHIND THE FRAME

Looking for truth.
Finding beauty.

I’m Jinqi Zhang, a Director of Photography, Editor and Colorist based in California. I work with images, rhythm and color to bring stories to life.

Growing up in Suzhou, China, I was drawn to the quiet beauty of classical gardens: the spaces between stones, the stillness of water, the details that speak without words. That attention to the subtle continues to shape my filmmaking.

I look for truth, rawness and beauty in every story, creating films that resonate beyond the screen.

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SELECTED RECOGNITION

PIDOU / CINEMATOGRAPHY

New York International Film Awards
Los Angeles Film Awards
Los Angeles Short Film Awards

2024
BURIED ABOVE GROUND / EDITING

New York Short Film Festival Awards

Selected / 2023

04 / THE NEXT STORY

Let’s make
something move.

Have a story in mind?
I’d love to hear it.

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