Hsien Yu Niu, a.k.a. Sunshine Niu, is a Taiwanese cinematographer based in London and Taiwan. She graduated from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) and London Film School with the Panalux Award for Outstanding Cinematography for the Hong Kong short film Underneath(2020). She believes Cinematography is a tool to translate the emotions, environment, and senses through images.
Bubble Boy(2024), a stop motion animation that she lensed, has been shortlisted for the Bafta Student Award 2024. Maeve in the Dark (2020), was screened at Camerimage Film Festival 2021. Her narrative film credits includes: Rock, Paper, Scissors(2024), All Girls (2022), Liars(2023), A Love Worth Fighting For(2022), Demon(2020), We Choose to Go(2020), Oudh Gohri(2021) have all been screened in Oscar and BAFTA qualified film festivals.
interviewed with BSC magazine about the behind the scene of
rock, paper, scissors
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supporting the BSC education workshop
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