Li Wei

Dean of Cinematography Department

Teacher of Visual Narrative

Prof. Li Wei is currently the dean of the cinematography department. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy’s Cinematography Department in 1997 with a Bachelors Degree. He received a Masters in the Art and Technology of Cinematography in 2000 and went on to receive a PHD in Film Education in 2011. He is a member of the Society of Cinematography and the Society of TV Directors. He has directed "The Sorrowful Soul of TengChong" in 2006.

Lin Tao

Teacher of Image Creation

Lin Tao is a Member of the Chinese Society of Cinematographers and is a Film Director for Dreams of Dragon Pictures. He has a B.A. and M.F.A. from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and aPh.D. in Cinematography from the Beijing Film Academy. He was the Cinematographer of two feature films "Privacy Coffer" and "White Cotton" and now teaches with both local and international students.

Yuan Jiaping

Teacher of Advanced Technology of Cinematography

Prof. Yuan Jiaping is an associate professor and he has worked in the Beijing Film Academy Cinematography department since 2006. Dr. Yuan teaches film technology about lens, filter, digital camera and exposure for undergraduate and graduate programs. He always receive praise for his teaching enthusiasm and his expertise form the students. He won a PhD degree from BFA in 2010. He has lots of experience in shooting feature films, TV serials, Documentaries and commercials as DoP.

Zhou Dengyan

Teacher of Visual Art History

Zhou Dengyan is an art historian with a research focus on photography in China. She holds a Ph.D in Art History from Binghamton University. She is the editor of Image of China 20th Century Chinese Photographers – Shi Shaohua (2019) and The National Photographic Art Exhibition Office: Reminiscences and Documentary Materials 1972-1978 (2015). Her recent studies have been published in Literature & Art Studies, Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art, Chinese Journal of Art Studies, Contemporary Cinema, Trans Asian Photography Review and photographies. She was a recipient of MFAH (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) Joan and Stanford Alexander Award (2014-2015), Binghamton University Distinguished Dissertation Award (2016) and Annual Excellent Article of Chinese Literature and Art Review Woodpecker Award (2020). She is currently teaching at Beijing Film Academy.

Dominique Othenin-Girard

Teacher of Directing

Dominique Othenin-Girard is an independent film director, scriptwriter and producer. A MFA graduate of the London Film School, he has directed over 30 films for cinema and television in the USA, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland. His filmography includes After Darkness, a nomination for Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival and the blockbuster Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. Throughout the course of his career he has given classes, workshops and seminars on storytelling, directing in many universities around the world.

Li Bo

Teacher of Fundamentals of Cinematography

Li Bo, PhD, graduated from Cinematography Department of Beijing Film Academy. Attended AFA(Asian Film Academy) of Busan International Film Festival in 2010 and Golden Horse Film Academy of Golden Horse International Film Festival in 2011. He have been to Chapman University in California, USA as a visiting scholar in 2015.

Li Bo is a certified trainer for ARRI cameras. As a cinematographer, he finished several feature films, Forever Love, The Black Butterfly, Bleeding Cuckoos. And he also filmed many TV commercials and short films.

Published paper:

“Interdisciplinary——Film Education Study in New Age of Filmmaking”,

“Film Education and ‘Internet Thinking’”.

Thesis paper for PhD: “Is Technic Still Important? ——How to Train a Cinematographer in the New Age”.

Wayne Yueliu Li

Teacher of Advanced Lighting Techniques, Commercial Video Production

Wayne is an Australian director of photography who is bilingual. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Visual Arts from Deakin University in Australia, and pursued a master's degree in Cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy. Wayne is specializes working as Director of photography in commercials and narrative films, with a versatile visual style that can adapt to different needs. He has provided services to international and domestic top brand enterprises, as well as mainstream Chinese media such as CCTV, Hunan TV, and Zhejiang TV. He is skilled at balancing artistry and technology within the production, and possesses a strong sense of perception. His works have received acclaim from both domestic and international clients and directors, and he has won numerous awards for Best Cinematography.

David Rivero Martín

Teacher of Color Grading and Digital Intermediate

With over 70 feature films and hundreds of commercials, David is an experienced and multifaceted colorist. He has worked in three continents (Europe, America, Asia), working all styles and sizes ranging from high-budget blockbusters to independent art films; from big brands commercials to small indie music videos. Among his works, there is the 2020 Oscar Nominated for Best Foreign film ”Better Days", Golden Rooster photography winner's "Leap" and "Bangzi Melody", independent films like "Only the River Flows" or "Galaxy's Writer", blockbuster films like "Dream of Eternity" or "Monkey King 2”.

Among his commercial work, he has graded spots for brands like Apple, Coke, Xiaomi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Pepsi, Bvlgari, Vogue, Vivo, etc.

He is also one of the local experts in special formats, like Dolby Vision, video mapping and stereoscopy.

Steve Liu

Teacher of Digital Image Technique

Within 7 years studying in Toronto, Canada, Steve Liu has created two film companies based in Beijing China. As the Founder and DIT supervisor of his second company SJWORKS, over more than 50 film productions experices, from blockbuster film The 'Wandering Earth 1&2' and 'Hidden Man' to art film 'Cry of the birds' and 'B for Busy', he worked as DIT supervisor and developed the entire industrial workflow for all kinds of budget film. Color Grading, Video Assist, Data Management, Live Cloud Streaming and other new technology become his compact solution to work with top DOPs in China and all over the world. As the bilingual teacher, he also has many Hollywood co-production film making expericences such as 'The Great Wall' and 'The man of Taichi'. As the member of CNSC, he is also the 3D Stereography Supervisor and the writer of DIT chaptor of Film Production White Book. As the KOL of Apple, SanDisk Professional, Steve Liu is the expert in the digital technology field.

Gao Yang (Joseph)

Teacher of Visual Narrative

Gao Yang is currently a teacher in the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy. A M.F.A degree graduate in the department of cinematography , Beijing film Academy. He work as a cinematographer and has shot several films , documentaries and TV-commercials.

Xu Qinxue (Kim)

Teacher of Camera Operation Practice

Kim Xu,graduated from Department of Cinematography, BFA. After two years of experience as camera technician in a rental house, she studied the cinematography technology during the graduate school. Since September 2021, she has served as a teacher and taught "Camera Operation Practice". She has helped many productions complete technical tests and solve problems. Main research Direction: Cinematography Technology, DIT, VR.

Elaine Shengya Hu

Teacher of Fundamentals of Photography, Fundamentals of Lighting

Elaine Shengya Hu has been a professional director and cinematographer for more than 13 years and is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Elaine works primarily in both U.S and China film industry of directing feature films, commercials, TV series, etc., creating storytelling cinematography as a director of photography. She occasionally work with People's Liberation Army Western Theater Commands as a director and consultant.

Her educational emphasis as an instructor includes ARRI Academy global certified training courses for Large Format Camera System, ARRI Camera All Series System courses since 2016 and Fundamental of Photography and Fundamental of Lighting classes at Beijing Film Academy since 2020. Elaine has had the unique opportunity to work with people from six continents and countless countries, developing creative and technical skills, guiding professionals and students in achieving their individual goals in the field of film.

Tina Wang

Teacher of Film Genre

Tina Wang, a super cinephile, whose love for storytelling and images goes way back in time. She’s got her basic knowledge on the profession from BFA Cinematography Department Bachelor and Master degrees, gained her working experiences in camera/lighting/grip/3D departments on big film productions, and showed her talents in her own creative projects. Now she’s doing her PhD in Peking University, studying Film Narratology. She’s taught Professional and Practical Filmmaking terms in Chinese, Film Dissection and Analysis，Film Genres and the Genre Film in the International Teaching Projects.

Gao Mei

Teacher of Film History

Mei Gao is currently a PhD student in Film and New Media Studies at Tsinghua University. In 2016, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University, where she majored in Radio/Television/Film and focused on directing, screenwriting, and film production. In 2020, she received a Master of Arts degree in China Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she specialized on studies of Chinese cinema. Between her studies, Mei worked in the Chinese film industry on productions such as The Great Wall and Bureau 749, as well as various independent projects.