American Cinematographer recently announced their annual list of Rising Stars of Cinematography, highlighting nine up-and-coming cinematographers selected by a panel of ASC members and the magazine’s staff. Of these nine, two NYU Tisch alumni have been listed: Jomo Fray '18 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film) and Christine Ng '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV).
Read more about the alumni below, and see the full list here.
Jomo Fray '18 (MFA, Kanbar Institute, Graduate Film)
“When I think about artistic inspiration, so much of it is born out of the life process,” he says. “In terms of my art, I feel like I’m most inspired when I think of certain things from my own life — like what my mother said to me when I fell down and cut my knee. I feel I draw a lot of inspiration from the more innocuous things.”
Christine Ng '06 (BFA, Kanbar Institute, Film & TV)
“We were staying at my grandparents’ apartment when we were living there for the year,” she recalls. “I literally walked outside and there was a film shoot happening. They were filming nights, and my parents were like, ‘Okay, you can stay up for as long as you want to watch.’ That’s a special thing for a 9-year-old, being able to stay up till whenever. The film also happened to have my favorite Chinese pop star in it. It was a little bit of just this magical feeling, and that’s when I knew I wanted to work in film.”