Jih-E Peng

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Jih-E Peng is a Taiwanese filmmaker and photographer based in the United States.

Select cinematography credits include GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS (Sundance Film Festival), THE LIGHT AND THE LITTLE GIRL (Toronto International Film Festival, BAM, BFI Future Film, Short of the Week), A PERIOD PIECE (SXSW), and HONOLULU (AFI Fest, Aspen ShortsFest, Palm Springs ShortsFest)

Nonfiction credits include LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN (Full Frame, IDFA), JEANETTE LEE VS (ESPN 30 for 30), DANIELLE SCOTT: ANCESTRAL CALL (DOC NYC) for PBS American Masters, and New York Times documentary 'I Just Simply Did What He Wanted' (front page of the Times 2018, 2019 Emmy nominee, 2019 Winner of a World Press Photo Award).

Commercial and music video credits include work for Lake Street Dive, Roseanne Cash, Ally Bank, Thom Browne, Hewlett-Packard, Marriott, Advil, and more. Her photography work has won awards at the International Photography Awards.

Directing credits include MAY WE KNOW OUR OWN STRENGTH, an experimental documentary film depicting artist Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s work of the same name.

She is currently in development for her feature-length directorial debut, SALTWATER, which participated in IFP Week (now Gotham Week), the IFP New Voices! Reading Series, and Cine Qua Non Lab.

She has taught cinematography and visual storytelling, both in special workshops and at the MFA level. She graduated from the American Film Institute's MFA program in cinematography and is a member of the ICFC, Sporas, A-Doc, and Brown Girls Doc Mafia. She was recently selected as part of the 2024 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort.