QINLING LI
Editor, Cinematographer
Qinling Li is an independent director, producer, and editor. Born and bred in Changsha, Hunan, she studied and practiced journalism in China, Australia, and the United States. Her work has appeared on PBS Frontline, Al Jazeera English, Newsweek Media Group, Politico, Atlas Obscura, Reason TV, and among others. Li’s documentaries features perspectives from homeschooled teenage athletes, Nüshu practitioner in rural China, transgender sex workers, and African American gun-rights protesters. In 2018, Li went back to her alma mater, Columbia Journalism School, to teach graduate students multimedia storytelling. In 2020, Li co-founded Dec8 Productions. In 2021. her video reporting on transgender sex workers won First Place award in the Gender and Society category, and her short film on black gun rights won Second Place award in the National Political/Government Reporting, at the Southern California Journalism Awards.