Ino Yang Popper

History

Ino Yang Popper is a Director of Photography based in Los Angeles. She is a Cinematography Fellow in the class of 2020 at the American Film Institute. She holds a BA in Directing & Editing from Beijing Film Academy and an MFA in Directing & Screenwriting from the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, where her feature screenplay "A SUMMER WITH TAYLOR" won the "Outstanding Screenplay" award in a national writing competition. She mainly served as an editor for 12 years in China. After moving to Los Angeles, Ino transitioned into a cinematographer. She integrates all her past experience in directing, editing and screenwriting into advancing cinematography craft with a unique voice in visual storytelling.

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Movies

The Mason Ring

Director of Photography

A pair of siblings make a late-night drop-off at a funeral home to deliver their grandfather's mason ring for him to be buried in the next day. But unexpected events lead to an impromptu goodbye with the deceased.

7lbs 8oz

Director of Photography

When a young mother moves into a Jersey City neighborhood, an encounter with a stranger shows her the value of community.

A Call Above the Clouds

Colorist

Recently separated Sally finds out that her husband Ashley has gone on an expedition to Mount Everest and that his life is in danger.

A Call Above the Clouds

Camera Operator

Recently separated Sally finds out that her husband Ashley has gone on an expedition to Mount Everest and that his life is in danger.

A Call Above the Clouds

Director of Photography

Recently separated Sally finds out that her husband Ashley has gone on an expedition to Mount Everest and that his life is in danger.

Border

Director

A medical examiner in Arizona finds and processes dead bodies of illegal border-crossers trapped in the desert. As observing a day of her work that is repetitively haunting, we begin to be exposed with uncountable cases of unidentified bodies of border-crossers, the death of migrants and the American dream.

The Five Minutes

Sound Mixer

A businessman in mourning uses a special telephone booth to have a final talk with his departed wife.

Witchville

Assistant Editor

When Prince Malachy returns to his father’s kingdom after the Crusades his first impression is that a bad harvest is the reason that the villagers are sick and hungry. But all is not as it seems and a stranger to the village, warns the new king that a dark force is the cause of their ills.