Quyen Tran | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | UCLA |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Sam Riegel |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Quyen Tran /ˈkwiːɛn ˈtræn/[1] is a Vietnamese-American cinematographer based in Los Angeles.[2][3] She has worked on multiple Sundance films such as The Little Hours and Deidra & Laney Rob a Train.[4]
After witnessing the 9/11 attacks in New York City, Tran applied to film school and was accepted to UCLA.[3][5] Roger Deakins was a cinematographer-in-residence at the time of her attendance and became one of her mentors.[5]
Tran began her artistic career as a still photographer.[3][6] Her photos have appeared in the New York Times,[7][8] LA Times,[9] USA Today, New York Post, New York Daily News, Dateline NBC, HBO’s In Memoriam, BBC, CNN International News, PBS, Sacramento Bee, The Age (Australia), Scientific American, Variety, TV Guide, and more. She was nominated for the World Press Photo Award.
Tran has worked as a cinematographer on short films, television, and full length films.[10] In 2021, Tran became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[11]
Tran's parents were refugees from South Vietnam. She is bilingual,[13] fluent in English and Vietnamese.[12] Tran is Catholic.[14] She is married to voice actor Sam Riegel and they have two children.
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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TBA | Brothers | Max Barbakow | |
2020 | Life in a Year | Mitja Okorn | |
2020 | Palm Springs[15] | Max Barbakow | |
2016 | The Night Stalker | Megan Griffiths | |
2018 | Dark Was the Night (formerly Behold My Heart) | Joshua Leonard | |
2017 | The Little Hours[16] | Jeff Baena | |
2017 | Deidra & Laney Rob A Train | Sydney Freeland | |
2015 | Pali Road | Jonathan Lim | |
2015 | Off the Menu: Asian America | Grace Lee | |
2016 | To The Moon & Back | Susan Morgan Cooper | |
2015 | The Automatic Hate[17] | Justin Lerner | |
2013 | American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs[3][18] | Grace Lee | 2014 Peabody Award[19] |
2013 | Free Ride | Shana Sosin | |
2011 | Mulberry Child | Susan Morgan Cooper | |
2010 | Troublemaker | Geeta Malik | |
2010 | Girlfriend[17][20][21] | Justin Lerner | |
2011 | A Bag of Hammers | Brian Crano | |
2009 | The People I've Slept With[22] | Quentin Lee | |
2009 | 16 to Life | Becky Smith | |
2008 | Vietnam Overtures[23] | Stephane Gauger | |
Kingship | Julien Favre |
Year | Series | No. of Episodes | Episodes Titles | Notes |
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2023 | Ahsoka | 2 |
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2022 | Roar[24] | 2 as Cinematographer
1 as Director |
As Cinematographer
As Director
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2022 | Minx[25] | 1 | "Not like a shvantz right in the face" | |
2021 | Maid[26][27] | 4 as Cinematographer
1 as Director |
As Cinematographer
As Director
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2020 | A Teacher[28] | 10 | [All 10 episodes] | |
2019 | Unbelievable[29][30][31] | 3 | Episodes 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 | |
2018 | Camping[32] | 8 | [All 8 episodes] | |
2018 | Here and Now[2][6][33] | 5 |
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2015 | Dr. Mona Vand: The Modern Pharmacist[34] | 1 | "Is There a Difference Between Physical Dependence and Addiction?" | |
2012 | Dark Wall[35] | 2 | "Whispers"
"Home: A Ghost Story" |
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2009 | Atom TV[36] | 1 | Episode 2.1 | |
2008 | Imaginary Bitches[37] | 13 | Season 1, Episodes 1-13 | Emmy Nomination[38] |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2019 | Stucco[39] | Janina Gavankar
Russo Schelling |
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2015 | SMILF[40][41] | Frankie Shaw | Winner, Jury Award for Sundance Shorts[41][42] |
Keystone | Brandon Fayette | ||
2014 | The Learning Curve[43] | Phil McCarty | |
2013 | Noel[44] | Joe Holt | |
2009 | The Empty Space in Between[45] | Maria Tornberg | |
2009 | Waiting Room[46] | Katharine O'Brien | |
2009 | The Fence[47] | Matt Silas | |
Monkey | Yoshie Suzuki | ||
2007 | Joburg[48][49] | Thabo Wolfaardt | |
2007 | Beast[50] | Geeta Malik | |
2007 | A Watermelon Seed (Gua zi)[51][52] | Miqi Huang | |
2006 | Chinese Dumplings[53] | Michelle Hung | |
2006 | Hurricane Party[54] | AP Gonzalez | |
2006 | Maggie's Not Here[55] | Justin Lerner | |
Swallow | Emily Taylor-Mortorff | ||
2005 | Echostop[56] | Justin Lerner |
Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes |
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2011 | "Sam Riegel and Quyen Tran on 9/11"[57] | Herself | Documentary footage on 9/11 attack, used in 102 Minutes That Changed America and other documentaries |
Between the Sheets: Quyen Tran, Critical Role interview with Brian W. Foster[58]
#belowthelinesowhite? Hollywood’s Rank & File Leaders Tackle Diversity[59]
Four Asian-American Women Share Their Experiences Working in Hollywood, by Peter Caranicas[60]
How 'The Little Hours' DP Used 'Crazy Rigs' to Recreate Film School on an Unpredictable Set, by Hawkins DuBois[16]
“How to Sell the Outrageous Premise of the Film”: DP Quyen Tran on Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, by Filmmaker Staff[61]
International Women’s Day: 17 female cinematographers to celebrate, by Nikki Baughman[62]
Interview: Cinematographer Quyen Tran on the Minute Details of Filming “The Little Hours," by Stephen Saito[63]
Motion picture academy invites largest class ever in continued push for diversity, by Josh Rottenberg[64]
Sundance 2017 Q+A — Cinematographer Quyen Tran, by David Alexander Willis[65]
Quyen Tran on Shooting Frankie Shaw’s Sundance-Winning SMILF, by Scott Macaulay[41]