Rina Yang BSC (born 1986) is a cinematographer based in London. She became the first Asian woman to join the British Society of Cinematographers and was named a 2020 BAFTA Breakthrough. ^[1] She was also the first woman cinematographer to be nominated for a BAFTA Cymru for fiction. She won a VMA for her work on Taylor Swift's " Anti-Hero".

Born to a Korean family, ^[2] Yang grew up in Japan. As a creative child, her mother encouraged her to take up still life and portrait painting; she became interested in film at 16. ^[3] Yang initially intended to study economics at university, but was inspired to leave Japan at 20 by a friend who lived in England and pursue a creative field. She graduated from the Met Film School with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Practical Filmmaking, awarded by the University of West London. ^{[4] [5]}

Yang had worked on a number of Nike campaigns. ^[6]

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• Rina Yang at IMDb

Category:Alumni of the University of West London Category:British people of Korean descent Category:British women cinematographers Category:Japanese people of Korean descent Category:Japanese women cinematographers