Luc Ung is a Franco-Chinese cinematographer based in Los Angeles. His love for cinema finds its roots in the streets of La Rochelle, France, when at the age of 16, a fortunate encounter with a man in the street led him to the La Rochelle International Film Festival (Fema).
Luc has been working as a freelance cinematographer for the past five years. As a Kriya Yogi and a Zen Buddhist practitioner, he has often been told by actors and directors that he is able to create a set environment that feels nurturing and safe for them to express themselves fully. Having learned to cook at a young age from his parents who were both chefs and restaurant owners, Luc believes that his cooking skills greatly inform his cinematography.
His creative influences include cinematographers Sven Nykvist, Darius Khondji, Mark Lee Ping-Bing; directors Ingmar Bergman, Céline Sciamma, Xavier Dolan, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Lynne Ramsay; architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his parents’ cooking.