Xinyi Qin 覃芯怡 (she/her) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer from Shanghai, China. She is currently based in the United States and China. With a background in both sociology and documentary production, she is passionate to explore topics around Asian Americans, dual identities, code switching, first-generation Chinese American social dilemmas. Her works tell human stories via non-fictional narrative and documentary photography, shedding lights on available lives, unique human experiences.
She has produced, edited and directed 6 films and documentaries before college. In 2022, she moved from China to the United States to continue her passion in production. Xinyi has a wide range of interest and professional skills in the media/film industry, including photography, film production, cinematography, documentary production, editing, journalism, and camera operating.
In her recent photography project, she is documenting the stories behind different mediums of artists. Through recording & editing the interview audio and photographing action/portrait shots, she intends to explore different ways of living as an artist.
Xinyi is a junior majoring in Documentary Studies and Production, minoring in sociology at Ithaca College, New York. She enjoyed learning social issues, reporting on injustice and give voices to people. However, as a filmmaker, it is sad to see audience leaving the cinema feeling depressed.
She is also a enthusiastic rock climber who has just certified for lead climbing (sports climbing)! As she made her first documentary highlighting the social media use in rock climbing in Seoul, South Korea, she decides to continue pursuing more documentaries about outdoor sports, climbing, environment, and even combining social issues with rock climbing. Inspired by the documentary "CLIMBING NEVER DIE", produced and directed by MATT GROOM & DANYIL BOLDYREV from REEL ROCK 18, Xinyi and her partner Conrad West are planning and researching for their next documentary, focusing on adaptive climbers who find their communities through climbing.
Please feel free to contact Xinyi Qin if you are interested in collaboration, internships, freelance photography/video production work, or just simply connect with me:)
