ei was fascinated with photography and cinematography when she was little. After graduating high school she traveled to work and study cinematography and photography in Hong Kong. She started out as an Assistant Cameraperson and, shortly after, moved up to Operator and later DP. She works with the leading agencies in Hong Kong, Shanghai Beijing, China (e.g. Saatchi & Saatchi, FCB, Dentsu, Grey Worldwide, among many other agencies and leading production houses ). Clients have included Hutchinson Telecommunication, Nestlé-Nescafé, Rejoice, Epson, Matsushita Electronics and HSBC, to name a few. She has also worked with celebrities such as Zhang Ziyi, Eric Tsang, Athena Chu, Gigi Leung and many others.
She traveled to New York to pursue her passion for cinematography and still photography at Rochester Institute of Technology. Following her studies there, she took advantage of an opportunity to explore Steadicam Operating with Garrett Brown, Jerry Holway and Peter Abraham. Wei is currently located in New York City and works on many award-winning independent films as Director of Photography, as well as Steadicam Operator. Recently, she worked as a Steadicam Operator on the Japanese feature film “My Darling is a Foreigner” with Director Ue Kazuaki and DP Kato Hitoshi. She also worked as Second Camera /Steadicam on Taiwanese sensation pop artist Show Lou MV shot in NYC. Wei enjoys collaborating with crews and creative individuals in US and internationally. She works and thinks fast, always looking to push the creative envelope and always a problem solver on and off set. She is always looking for ways to combine the breadth of her cultural diversity and experience with the projects she does.