norbert shieh

Norbert Shieh is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker and director of photography exploring the subtleties of the everyday. His work spans from experimental films that focus on different ways of perception to delicate observational documentaries/narratives. He holds a MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of Arts, and a BA in Visual Arts & Film Studies from the University of California, San Diego.

Based in Los Angeles, his films and collaborations as a cinematographer have screened internationally in numerous festivals and venues, including Sundance, Slamdance, AFI Fest, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, The Centre Pompidou among others. Norbert has directed commissioned projects for KCET, The Autry Museum. As a DP he has lensed projects for clients such as FOX Studios, Hulu, Wired Magazine, CCTV and JetBlue.

Norbert is a current 2021 BAVC MediaMaker fellow. He’s been a Creative Capital Award recipient for his feature documentary PRESERVES, now in production. In 2019, Filmmaker Magazine named him as one of “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”