"There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors...It's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that languages is a lifetime job."
Conrad Hall
Jeffrey was born and raised in Taiwan. At age 13, Jeffrey discovered photography. Equipped with his Nikon FM2, inherited from his father, Jeffrey started his guerrilla photography on the street in the most agitated period of civil movement in Taiwan during the ‘80s.
Jeffrey Chu is a freelance cinematographer based in Los Angeles and his strength is to prioritize all tasks with story first in mind. Jeffrey's works cover on narrative features, documentary films and commercial campaigns.
Jeffrey's recent credits include Summer of Changsha (2019) officially selected by the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, and Vengeance is Mine (2019) selected by of the 22nd Shanghai Film Festival, and the film is widely released in China.
In addition to narrative feature films, Jeffrey’s commercial clients also include General Electric, General Motor and Beats to name a few. Moreover, Jeffrey was also an award receiver of the 7th annual Chinese Young Generation Film Forum in Beijing.
Beginning his photography career as a photojournalist, Jeffery has shot films throughout the United States, Japan, Taiwan, Germany and China.
When he isn’t on set, Jeffrey is a tea connoisseur, cook and father.
