Rain Li left China for England as a teenager to go pursue her dreams. After only a few months of language training and multiple part-time jobs, she discovered her passionfor lighting. Her 2-year training as an electrician on commercials, music videos and feature films, led her to become a DP by the time she turned 18. By age 26, she had shot twelve features, twenty-five short films, numerous popular commercials, music videos and art and fashion projects.
Rain has collaborated with renowned director/DP Christopher Doyle on twelve projects to date. She has also collaborated with many international directors, including Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Mike Figgis. One of her films, “Paranoid Park” by Gus Van Sant, received “Special 60th Anniversary Prize of Cannes Film Festival” in 2007. She was voted one of the ’10 Best Cinematographers’ of The Year’ by Variety in 2007 and received the ‘Best Cinematography’ award from the Boston Film Critic in 2009.
In recent years Rain has focused on directing and has directed commercials and short films for various international luxury fashion brands, including Dries Van Noten, Yohji Yamamoto and Phillip Lim.
She is a unique filmmaker, who has a strong creative vision and has experienced both western and eastern cultures. The core of her work is telling captivating stories that engage audiences with powerful images and atmospheric sounds. Her work has been described as “romanticism vs.aggression”
李晓雨在青少年时离开中国到英国追求她的梦想。仅几个月的语言训练和多份兼职工作后，她发现她热衷于布光工作。经过两年在广告，音乐录像带和故事片拍摄现场作为电工学徒培训，使她在满18岁时成为一名摄影师。 在26岁时，她已经拍摄过20部故事片，25部短片，多部受欢迎的广告，音乐录像带和艺术与时尚项目。
她曾与知名导演/摄影师杜可风合作过十二个项目。她还与许多国际导演如吉姆·贾木许，格斯·范·桑特和迈克菲吉斯合作过。与格斯·范·桑特合作的电影“迷幻公园”，在2007年获得了戛纳电影节的60周年特别奖。在2007年，她被选为年度十大最佳电影摄影师；在2009年的波士顿影评人获得最佳摄影奖。
近年来她集中在导演工作，她曾为国际奢侈品执导过广告和短片，其中包括德赖斯·范诺顿，山本耀司和菲利林。
她是一位独特的电影制片人，拥有强烈的视觉创意以及深谙东西方文化。她的作品核心在于如何阐述动人的故事，通过强大的影像和氛围声效引起观众的共鸣。她的作品被形容为“浪漫主义VS侵略性”。