Luc Ung is a Franco-Chinese cinematographer based in Los Angeles. Born and raised in La Rochelle, France, his love for cinema was born at the age of 16 when a fortunate encounter with a man on the street led him to the La Rochelle International Film Festival.

A 2019 graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Luc spent several years in the lighting department on union film and television productions (IATSE Local 52) before moving into cinematography full-time. Working across productions of different scales gave him a hands-on, technically grounded understanding of lighting that continues to inform his work behind the camera.

A Kriya Yoga and Zen Buddhist practitioner, Luc has often been told by actors and directors that he helps create a set environment that feels nurturing and safe for their creative expression—a quality shaped in part by his own experience facing stage 4 cancer (synovial sarcoma metastasized to the lungs) at 28. While this has been the most challenging chapter of his life, it also opened the door to teaching: Luc started a YouTube channel sharing his insight on cinematography, and has taught at workshops including Youth Cinema Project (Latino Film Institute), Arts2Work (The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture) and Open Lens (Made in Her Image).

His creative influences include cinematographers Sven Nykvist, Darius Khondji, Roger Deakins; directors Ingmar Bergman, Céline Sciamma, Joachim Trier, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Lynne Ramsay and architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

His work has screened at festivals including Tribeca Film Festival, the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes, NFFTY, NOWNESS ASIA, Los Angeles Short Film Festival and more.