Michelle J. Li is a Chinese-American New York based Costume & Production Designer for film, TV, stage and new media. She combines her extensive graphic and fine arts background in order to wield color, form and pattern with finesse to create fresh and whimsical work.

She most recently costume designed the short Chaperone starring Zachary Quinto, which has its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. She also costumed the upcoming short Columbarium starring Kate Mulgrew and Molly Ringwald, co-directed by Katie Schiller and Roger Mancusi. Her feature credits include costume designing two of Alex Lehmann's upcoming feature films: Meet Cute, a time-travel rom-com starring Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson; and Acidman starring Dianna Agron and Thomas Hadenchurch; as well as a forthcoming feature from T.K. McKamy titled Something Here starring Savannah Smith, Owen Joyner and Ariel Martin.

Michelle also costume designed Emma Seligman's breakout comedy feature Shiva Baby, which premiered across the festival circuit at SXSW, TIFF, NewFest, the Melbourne International Film Festival and many more. Shiva Baby won Outstanding Screenplay at L.A. Outfest 2020 and had its wide release in April 2021.

In addition to her outstanding talent as a costume designer, Michelle production designed the music video Before You Go for Grammy-nominated artist, Lewis Capaldi, and Jonah Feingold's debut feature Dating And New York which premiered at Tribeca 2021.

Hailing from Queens, Michelle's multifaceted artistic interests and talents led her to Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned a BFA in Costume Design from the School of Drama with summa cum laude honors. Michelle was also her design year's sole recipient of the Elizabeth Kimberly Schrader Costume Design Award. She is a proud member of Local USA 829 and the Production Designers Collective. She is based in New York City.