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Writer/Director/Producer

Short Narrative | 10 min | USA | 2019

A second-generation Chinese American woman connects to her roots by piecing together the memory of her mother's last days, when Alzheimer's disease stripped away their common language.

  • World Premiere, CAAMFest Online: Heritage from Home 2020

  • ​Asia Premiere, Diaspora Film Festival 2020, South Korea

  • Canada Premiere, St. John's International Women's Film Festival

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Last Ship East

Writer/Director

Short Script | 18 min | USA | Development

Eight-year-old Jewish refugee Hannah makes friends with Emiko aboard a luxury cruise liner escaping Nazi Germany for Shanghai; what will happen to their friendship when Japan joins the Axis?

  • Winner, LA Shorts Screenplay Competition 2022

  • Finalist, HollyShorts Screenplay Competition 2022

  • Finalist, Raindance Screenwriting Competition 2021

  • Finalist, Claims Conference Emerging Filmmaker Contest 2021

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Pulling Seedlings

Writer/Director

Feature Script | 110 min | USA | Development

In near future Seattle, a middle-aged Chinese-American woman is caught between her obligation to be a good mother for her natural-born "mediocre" daughter, and her desire to have a "better" child through genetic engineering.

  • Selected, Sundance x WIF Financing Strategy Intensive 2021

  • Selected, Mubi Wscripted Cannes Screenplay List 2022

  • Selected, NYU Production Lab Development Studio 2022

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