Writer-director, actress, and university lecturer.
Born in Beijing, she began learning Chinese classical dance and folk dance at the age of 4, participated in numerous city and national level performances, and toured internationally with her dance troupe. At the age of 15, she studied abroad in the United States and later attended Sarah Lawrence College for her Bachelor's degree, studying animation, film and television, literature, and social psychology while auditing drama and contemporary dance classes. During her sophomore year in college, she published a Chinese novel Tong Xiang Jin Du (To the Golden Capital), which she had been writing since she was 14.
Following her graduation from Sarah Lawrence College, she was admitted to the directing program of FAMU (the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) for graduate studies and began living in the Czech Republic. During this time, she experimented with various genres and filming techniques. Upon graduation, she created the short film Fir (or Shan in Chinese), which was nominated for Best Student Film at the Czech Lion Awards and later was selected by the Oscar-qualifying festival Reel Sisters of the Diaspora.
Currently, she is working on short and feature projects while participating in commercial projects as an actress, producer, and assistant director. These projects include Blade Runner 2099, Commercials for Fujifilm INSTAX and Samsung Notebook.
Filmography
2023 Fir. Writer, director, editor. Nomination of the Best Student Film Award at Czech Lion Awards held by Czech Film and Television Academy (ČFTA).
2022 The Bus Stop Where Once We Were. Writer, director, editor.
2022 Red Balloon, 35mm short film. Writer, director, editor.
2021 Hush, dance short film. Writer, director, producer. Semi-Finalist at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022.
2020 "Mother", Sci-fi short film. Writer, director. Official Selection of Beverly Hills Film Festival 2021
2019 Fishbowl, 16mm short film. Writer, director. Best Student Film of ARFF Film Festival(Amsterdam) 2021
