20th Anniversary New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 15-31, 2022

Asian American Filmmaker Forum: Panel Discussion

NYAFF hosts an illuminating conversation with key Asian American film industry professionals. Dennis Liu (creator, “Raising Dion”), Brian Yang (producer, Dealing with Dad, Snakehead), Doris Yeung (director, producer, founder of CinemAsia Film Festival), and Kyle Shin “Son of Paper” (rapper, filmmaker) will discuss navigating the film industry as independent creators and Asian Americans.

This masterclass is supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

This talk is FREE for all 2022 NY Asian Film Festival ticket and pass holders. Present your ticket at the box office beginning up to an hour before the talk begins for entry, first-come, first-served.

Moderator: David Chai
Guests: Dennis Liu, Brian Yang, Doris Yeung, "Kyle Shin ""Son of Paper"""

Sunday July 24, 5:00pm
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

with Dennis Liu, Doris Yeung, Brian Yang and Kyle Shin "Son of Paper"

Dennis Liu

Dennis Liu is a Taiwanese American/Canadian director, producer, screenwriter, editor, VFX artist, and member of the Director's Guild of America diversity committee. He graduated from The Taft School and Tisch School of the Arts with a major in film. He had his first break in 2008 with the "Apple Mac Music Video". The video went on to win The People's Choice Award in the Cannes New Director's Showcase and was shown at Pixar. He has directed music videos for world-renowned artists. In 2017, he directed and wrote the 10-episode NETFLIX series "Raising Dion. He most recently directed an episode of the Disney+ family action comedy show "American Born Chinese," starring Michelle Yeoh.

Brian Yang

Brian Yang is a narrative and documentary content producer whose credits include Late Life, the Golden Horse Best Documentary Award-nominated feature on former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang; the Jeremy Lin documentary Linsanity, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; Shanghai International Film Festival award-winning biopic Another Shot, on former NBA player Stephon Marbury's life in China; I Can I Will I Did, starring Tony Award and BAFTA nominee Mike Faist; and Snakehead (NYAFF 2021), which can now be found on Hulu. Yang has also produced documentary specials for ESPN and Fox Sports.

Kyle Shin "Son of Paper"

Son of Paper (SOP) is a rapper and filmmaker from San Francisco. Representing Chinatown, SOP has performed at 90+ festivals, bars and colleges across America and was recently featured on KQED for his 2021 album “Always Autumn.” As a community activist who also attended independent schools in SF, Son of Paper loves to engage with students and spread his wisdom with music. Son of Paper chose his artist name thoughtfully. Son of Paper is a great grandson of a Paper Daughter, a term that describes the phenomena of ethnic Chinese that illegally immigrated to the U.S. during Chinese Exclusion (1882-1965). The one loophole to get around Chinese Exclusion and racial quotas was to purchase birth certificates of a U.S. citizen and claim the familial right to immigrate. Son of Paper chose this name to honor his maternal side’s painful and remarkable journey into the States.

Doris Yeung

Doris Yeung is a Chinese American queer film writer, director and producer. She was raised in Hong Kong, SAR and San Francisco, and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, American Film Institute and the Beijing Film Academy with degrees in Art History, Asian American Studies, Film and Directing. She has completed 3 feature films and documentaries: Motherland (2009) and Taxi Stories (2017) and The Ugly Model (2019) filmed in the US, Hong Kong, Beijing and Europe, as well as numerous other short films. She is the founder of CinemAsia Film Festival Netherlands.

David Chai

David Chai is a Showrunner, Writer, and Director. He grew up in Australia and is a graduate from the University of Technology, Sydney, with a major in film. He worked at Technicolor and Deluxe in New York on many films including The Devil Wears Prada, Michael Clayton, and Taking Woodstock. He has worked on fashion videos for Calvin Klein, Gucci, Victoria Beckham and many others. His award winning first feature “Midnight Driver" (aka Siji:Driver) is distributed on Tencent in China. Most recently, he created and executive produced the police drama "A Good Cop" for NTD. David also wrote and directed all ten episodes.