Film
Film is where I feel most directly connected to an audience. It lets me capture emotion visually, so a viewer can feel a story before they fully understand it, and it can carry a message far beyond the place it was made. I first explored film through animation, where every frame is built from scratch and each choice shapes how a feeling lands. From there, I moved into documentary, where the challenge is to listen closely and let real people tell their own stories. Both forms teach me the same thing: that a message only spreads when it moves someone.
Immortal Souls
Yuan Gu Ben Pu is a 100-year-old traditional courtyard in Daxi, my grandfather’s hometown in Taiwan. It has been renovated into a living museum and a hub for the local senior community, where elders share their expertise and pass on their legacy. Seeing my roots in this space, I made this documentary to uncover its historical and innovative essence. I interviewed five local seniors, aged 75 to 90, who spoke about their role in the community and shared their wisdom.
Our World with a Vision
This documentary offers an inside look at the lives of visually impaired students in China, and at a community that is too often overlooked. It grew out of Orbis Club, a service club my friends and I founded at Shanghai American School to expand our impact on visually impaired students. Through their stories, the film offers a wider perspective on this minority and the everyday realities behind it. My hope is that it fosters a more complete and empathetic understanding of the visually impaired community, one viewer at a time.
How can we tackle global issues in a creative way? This animation follows a little boy on an imaginary journey as he writes his Christmas wishing list. Along the way, it explores some of the biggest issues facing the world today and how creativity can help us address them. It asks viewers to imagine what a better world could look like, and to see their own creativity as a way to help build it.
