Our Team

Mimi Lee

DIRECTOR, CO-WRITER, AND producer

Mimi Lee is an independent filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. As a child of immigrant parents, she is drawn to stories that humanize the complicated and layered characters within marginalized communities. Her narratives often center women in flawed societies, and she explores common themes in her work surrounding racial identity and mental health. Her latest film "Moonchild" is a Coming-of-Age Sci-Fi Thriller about a young woman who uncovers a dangerous family secret on her journey to visit her late father's grave. Moonchild received "Best Thriller" at USC's First Look in 2020, screened at American Cinematheque's "AAPI Women Night of Shorts", and is distributed by DUST.

Apart from directing creative content in film and VR, Lee also explores the world of visual storytelling through her work in music videos and commercials. Her music video SOIF is about a woman who searches for catharsis from her traumatic past and revenge on the patriarchal system that enabled it. SOIF received "Best Music Video" at the Oscar-Qualifying Urbanworld Film Festival in 2019.

Lee is a 2022-2023 Director Fellow for MTV's First Time Director's Initiative with MTV Entertainment Studios. She also received her MFA in Directing at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Her short screenplay, YAOGUAI, was on Coverfly’s Top 1% in Short Genre projects, recognized by Cinequest, Screencraft, Outstanding Screenplays, and Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, and a top 10 finalist for Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition. She is also currently developing her Drama Thriller feature, BLACK SHEEP, which also recently advanced as a Semifinalist in the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition.

Vanessa Võ

co- writer

Vanessa Võ is a writer/producer from the Washington DC metropolitan area (more affectionately known as the ‘DMV’). She is a true-crime and horror enthusiast, but she's afraid of spiders. Her experience in production management helps her approach story-telling with producibility in mind. But that doesn’t stop her from dreaming big or writing big stories! Her short “Copy Cat” was a winner in Killer Shorts (2020) and WeScreenplay Short Script Lab (2022). Her short story “I Knew You Once” placed on the Bloodlist13 (2021) and it was a finalist in Screencraft’s Cinematic Short Story (2023).” Vanessa is currently repped by Bellevue Productions.

Po Wei Su

Producer

Po Wei Su is a Taiwanese filmmaker and producer currently based in LA. He started in the commercial and music video space and then immigrated to the US to work in narrative. He received his MFA in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University and then went on to produce films that have played at festivals like the Tribeca Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Chicago International Film Festival. Po’s unique background as a Taiwanese filmmaker enables him to combine his Eastern cinematic sensibilities with his newfound Western style. His passion for uplifting underrepresented voices has led him to produce projects for Tribeca Rising Voices Season 2,3 and 4; the CAPE Julia Gouw program Season 1; and most recently worked as UPM for Shatara Michelle Ford's latest feature.

Rose Chang

producer

Rose Chang is a Taiwanese-American multimedia artist, creative director, and producer in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her MFA in Film and TV Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts (2020) where she received the Jon M. Chu APAA Cinematic Arts Scholarship. She also holds a BA in Film and Media Production and Critical Studies from UC Santa Cruz (2016). Rose’s creative journey includes producing and directing her short film, Hard-Boiled Mask and the Art of Blossoming, showcased at Oakland’s Vessel Gallery, for Excuse Me, Can I See Your ID?, an art/digital media exhibit featuring Asian American artists. In 2020, she produced, wrote, and directed, Shades of Jade, a personal short film about a young girl helping her mother navigate a fake green card marriage, which premiered at the 43rd Asian American International Film Festival. Other notable works from Rose include serving as a producer for Clothesline (2021), a USC short film about a teenage stoner who discovers a portal that takes him on a journey of his family’s past and the origin of coming to America, and Freakmont (2022), an experimental feature exploring the portrait of a suburban Asian American family in Fremont, CA currently making its way into the festival circuit. Rose also ser ved as Ar t Director for the shor t film, Waves (2021), whic h screened at the Tr ibeca Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival, and RSF Martha’s Vineyard HBO African American Film Festival. She is currently in pre-production for an indie feature, Barrio, about a down-on-her-luck Chicana graduate who must confront the imminent closure of her family’s beloved bakery amidst gentrification. Rose aspires to create deeply personal and expressive art to contribute thoughtful representations and diversity in media. Alongside her creative pursuits, she enjoys honing her culinary skills, aerial dance training, and cherishing moments with her Shiba rescue.

Becky Chen

Cinematographer

Becky Baihui Chen is a Chinese cinematographer based in Los Angeles and Shanghai. She believes that film can inspire social change and empower individuals, and her enthusiasm for intimate stories has led her to work on projects all over the world in China, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Japan, Sweden, and the United States.

Chen's fiction work has covered a wide range of genres, from political drama to steampunk fantasy. Her lens has explored the plight of the LGBTQ+ community in China, the effects of diseases such as ALS and Alzheimer’s, and the dire political situation in Venezuela.

I'm FINE, Thanks for Asking, an indie feature Chen lensed, won a Jury Award at SXSW in 2021 and is available on AppleTV, Amazon, and Bet+.

On top of her fiction work, Chen has shot episodes for World's Ultimate Frontier, a Discovery x CGTN documentary show, and commercials for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Prada, Gucci, Adidas, Nike, Piaget, Mikimoto, Bobbi Brown and more.