Grace Zhang is a writer/director, producer and editor from New York whose work interweaves slice-of-life scenes with dream sequences and memories. Created with the support of their QTPOC community, their work depicts the ebbs and flows of queer existence and diasporic life.
Their short films as writer/director, DOG STORY and SNAKESKIN have screened in five countries, including at Queer East in the UK, Belfast Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, NOWNESS China, and CINEMQ Shanghai.
They produced and edited films that have screened widely at NewFest, New Orleans Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and elsewhere. They served as directors assistant on the feature film, Fire Island (Fox Searchlight).
They co-founded the full service Asian American production company
Ozu Was Right. Their genre-defying work spanning narrative film, music video, and commercials have been featured on i-D, and include collaborations with Arcteryx, On Running, and the Center for Cultural Power.
Their short films as writer/director, DOG STORY and SNAKESKIN have screened in five countries, including at Queer East in the UK, Belfast Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, NOWNESS China, and CINEMQ Shanghai.
They produced and edited films that have screened widely at NewFest, New Orleans Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival and elsewhere. They served as directors assistant on the feature film, Fire Island (Fox Searchlight).
They co-founded the full service Asian American production company
Ozu Was Right. Their genre-defying work spanning narrative film, music video, and commercials have been featured on i-D, and include collaborations with Arcteryx, On Running, and the Center for Cultural Power.
Photo by Kyoko Takenaka