<aside> 👋🏼 I am a Chinese documentary director-producer with roots in the Bay Area, California. My work centers character-driven stories at the intersection of justice and human relationships, looking at topics like labor, housing, migration and sustainability.
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<aside> 💪🏽 I recently directed the Emmy-winning L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (PBS Artbound) and produced Take Out with Lisa Ling (HBO Max), Wild Hope (PBS), Taste the Nation (Hulu), and America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston (PBS). I’m also a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Asian American Documentary Network, and Global Impact Producers Alliance.
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<aside> 🎥 My personal documentary short, Golden Boy, explores themes of reconciliation, immigration, and caregiving in the aftermath of my mother’s brain injury, and is currently looking for distribution. Golden Boy has played in DOC NYC, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Chinese American Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, D.C. Chinese Film Festival, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival (Jury Award - Documentary Short), Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival.
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<aside> 🫂 Outside of film, I serve as a narrative strategist and support the National Asian American Leaders Table (hosted by Asian Law Caucus). I have a B.A. in film and international development studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, on Munsee Lenape and Canarsie land.
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✉️ reach me at — kittyxhu [at] gmail [dot] com