Biography
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Chung-Wei Huang is a Taiwanese writer-director currently based in Baltimore. Her creative work explores outsider narratives and character-driven experiences of “othering,” with an emphasis on further exploring intersectional storytelling related to Asian-American and Asian culture in a cross-cultural context. Right now, she teaches at Towson University while working on her next project, Buck. She is on of the semifinalists for the 2018 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize.
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Filmmaker Statement
I define much of my work as narrative that has a neo-realism approach, with an emphasis on the conflicts between different cultures, genders, races, and social status. I am interested in interweaving personal lives with societal movements and environments. They are inspired by figures in real life and ultimately an exploration of myself.
Currently I am working on the post-production of my thesis film, Midnight Carnival (expected release 2017), which tells the coming-of-age story of a nineteen year old Taiwanese girl, Andrea Lin, who travels to the U.S. to work a summer job in a traveling carnival. Here, working and living alongside a ragtag collection of “carney” co-workers, including migrant workers from Central America – all of them struggling for survival and dignity amidst the flashing lights and screaming crowds of the chaotic carnival – she must come to terms with her strong feelings of wanting to belong, yet never feeling at home.
Film is a medium for me to communicate with the audience. Years of traveling and not living in my native country have taught me that the interpersonal distance does not from languages, but from ideology and the lack of empathy. Looking forwards future, my research and creative interests increasingly lie at the hybrid approaches of documentary and fiction. My wish is to use innovations in modes of storytelling where personal stories can continue to be told.
Sincerely,
Chung Wei Huang
Currently I am working on the post-production of my thesis film, Midnight Carnival (expected release 2017), which tells the coming-of-age story of a nineteen year old Taiwanese girl, Andrea Lin, who travels to the U.S. to work a summer job in a traveling carnival. Here, working and living alongside a ragtag collection of “carney” co-workers, including migrant workers from Central America – all of them struggling for survival and dignity amidst the flashing lights and screaming crowds of the chaotic carnival – she must come to terms with her strong feelings of wanting to belong, yet never feeling at home.
Film is a medium for me to communicate with the audience. Years of traveling and not living in my native country have taught me that the interpersonal distance does not from languages, but from ideology and the lack of empathy. Looking forwards future, my research and creative interests increasingly lie at the hybrid approaches of documentary and fiction. My wish is to use innovations in modes of storytelling where personal stories can continue to be told.
Sincerely,
Chung Wei Huang
