PEN15 -Actor Dallas Liu

“This is a very tough and extremely risky industry, but I am not going to give up and walk away.” -Dallas Liu You might recognize Dallas Liu from your 9:00 am engineering lecture, but he isn’t your average college student. Dallas plays Maya Erksine’s older brother Shuji in Hulu’s PEN15. Unlike most actors, his ambitions are […]

Hollywood-Actress Michelle Krusiec

“The American landscape has changed. The people who want to deny our place, have to be told their reality is not what America is anymore.” -Michelle Krusiec Michelle Krusiec has starred in nearly 200 television episodes and is the only Asian American actress to be nominated for a Golden Horse; for her performance as Wilhelmina […]

Good Deal- Comedian Jimmy O. Yang

“It’s better to disappoint your parents for a couple of years than to disappoint yourself for the rest of your life.” -Jimmy O. Yang Amazon’s Good Deal is Jimmy O. Yang’s first comedy special. “This is 10 years in the making; all the open mics, road gigs, it’s finally paying off,” says Jimmy. In the special, […]

Tigertail- Director Alan Yang

“Tigertail is the most personal story I have ever worked on. The movie is my imagination of my dad’s memory.” -Alan Yang Alan Yang’s feature debut Tigertail is a mesmerizing allegory of sacrifice. The film follows the life of Pin-Jui through his most intimate memories, from childhood in Taiwan to fatherhood in America. Alan was inspired […]

Interior Chinatown- Writer Charles Yu

“I wanted to write a story that came from the inside. A story that explored the inner state, the mental life of an Asian American character- not Asian, not American, specifically an Asian American character.” -Charles Yu Take what you can get. Try to build a life. A life at the margin made from bit […]