Andrew Ahn

Directing

Andrew Ahn

Born 1986-03-10 · Los Angeles, California, U.S

Andrew Ahn is a Korean-American filmmaker. Ahn graduated from Brown University with a degree in English and received a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in Film Directing from the California Institute of the Arts. He has directed the feature films Spa Night (2016), Driveways (2019), and Fire Island (2022).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Fire Island poster
6.9

A group of queer best friends gather in the Fire Island Pines for their annual week of love and laughter. However, desires, dramas, drink and drugs push their bonds to the limits.

Fire Island

2022

The Wedding Banquet poster
6.7

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

The Wedding Banquet

2025

The Wedding Banquet poster
6.7

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

The Wedding Banquet

2025

First Birthday poster
6.5

Nick is a gay Korean-American man living in Koreatown, Los Angeles with his partner Brian and their dog Chloe. When Nick attends his baby nephew's 'dol,' a traditional Korean first birthday party, he finds himself yearning for a life just out of reach.

First Birthday

2012

First Birthday poster
6.5

Nick is a gay Korean-American man living in Koreatown, Los Angeles with his partner Brian and their dog Chloe. When Nick attends his baby nephew's 'dol,' a traditional Korean first birthday party, he finds himself yearning for a life just out of reach.

First Birthday

2012

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NR

A six-year old boy discovers what it means to be a man.

Andy

2010

No artwork available
NR

A six-year old boy discovers what it means to be a man.

Andy

2010

Maxine poster
5.7

Allie is a newly out teen who is keeping her girlfriend a secret from her Chinese American family. During her family’s celebration of the Hungry Ghost Festival, Allie meets the ghost of a long lost relative named Maxine, who was queer when she was alive several decades ago. Though they come from different times, they find that they share many feelings about struggling to belong, especially within their own family’s legacy.

Maxine

2023

Driveways poster
7.0

Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with the widowed old man from next door.

Driveways

2020

Spa Night poster
5.6

A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

Spa Night

2016

Spa Night poster
5.6

A young Korean-American man works to reconcile his obligations to his struggling immigrant family with his burgeoning sexual desires in the underground world of gay hookups at Korean spas in Los Angeles.

Spa Night

2016

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing poster
5.3

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

2019

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NR

Sam Born, an ambitious immigrant confectioner, unknowingly finds himself in the crosshairs of a ruthless turf war over the candy business in mid-century America.

A Sprinkle of History

2027

Were You Gay in High School? poster
NR

Two queer women recall their awkward, closeted high school days of kissing boys and straight-girl crushes.

Were You Gay in High School?

2020