Shal Ngo

Directing

Shal Ngo

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

Shal Ngo is a writer, director, editor and animator.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Control Freak poster
5.5

A motivational speaker, plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland.

Control Freak

2025

Control Freak poster
5.5

A motivational speaker, plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland.

Control Freak

2025

The Box poster
NR

The Box is a hybrid documentary that explores the effects of solitary confinement through three people’s harrowing true stories – they’ve spent a combined nine years in isolation, and one of them co-directed this film.

The Box

2021

The Box poster
NR

The Box is a hybrid documentary that explores the effects of solitary confinement through three people’s harrowing true stories – they’ve spent a combined nine years in isolation, and one of them co-directed this film.

The Box

2021

The Park poster
5.6

A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.

The Park

2023

The Park poster
5.6

A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.

The Park

2023

Control poster
NR

A neurologist recounts the story of a woman's uncontrollable urge to itch herself.

Control

2021

Control poster
NR

A neurologist recounts the story of a woman's uncontrollable urge to itch herself.

Control

2021

The Last Fisherman poster
7.0

In a dystopian future, on the South China Sea, an aging fisherman discovers an android woman from his past.

The Last Fisherman

2017

The Last Fisherman poster
7.0

In a dystopian future, on the South China Sea, an aging fisherman discovers an android woman from his past.

The Last Fisherman

2017

Hapa poster
NR

After his 23andMe results reveal he is actually 51% White and 48% Asian, biracial filmmaker Shal Ngo goes back to his roots in both Vietnam and Minnesota to confront the meaning of his identity. Hapa combines documentary, stop-motion animation, family interviews, and stream-of-conscious voiceover to take a deep dive into who we are and what defines us.

Hapa

2019

Hapa poster
NR

After his 23andMe results reveal he is actually 51% White and 48% Asian, biracial filmmaker Shal Ngo goes back to his roots in both Vietnam and Minnesota to confront the meaning of his identity. Hapa combines documentary, stop-motion animation, family interviews, and stream-of-conscious voiceover to take a deep dive into who we are and what defines us.

Hapa

2019