Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung

Acting

Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung

Place of birth

Taiwan

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung had been training to become a classical musician when she left home at the age of 18 to attend New York University Abu Dhabi. Although she intended to study Social Research and Public Policy, she soon found herself inexplicably drawn to Film and New Media. Fortunately, she has found a happy balance between these disciplines in documentary filmmaking. Long before discovering her passion in documentary filmmaking, Andrea was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to a family full of wanderers. Her mother is a flight attendant, while her father's family belongs to a subgroup of Han Chinese called Hakka, who got their name, literally translates as "guest people," because of their large d…

Known for

Finding Nasseebi poster
NR

A soul-searching filmmaker sets out to make a documentary about the United Arab Emirates' Islamic hotline center, where scholars answer questions and guide people towards the right path according to the Quran. As a friendship blossoms with one of the scholars, the filmmaker's relationship with a Muslim boyfriend makes her question her beliefs and the integrity of her film. This self-reflexive documentary follows one woman's journey to understand Islam and to love, regardless of differences in faith.

Finding Nasseebi

2018

Sleepwalker poster
6.0

What does it take to stay awake when the reality is tough and home is far away? Using archival footage of the Sunflower Movement that took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2014 as a starting point, the filmmaker reflects on her ideas of home, politics, and the importance of being present.

Sleepwalker

2020

No artwork available
NR

Recognizing that, due to a lack of access, disability communities are often barred from cultural institutions and social resources, an artist collective produces uniquely accessible events for an ever-expanding vision of a cross-disability community. Capturing them at work and at play, this film embraces the collective’s commitment to an aesthetics that incorporates collectively made creative access while highlighting integrated audio description, open captioning, descriptive audio narration, and ASL interpretation integrated into the film itself.

I Wanna Be With You Everywhere

2026

Like We Never Left poster
NR

In search of a better future, Milay moved from Cuba to the United States with her parents, leaving her motherland for the first time. After struggling to build a new life there, the family finally visits Cuba, allowing Milay to fulfill her dream of celebrating her quinceañera in her hometown.

Like We Never Left

2016

Film credits

Behind the camera

Finding Nasseebi poster
NR

A soul-searching filmmaker sets out to make a documentary about the United Arab Emirates' Islamic hotline center, where scholars answer questions and guide people towards the right path according to the Quran. As a friendship blossoms with one of the scholars, the filmmaker's relationship with a Muslim boyfriend makes her question her beliefs and the integrity of her film. This self-reflexive documentary follows one woman's journey to understand Islam and to love, regardless of differences in faith.

Finding Nasseebi

2018

Finding Nasseebi poster
NR

A soul-searching filmmaker sets out to make a documentary about the United Arab Emirates' Islamic hotline center, where scholars answer questions and guide people towards the right path according to the Quran. As a friendship blossoms with one of the scholars, the filmmaker's relationship with a Muslim boyfriend makes her question her beliefs and the integrity of her film. This self-reflexive documentary follows one woman's journey to understand Islam and to love, regardless of differences in faith.

Finding Nasseebi

2018

Sleepwalker poster
6.0

What does it take to stay awake when the reality is tough and home is far away? Using archival footage of the Sunflower Movement that took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2014 as a starting point, the filmmaker reflects on her ideas of home, politics, and the importance of being present.

Sleepwalker

2020

Sleepwalker poster
6.0

What does it take to stay awake when the reality is tough and home is far away? Using archival footage of the Sunflower Movement that took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2014 as a starting point, the filmmaker reflects on her ideas of home, politics, and the importance of being present.

Sleepwalker

2020

Sleepwalker poster
6.0

What does it take to stay awake when the reality is tough and home is far away? Using archival footage of the Sunflower Movement that took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2014 as a starting point, the filmmaker reflects on her ideas of home, politics, and the importance of being present.

Sleepwalker

2020

No artwork available
NR

Recognizing that, due to a lack of access, disability communities are often barred from cultural institutions and social resources, an artist collective produces uniquely accessible events for an ever-expanding vision of a cross-disability community. Capturing them at work and at play, this film embraces the collective’s commitment to an aesthetics that incorporates collectively made creative access while highlighting integrated audio description, open captioning, descriptive audio narration, and ASL interpretation integrated into the film itself.

I Wanna Be With You Everywhere

2026

Like We Never Left poster
NR

In search of a better future, Milay moved from Cuba to the United States with her parents, leaving her motherland for the first time. After struggling to build a new life there, the family finally visits Cuba, allowing Milay to fulfill her dream of celebrating her quinceañera in her hometown.

Like We Never Left

2016

Like We Never Left poster
NR

In search of a better future, Milay moved from Cuba to the United States with her parents, leaving her motherland for the first time. After struggling to build a new life there, the family finally visits Cuba, allowing Milay to fulfill her dream of celebrating her quinceañera in her hometown.

Like We Never Left

2016