
Acting
Bernie Yao
Bernie Yao is a Taiwanese-born Canadian actor, director, and film producer based in British Columbia. He is best known for his on-screen roles in television series such as Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024), Lucky Hank (2023), and Creepshow (2019).
Acting credits
6.2A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.
The Company You Keep
2012
6.0Celebrity stylist Kayli must team up with hotel security chief Mills to track down an iconic piece of fashion history after it goes missing on her watch before the Chicago Costume Gala.
The Love Heist
2026
6.8When Carly, secretly a princess, plans Snowden Peak’s Snow Ball with Jesse, their attraction is undeniable. In planning the event, the two make the gala a fundraiser to help infuse much needed resources into the resort. But without a celebrity draw, investors aren’t interested, and Snowden Peak is put up for sale. Will Carly allow her royal identity to be exposed to save the resort?
A Winter Princess
2019
NRAn intimate, observational portrait unfolds as an actor prepares to perform a new work, while interrogating the process of shaping one’s persona and truly embodying a character.
Streetcar
2023
NRChen works for the secret police in communist China. His girlfriend Yun, not so much. A medical doctor by profession, she has uncovered a gruesome crime linking the communist party to the widely popular human bodies exhibits, and is determined to do something about it. Chen vowed to protect her at all costs, but as Yun gets more involved in the resistance, he must decide if she is an enemy of the state or the love of his life.
Reunion
2018
Behind the camera
NRGwynn, a pseudo-mythologist, liberates herself and her two friends from their restrictive, monotonous lives as they venture into a chaotic love triangle during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Crawdaddy
2025
NRA therapist and her diverse young clients participate in a (fictionalized) documentary exploring the impact of global crises on mental health. Through this experience, they, along with the filmmaker, gain unexpected self-insight, leading to a profound understanding of their identities and roles in our transformed world.
Are We Done Now?
2024
5.3Focuses on the love life of a Vancouver-based female DJ who is having a very hard time finding the right person to connect with.
FSM
2015
