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Taige Shi
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Taige Shi is a LA-based director who graduated from the UCLA School of Television Film and Theater with an MFA degree in directing. As an international artist, Taige is interested in pursuing arts that can connect people from different cultural and sociological backgrounds. He has received the UCLA Mary Pickford Award the George & Sakaye Aratani Fellowship and the John H. and Patricia W. Mitchell Fellowship for his works and contributions. His short film 'Reconnect,' was selected for several international film festivals, including the semifinals of the Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival, as well as Newfilmmakers NY, Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest, and Houston As…
Known for
NRThe sudden death of the son forces an unexpressive and isolated Chinese immigrant father to reflect on his relationship with the deceased son and to rediscover the meaning of family.
Reconnect
2023
NRGaku Takahashi, a veteran professional Japanese boxer who trains in LA, was forced to give up his boxing career due to a violent anti-Asian hate crime on an LA freeway in 2020. The film follows Gaku as he faces chronic pain from the attack and financial difficulties as a result of systemic injustice. Despite these obstacles, Gaku works to overcome physical and mental trauma and pursue justice, all while fighting to get back into the ring.
Gaku: One Last Round
2025
NRAn Asian father and his son must confront their differences as they find their lives strangely paralleling those of Asian carp.
Koi
2024
Behind the camera
NRThe sudden death of the son forces an unexpressive and isolated Chinese immigrant father to reflect on his relationship with the deceased son and to rediscover the meaning of family.
Reconnect
2023
NRThe sudden death of the son forces an unexpressive and isolated Chinese immigrant father to reflect on his relationship with the deceased son and to rediscover the meaning of family.
Reconnect
2023
NRGaku Takahashi, a veteran professional Japanese boxer who trains in LA, was forced to give up his boxing career due to a violent anti-Asian hate crime on an LA freeway in 2020. The film follows Gaku as he faces chronic pain from the attack and financial difficulties as a result of systemic injustice. Despite these obstacles, Gaku works to overcome physical and mental trauma and pursue justice, all while fighting to get back into the ring.
Gaku: One Last Round
2025
NRAn Asian father and his son must confront their differences as they find their lives strangely paralleling those of Asian carp.
Koi
2024
NRAn Asian father and his son must confront their differences as they find their lives strangely paralleling those of Asian carp.
Koi
2024