Acting
Aileen Wu
Aileen Wu, is a Chinese-American actor, director, writer, producer currently based in Brooklyn, NY and Vancouver, BC. Throughout her teenage immigration experience, Aileen used creative storytelling as a tool to unpack the mysteries of cultural relativism. And lately, each project has been an opportunity to challenge the confines of communication and empathy. Aileen made her off-broadway acting debut in 2019 as Cordelia in Smith Street Stage’s new adaptation, LEAR: THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW. In the following year, she made her directing debut through NYU’s Chinese Students & Scholars Association with her new play, THE POEM OF FORGETFULNESS, using a devised and experimental theatre approach. Recent producing credits include theatre documentary, HAMLET: REHEARSED (for Smith Street Stage), narrative short-film, FISH TANK (for the 2021 Run N’ Gun 48 Hr Filmmaking Competition) and award winning ultra-short-film CLOSING DOORS (for the 16th Annual Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival).
Acting credits
7.2While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Alien: Romulus
2024
Three reno-victed renters break into an unoccupied mansion to seek temporary refuge. Inside, the house is eerie but clean. Although seemingly abandoned, it's stocked with food and alcohol. As the trespassers begin to relax, the house slowly reveals its true nature. Objects start to disappear, as though being absorbed into the furniture and walls. Before long, the trio realize that the house isn't just empty -- it's famished!
Adverse Possession
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NRIn a present day post-apocalypse where New York City has become a wasteland with a resting temperature of 140 degrees, Kai struggles to find an intimate connection using an online dating device which allows you to feel someone else’s touch.
Skin
2023
In Vancouver's Chinatown district, beatmaker Rikki Meng falls in love with the The Chinatown Diner, a soon-to-be-demolished diner by day and underground hip-hop club by night.
The Chinatown Diner
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