Email:
zhangniuyue@gmial.com
niuyuezh@usc.edu
biography
Kay Niuyue Zhang is from Wuhan, China, and lives in Los Angeles. She graduated from Duke University with a BA in International comparative studies and History. Graduating from the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA program, she is a recipient of the merit award of James Bridges and Jack Larson fund.
As a director and producer, Kay made several short films and features that went to Oscar qualifying film festivals internationally such as Flickers' Rhode Island IFF, St. Louis IFF, USA Film Festival, and Beijing IFF, and won the Gold Medalist of the 47th Student Academy Awards, and Special Jury Prize at the BAFTA Student Film Awards. Her projects are supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, FOX Fellowship Endowment Fund, Moustapha and Malek Akkad Endowed Fund, Lisa Lu Foundation and several other generous funds.
Her creativity is inspired by her experience as an international citizen who constantly crosses borders both physically and culturally. She surrounds her creative world with the subtle and sensitive experiences of marginalized and diasporic children and women.