Steven J. Kung

Director UPM

The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Steven J. Kung directed the sixth season of Fresh Off The Boatand is a writer on Dear White People. He’s been telling POC, queer, and female-forward stories for his entire career, most notably with A Leading Man, his feature film about Asian American representation in entertainment, which lead Mic to proclaim him as one of Six Filmmakers Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling.

Steven also directed the award-winning documentary, SPEW: The Competitive World of High School Debate as well as commercials and industrials for The Global Healthy Living Foundation, Essential Qi, the Victory Fund and the University of VirginiaAs a UPM, he produced Ernest Borgnine’s final movie, The Man Who Shook The Hand of Vicente Ferna´ndez.

Steven graduated from the Disney ABC Directing Program and the DGA Mentorship Program. He serves as co-chair emeritus of the DGA Asian American Committee, a board member of the Virginia Film Festival, and co-chairs the WGA Asian American Town Hall. A native of Virginia Beach, he holds an MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts and a BA with High Distinction in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Check out his latest work at https://vimeo.com/stevenjkung

Credits

Fresh Off The Boat (Director)

Dressed to Depress (Director)

Healthy Hannah (Director)

A Leading Man (Director)

Camp Abercorn (2nd Unit Director & UPM)

The Man who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (UPM)

Co-chair Emeritus, Asian American Committee


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