- A Berkeley-born daughter of Chinese-Malaysian and Vietnamese heritage, Jennifer Phang is a graduate of the MFA Directing program at the American Film Institute.
Her sophomore feature Advantageous won a Jury Prize at Sundance 2015 and was based on her award winning Futurestates short Advantageous (2012) Her award-winning feature film "Half-Life" premiered in 2008 at Sundance and Tokyo International, screened at SXSW, and was distributed by the Sundance Channel.
The film was then nominated for a 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award. Advantageous (2015) was the feature adaptation of Phang's short film by the same name, originally commissioned by ITVS's FutureStates anthology series. Phang is one of six women selected for the 2016 Women at Sundance Fellowship. She was selected for the 2016 Warner Bros. TV Directors' workshop and is being personally mentored by Emmy-winning producer/director Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones.) Additionally Phang is also a recipient of the inaugural San Francisco Film Society Women's Filmmaker Fellowship and Grant.
Jennifer also wrote and directed "Glass Butterfly," a visual effects-intensive narrative music video.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous - Jennifer Phang is an award-winning director, creating impactful films with breathtaking visuals. Jennifer's strength as a director lies in her distinct visual language that tackles complicated topics with a diverse perspective, rooted in her upbringing in Berkeley with a Chinese-Malaysian and Vietnamese background and subsequent MFA in directing from the American Film Institute. Jennifer made her mark as a filmmaker by bringing poignant drama to fantastical realities, from independent feature films to prestige television for studios including Disney, Marvel, Amazon, Warner Brothers and Universal.
Phang's first feature Half-Life -- a magic-real family drama -- premiered at Sundance. Her sophomore feature, Advantageous, won a Sundance Dramatic Jury Prize and was acquired by Netflix for an exclusive worldwide streaming deal The sci-fi mother-daughter drama garnered both cult and critical acclaim, garnering on several "Best Of" lists, including one of the Best 15 Sci-Fi Films on Netflix and was featured in the LA Times as one of "The 20 Best Asian American films of the last 20 years."- IMDb Mini Biography By: msw media
- Her feature debut Half-Life (2008) premiered in the New Frontiers section of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
- Named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" (Summer 2008).
- Is certified in scuba diving (open water).
- Last name is pronounced "Pong.".
- Developed Look for Water (2011) with co-writer Dominic Mah at the 2008 Sundance June Screenwriters Lab.
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