Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong and California. Graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the Beijing Film Academy with degrees in Art History and Directing. She has written and directed over 15 short films and wrote and directed her first feature film, MOTHERLAND (2009). She is also a working film programmer, programming films for various international film festivals and has been on many film juries including the Teddy Jury at the Berlinale Film Festival. She resides and works in Amsterdam since 2002 and is the founder of CinemAsia Film Festival, Netherlands.