S. Leo Chiang
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S. Leo Chiang | |
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| Born | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Website | sleochiang |
Sung-Chang Leo Chiang (
Kaohsiung City[1]) is a documentary filmmaker. Born in Taiwan and based in San Francisco, Leo received his MFA in film production from University of Southern California. He lectured in the Social Documentation program at University of California, Santa Cruz, and was a fellow in the Sundance
Institute Documentary Film Program.
His film Out Run, co-directed with award-winning filmmaker
News & Documentary Emmy Award. It picked up eight film festival awards, aired on PBS Independent Lens
series, and has been acquired by more than 200 academic and public libraries.
His other films include To You Sweetheart, Aloha (PBS broadcast 2006), One + One (CINE Golden Eagle Award 2002), and Safe Journey. Leo also collaborates with other documentary filmmakers as an editor (True-Hearted Vixen, POV 2001; Recalling Orange County, PBS/VOCES 2006) and as a cameraman (Ask Not, Independent Lens 2009).
His 2023 film Best Documentary Short Subject. Reuters reported that Chiang "aimed to use the island as a visual representation of the tensions with China, but also to ultimately tell a story about what it means to be Taiwanese."[4]
Filmography
- Island in Between (2023)
- Our Time Machine (2019)
- Out Run (2016)
- Mr. Cao Goes to Washington (2012)
- A Village Called Versailles (2009)
- To You Sweetheart, Aloha (2004)
- Safe Journey (2004)
- One + One (2002)
References
- YouTube
- ^ NPR: "Mr. Cao recalls Congressman's unlikely rise"
- ^ PBS: A Village Called Versailles page
- ^ Ben Blanchard and Fabian Hamacher (Feb 13, 2024). "Battle-scarred Taiwanese islands star in Oscar nominated film". Reuters.
External links
- S. Leo Chiang Website
- S. Leo Chiang at IMDb