Bio

Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung is an award-winning non-fiction filmmaker based in the New York metropolitan area. She had been training to become a classical musician when she left home at the age of 18 to attend New York University Abu Dhabi. Although she intended to study Social Research and Public Policy, she soon found herself inexplicably drawn to Film and New Media. Fortunately, she has found a happy balance between these disciplines in documentary filmmaking.

Long before discovering her passion for documentary filmmaking, Andrea was born in Taipei, Taiwan, to a family full of wanderers. Her mother is a flight attendant, while her father's family belongs to a subgroup of Han Chinese called Hakka, who got their name, literally translates as "guest people," because of their large diaspora population. Influenced by her family, Andrea is curious about the world and passionate about telling stories of people who are in between places or stages of life, as well as those who strive to understand and transcend differences.

Andrea’s documentary and multimedia work have allowed her to continue exploring the globe: She made Como Núnca Fuimos (Like We Never Left) in Cuba, exploring ideas of home and what change in this intimate space can mean. Her time spent living in the United Arab Emirates culminated in Finding Nasseebi, an autobiographical film in which she documents her journey to learn about Islam and to love someone deeply, despite differences in religious beliefs. Since moving to the U.S. in 2018, she has made four more short films, including Sleepwalker, in which she confronted her shifting definition of “home,” ignorance about politics, and failure to be fully present no matter where she was.

Outside of her personal projects, she works as a producer and editor with clients ranging from VICE World News and Symphony Talent, to This Is Good and Reel Works. Profiles of Purpose: Flowers in the River, a short film Andrea directed and filmed for Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, won Best Film and Audience Choice awards at ESG Film Festival, co-hosted by the United Nations Office for Partnerships and Investment News. As a videographer, Andrea worked for various media outlets, documenting the Brussels Film Festival in Belgium and the largest travel blogger convention that took place in Stockholm, Sweden in 2016.

Andrea’s films have been screened at festivals around the world, while her written and other audiovisual works have appeared in publications such as Litro Magazine, Cineuropa.com, Airport Road, The Gazelle, and Peninsula Press. She holds an MFA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University.