Maegan Houang
Directing
Biography
Maegan Houang is a writer/director based in Los Angeles. She has written on TV shows such as Shogun (FX, Counterpart (Starz), ) and The Sympathizer (HBO). In 2018, she received a VSCO Voices Creator Grant to direct a short film In Full Bloom starring Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club). The film premiered on Short of the Week and played at festivals including Fantastic Fest, Atlanta Film Festival, New Orleans, Hollyshorts and Nitehawk. Her short film Astonishing Little Feet played at MoMA, the Hammer Museum, Palm Springs Short Fest and received a Vimeo Staff Pick. She has also directed music videos for artists such as Mitski, Vagabon, Charly Bliss, Hana Vu, Chastity Belt and Skylar Spence.
Known For
In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.
Shōgun
Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension.
Counterpart
Debra, Debra, and Debra are three very busy women who are all named Debra. They live in the affluent suburb of Lemoncurd and do lots of interesting activities, which keep them very busy.
Three Busy Debras
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.
The Sympathizer
A phantasmagorical fantasy nightmare set deep within a strange galaxy where two lovers are torn apart as they try to survive a malevolent invasion.
Nekrokosm
A rapper with a rising career hires a US manager and label, taking over from his father who has steered it to date.
Jamojaya
The video follows the story of Hana's murder, moving backward in time from the moment the cops discover her discarded head to the moment right before her death.
Care
In Full Bloom tells the story of Cecile, an older Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her stuff.
In Full Bloom
When Sandy and Mitra get into trouble, they come to their friend Alyssa for help. “Alyssa Learns to Drive,” written by and starring Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha, is an ingeniously silly sketch that cycles through a smorgasbord of random accents, absurd phrasings, botched language, and ludicrous plot twists. Sandy and Mitra purchase new knives, and they are eager to test them out. They stab each other to confirm they work — good news, they work; bad news, now they have to get to the hospital. They plead for a ride from their friend Alyssa but she can’t drive so they must quickly teach her, leading to more nonsensical developments.
Alyssa Learns to Drive
"A zombie is awakened." Short film by Henry Kaplan featuring music by Kerron Hurd.
We Together
Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off the peculiarities of her bound feet.
Astonishing Little Feet
In this Sirkian-horror romance, a woman in the 1950s suspects her husband is having an affair.
Happy
Vietnamese gangsters, bleach, and ammonia don’t mix well.
I Can't Be Your Superman
Two young women are sequestered in an underground bunker, waiting for a window of release. Maggie is desperate to connect to the outside world, whereas Dawn has settled into a grim domesticity. When opportunity for escape presents itself, conflict ensues and their partnership is tested.