
Cathy Yan
Directing
Biography
Cathy Yan is a filmmaker based in New York City, born in China and raised between Hong Kong and Washington, DC. She is known for Dead Pigs (2018) and DC Extended Universe Film Birds of Prey (2020).
Known For

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
Succession

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.
The Gallerist

Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang creates his most ambitious project yet: Sky Ladder, a visionary, explosive event that he pulls off in his hometown in China after 20 years of failed attempts.
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.
Dead Pigs
In the near future, tensions over race and gender have reached violent extremes, so the U.S. government institutes 'The Freshening', an initiative through which every American receives an injection, after which everyone sees others as the same race and gender as themselves.
The Freshening

The movie unfolds from the perspective of a girl growing up in the outer boroughs of New York in the ’90s. With parents newly arrived from Shanghai, the family works through the unique trials of ascending to the middle class. A coming-of-age tale told with insight and humor, the story offers a sweeping perspective on the humility and heartache of the immigrant experience, as told from the point of view of children and parents.
Sour Hearts

On a random night of summer 1998, two good friends from a boarding school travel through time to 15 years ahead by pure happenstance. Wandering in the same neighbourhood where they were still growing up, they discover changes in their friends and loved ones - some of which are inevitable. Places which they enjoyed moments ago became remnants of the past while other shops appear to be timeless. In this magical tale which is also a social commentary, the two children seek to understand the world and themselves in 2013 through their innocent minds, and perhaps learn the first lesson on the passage of time.
The Stars The Sun The Moon
The privileged son of a powerful Chinese politician endures a long night of revelry, humiliation and self-discovery as a public family scandal erupts around him.
Last Night

After the death of his beloved aunt, Daniel, a gay, struggling actor, visits Esther, his devout Christian, Korean mother. Despite their differences, they try to heal together. But old habits die hard.
According to My Mother

When the groom goes missing on the day of their wedding, the bride must put her faith in his godmother's off-color scheme to replace him at the altar without anyone noticing.
Groomed

In an attempt to pay back his debtors, a pig farmer visits his successful son in Shanghai and discovers that he may have pinned his hopes on the wrong dream.