
Wayne Yung
Directing
Biography
Wayne Yung was born in 1971 in Edmonton, Canada, to a Chinese immigrant family. He moved to Vancouver in 1994, where he became established as a writer, performer and video artist exploring issues of race and identity from a queer Chinese-Canadian perspective. Arriving in Germany in 2001, he lived in Hamburg and Cologne before settling in Berlin. In addition to his artistic practice, he has also been active as a curator, organizing screening events in North America and Europe.
Known For

Blending Milk and Water: Sex in the New World is a cross-cultural, intergenerational, documentary about the diverse views of sex from twenty-two people. The recollections, fears and opinions of young people, professionals, healthworkers, educators, artists, community activists, and people living with AIDS are mixed.
Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World

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Asian Boyfriend

Two young gay Asians banter about the West Coast queer Asian experience.
Lotus Sisters

Using phone personals, databases, and internet searches, a young gay man uses digital technology to remember boyfriends past, in the search of boyfriends future.
Search Engine

Differences in age, race and HIV status complicate a relationship.
Peter Fucking Wayne Fucking Peter

A gay Chinese-Canadian is searching for his ideal lover. A comedy about alleged cultural identities, a diary about migrant isolation and a love letter.
My German Boyfriend

After his boyfriend leaves, a young man is lost in nostalgia and depression, until a mute street kid tries to distract him from his melancholy. A moody and romantic story that pays homage to the film noir of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai.
Davie Street Blues

With lush visual effects and evocative soundscape, this movement tape is a poetic exploration of one man's fall from grace, as he becomes disillusioned with gay ideals of beauty.
Angel

The image of a young Asian man kissing 63 different men is superimposed over vibrantly colored flowers with their official names. The men talk about their first gay Asian kiss.
Field Guide to Western Wildflowers

A dance video with drag queens, surfer music and Scrabble geeks. A parody of gender roles both queer and straight, in a fast paced multi layered mix.
Surfer Dick

In three easy lessons, you’ll learn many Cantonese phrases that are useful in a gay bar, a cruising park, and a bathhouse. These three self-contained episodes can be viewed as a single video or as a recurring serial in a program of shorts.
The Queen's Cantonese

Temple of My Familiar is the name of a mural painted in Belfast by Canadian artist Nhan Duc Nguyen. This documentary situates Nguyen’s art within the political context of war-torn Northern Ireland, and explores the artist’s own cross-cultural search for an identity spanning East and West.
Temple of My Familiar

In this queer Asian spoof of karaoke, a new boy in town discovers the dark side of the big city. The story follows his adventures to an underground club where sex and murder are in store.
One Night in Heaven (East End Remix)
Amid a clutter of dead white guys a gay man describes his failed relationships to his Asian lover.
Chopstick Bloody Chopstick

A short contemplation of race and gay porn.