Wendy Wang
Directing
Biography
Wendy Wang is a Los Angeles–based writer-director and USC alum whose work explores control, identity, and survival through the lens of character-driven horror and psychological thrillers. She blends grounded emotion with bold genre storytelling, often drawing on folklore, urban paranoia, and personal experience to craft unsettling, emotionally resonant narratives. Wendy’s directing background spans music videos and narrative shorts, where she has developed a reputation for marrying striking visual style with intimate, character-focused storytelling. Her early career in distribution and post-production, combined with producing credits on award-winning shorts such as Kickstart My Heart (starring Emma Pasarow) and Burn Out (starring Everett Osborne & Tommie Earl Jenkins; executive produced by Jaime Lee Curtis), gives her a unique dual perspective, balancing creative vision with practical execution. As a filmmaker, she gravitates toward unreliable narrators, fractured perspectives, and moral ambiguity.
Known For
An assistant will do anything to get his presentation in front of his boss… even set himself on fire.
Burn Out
A young man who is haunted by his murdered brother turns to a psychiatrist whose unorthodox treatment twists his world even further.
Mantra
Power and politics collide with passion and ambition in a series of surreal vignettes. A wild ensemble of comedic characters present a dark vision of human character. As Father Time narrates 3 stories of hubris, death, and real estate.
Three Eras
A father raises his daughter in the post-apocalypse after monsters attack. But when the daughter ventures outside to save her father, cracks in what she’s been told to believe appear.
Sins of the Father
After being kidnapped, Julian wakes up in a stranger’s basement, where another child already lives—and where survival means playing along with the man who calls himself “Dad.” As the boys form a fragile bond, they plot an escape from a twisted domestic nightmare. THE MAN UPSTAIRS is a tense psychological horror about identity, obedience, and the resilience of children under unimaginable pressure.