Isaac Kau

In desperate need to pay for their mother's surgery, fraternal twins attempt to con an underground poker game run by a dangerous crime family.

Margaret is a young woman working at MIT. Amid a time of great innovation in space travel, she's hard at work in the mathematics department, working in the emerging field of software engineering. She and her colleagues are working on the software for NASA, having worked her way up from her initial application for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Building her team from the ground up, she earns the respect of those she works with, though she's still mistaken for a secretary. But when NASA's Apollo 8 mission goes awry, it's up to her and her team's programming abilities to save the astronauts stranded in space.

In 1983, two brothers have their relationship tested as they pitch their personal computer.

Two VHS digitizers receive a mysterious box of tapes.

A capsule of moments I’ve held onto tightly during post-grad. In English, 國語, 日本語 filmed/edited by Isaac Kau on camcorder.

IF YOU WERE HERE is a grandson’s depiction of Ama (grandma) Kuo’s love story with her husband, Akong, and her struggle to support 6 daughters in the United States while Akong worked to support them financially back in Taiwan. As Ama recalls pieces of the past, I visit their original home in Taiwan with old photos in hand to see how the pieces fit. IF YOU WERE HERE is an exploration of who my grandparents once were and what it means to love across seas, generations, and death.

The iPod nano, existential music, and a walk in the park.

photo lab and print shop in bedstuy brooklyn at 1113 fulton street, 11238.

A 93-year old Taiwanese widow recounts her love story with her late husband and the sacrifices they made for their children while 6,891 miles apart.