J.K. Wang
Experimental and Slow Cinema Filmmaker
Los Angeles, California, United States
J.K. Wang (she/they) is a trans and Taiwanese American multidisciplinary artist, dedicating herself to film, microtonal music, and writing poetry and prose. She has directed four self-funded feature films, along with shorts, experimental work, and video installations, and has screened at festivals worldwide, including Festival Angaelica and Midsummer Scream. She founded the VWC Film Collective and holds a BA in Film and Television Production from Loyola Marymount University. Wang is the editor at Bulletshrimp! Magazine, a queer, photo-illustrated short story anthology, and has published empirical research on Asian American internalized racism in a major psychology journal. She also works as the community engagement specialist at The TransLatin@ Coalition, an intersectional nonprofit advocating for the transgender community. Currently based in Los Angeles, Wang has moved eight times in her life: residing in places such as Missouri, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Taiwan.