Aileen Wu

Aileen Wu is a ChineseAmerican actor director writer producer currently based in Brooklyn NY and Vancouver BC Throughout her teenage immigration experience Aileen used creative storytelling as a tool to unpack the mysteries of cultural relativism And lately each project has been an opportunity to challenge the confines of communication and empathy Aileen made her offbroadway acting debut in 2019 as Cordelia in Smith Street Stages new adaptation LEAR THAT OLD MAN I USED TO KNOW In the following year she made her directing debut through NYUs Chinese Students Scholars Association with her new play THE POEM OF FORGETFULNESS using a devised and experimental theatre approach Recent producing credits include theatre documentary HAMLET REHEARSED for Smith Street Stage narrative shortfilm FISH TANK for the 2021 Run N Gun 48 Hr Filmmaking Competition and award winning ultrashortfilm CLOSING DOORS for the 16th Annual Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival