Alan Chen, born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, studied filmmaking for his bachelor in Taipei National University of the Arts. There, his graduation short film "Icarus" made his debut and was selected at 2019 Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. After, he went to MetFilm School Berlin for further education in film directing. "Goodbye Taipei" was a graduation short film project carried out by him and his fellow colleagues from MetFilm.