Bizhan Tong is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, writer, and director with over 15 years of experience in international cinema. Born to a Chinese father and Persian mother, he has spent his life bridging East and West through storytelling.
His recent work includes Forensic Psychologist (2023), a Hong Kong crime series starring Jeannie Chan, Justin Cheung, and Hong Kong Film Awards winner Crisel Consunji, where he served as showrunner and director. He also helmed the Hong Kong remake of Richard Linklater’s Tape, starring Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan, Adam Pak, Summer Chan, and Mason Fung Ho Yeung. The film was executive produced by Linklater, John Sloss, and original writer Stephen Belber who co-wrote the remake.
In addition, Bizhan produced British horror-comedy Murder Ballads (2023), starring Simon Callow, and the award-winning drama The Escort (2018), which earned him a Best Director award at New York’s Kew Gardens Festival. He also wrote and directed The Audition (2022), an international thriller inspired by his mentor, UK film distributor Trevor Green.
Bizhan is currently directing Tasting the Depths, a feature-length documentary following a master sommelier and explorer as he descends into the ocean depths to uncover how extreme environments transform human physiology and the way we experience flavour, while confronting the impact of climate change on winemaking and the future of extreme tourism.
He is also set to direct Shashou, an international homage to Hong Kong action cinema, which begins production later this year. Other upcoming projects include Hostage Crisis, a gripping bank robbery thriller; Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong’s largest zombie film to date; and Crypto Keepers, a tech drama series.
