Eva's Conundrum

When I was a kid in Shanghai, my father took me to the movies at least twice a week. Movies in China are unrated, and we saw everything. I fell in love with Tarantino’s operatic style of storytelling, and Wes Anderson’s composition. Doing what was expected of me, I majored in computer science in college, but a large part of my time was spent making short films. Untrained, I scoured the internet to learn how to shoot, edit, production design, and work with actors. In 2014, one of my shorts, “Varied Scarfs", was shown in a venue packed with 800 people. When the film ended, the audience burst into applause. That was the moment I made the decision to abandon computers and become a filmmaker.
I love constructing complex stories that leap around in time and space, drawing inspiration from opera, video games, cartoons, mystery fiction, and forms of art from different cultures. In 2023, I wrote, directed, and produced my first feature, “Guide for a Hidden Fate.” Shot in Shanghai over the course of 8 days, in 15+ locations, this full-length, sci-fi, comedy thriller is the embodiment of what I modestly hope one day will be called, “The Gong” style. A film that takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster, from laughter to tears, while asking and answering the eternal questions of life.