ABOUT WENDY

Wendy is a British-Hong Kongese Writer/Director and Royal Television Society nominee based in London. A member of BAFTA Connect and Directors UK, she draws inspiration from her bicultural upbringing in both Hong Kong and the UK.

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She is currently one of ten writers in The Darkroom, a BFI-funded lab for trans+, queer global majority, and gender non-conforming writers, where she is developing her debut feature film.

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As a Directors UK Inspire 2024-2025 mentee, Wendy is being mentored by Tom Vaughan (Doctor Foster, What Happens in Vegas, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder) and has shadowed him on BBC/UKTV’s I, Jack Wright, gaining valuable experience in high-stakes TV directing. She has also been mentored by Isabelle Sieb (Vigil, Shetland), Laura Scrivano (The Lazarus Project), and Freddie Syborn (Bad Education).

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Wendy's Who Murdered the Maid?, a musical film addressing transgender issues, was nominated for the Royal Television Society Student Television Awards 2021 and the LGBTQI+ Mentorship at Watersprite Film Festival 2021. She directed salt: dispersed, an adaptation of Selina Thompson’s award-winning one-woman show exploring grief, ancestry, and colonialism, commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and funded by Arts Council England. Wendy also directed Red Ink and Close Encounter, monologues for Creating Apart, showcasing East and Southeast Asian talent in the UK.

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In the commercial sphere, Wendy collaborates with Sassy Films, writing ideas for campaigns. Her work includes a commercial for Audible’s LGBT+ horror podcast Sour Hall by Laura Kirwan-Ashman, featuring Pearl Mackie and Lucy Fallon.

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Wendy aspires to use her work to spotlight inequalities and injustices, with a focus on authentic East/Southeast Asian representation and LGBTQI+ stories. Being East Asian and queer herself, she is passionate about raising awareness of these issues through compelling narratives.

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She is fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese.