Los Angeles, California, United States
Robin Wang is a Student Academy Award® winner, a DGA Student Award winner, and a two-time Student Emmy winner based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. As a director and producer, Robin has brought his works to over a hundred international film festivals worldwide, including many prominent Oscar-qualifiers such as LA Outfest, Cleveland, St. Louis, Urbanworld, deadCenter, and LA Shorts. He is especially known for directing the historical biopic short film, Neither Donkey Nor Horse, based on the life of the first Nobel Prize-nominated Chinese scientist, Dr. Wu Lien-teh. The film, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival, won the Student Academy Awards®, and is longlisted for Best Live Action Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards®. Robin's other directorial works include the coming-of-age Asian American comedy Wei-Lai. The film won Best Comedy Series at the 42nd College Television Awards, the Best Comedy of the Year at Newfilmmakers Los Angeles, and has been an official selection at Bentonville Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Hollyshorts, as well as a Finalist for KCET - Fine Cut and CAA Moebius. The film has received distributions on Kanopy, Viddsee, and Omeleto, where it currently garnered 290K views. From 2023 to 2024, Robin helmed numerous higher-budget genre films and period pieces as the director. Notably, he co-directed the feature film Jack & Lou: A Gangster Love Story, starring Linda Hamilton from the Terminator Franchise. The film is set in 1920s Al Capone's Chicago, with select scenes filmed on the Warner Brothers Studio Lot. Robin was born in Xi'an, China but had spent most of his youth traversing the rich and intricate cultural landscapes of China, Singapore, and the United States. As a Chinese diaspora storyteller, Robin is recognized for his global Asian-themed dramas with a blend of bittersweet poignancy, twisted ethics, and heartfelt realities. As one who wanders on the margin of cultures, he wants to continue to explore the meaning of "home" and "homelessness" against the massive backdrop of cultural displacement and the Asian diaspora. Robin is represented by the Gersh Agency. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English (Highest Distinction) from Duke University and an MFA degree in Film & Television Production from the University of Southern California.
Direct end-to-end production of AIGC advertising and branded entertainment, from concept through delivery, deploying multi-agent workflows. Develop hybrid AI-integrated filmmaking workflows and collaborate with engineering on the core canvas interface for scene breakdown, shot planning, and video generation. Bridge emerging AI technologies with cinematic storytelling, translating narrative craft into a production-ready pipeline.
Directing Fellow of Film Independent's Project Involve Program 2026. Collaboration with Writers, Executive Producers, Producers, Cinematographers, and Editors to bring 5 Short Film projects from development to completion.
Director, Co-writer, Executive Producer of award-winning short film Neither Donkey Nor Horse Starring Chris Pang Executive Produced by Ellen Eliasoph AWARDS & FESTIVALS 97th Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film Longlist Student Academy Awards Winner DGA Student Film Awards Grand Prize - Best Asian American Filmmaker College Television Awards/ Emmy Nominee - Best Drama Series Telluride Film Festival (World Premiere) Newport Beach Film Festival - Outstanding Narrative Short St. Louis International Film Festival Cleveland International Film Festival San Diego International Film Festival Sedona International Film Festival Dam Short Film Festival Anchorage International Film Festival - Outstanding Drama Short Film Raw Science Film Festival – Best Professional Dramatic Short Flathead Lake International Cinemafest - Best Picture Short, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography Nomination Magnolia Independent Film Festival Chinese American Film Festival – Golden Angel Award for Best Short Film Hainan Island International Film Festival - Special Presentation
Supervise and executive produce short-form scripted romance series for streaming platforms Goodshort, TikTok, and Instagram, with Millions of Views.
Serve as contracted Director and Producer for Reelshort Vertical Drama Series. Director: Bound by Vendetta: Sleeping with the Enemy (26.9 M Views) Producer: His One and Only Love (16.2 M Views)