Kathy Meng is a Chinese American writer & director born in Philadelphia and raised between Beijing and Massachusetts. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, her films explore the emotional interiority of modern Chinese women navigating identity and intimacy as outsiders in American society.
Her work has screened at major festivals including the Asian American International Film Festival, CAAMFest, RiverRun, Fort Lauderdale, Twin Cities, and DC ShortsFest, where Elite Match (2022) won the Audience Award. Her first short Nanny (2016) was a Fusion Film Festival finalist and won Best Actress and Screenwriting at First Run Film Festival; My Boyfriend’s Daughter (2019) was distributed by ShortsTV. Willow and Wu (2024) won Best Screenplay at Brooklyn Film Festival, Best Short at Katra Film Series, and is a BlueCat Screenplay Competition finalist.
Meng’s work has received support from the NYC Women’s Fund and been publicly screened by Wake Forest University, New York University, CUNY TV, and the U.S. Naval Air Station in Sicily. She is a finalist for the Richie Jackson Artist Fellowship, Marcie Bloom Fellowship, and NYFF Artists Academy, and has worked at the Tribeca Film Festival, A24, and Scott Rudin Productions.
Besides filmmaking, she enjoys long walks on the beach, hiking, reading, architecture & design, swimming, thrifting, meme-hunting, theater, Reddit, tennis, Pictionary, and more.
kathymeng.films@gmail.com