Kit HUI

Kit Hui was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. She received her MFA from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program. Her thesis film, MISSING, was presented at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Competition and has screened at numerous film festivals worldwide. Her previous short film, A RAINY DAY, won the top prize at the China-American Film Festival and the 2004 Best Cinematography award at the International Student Film Festival at Buenos Aires. In 2005, she was chosen to participate at the Berlinale Talent Campus. She recently completed work as associate producer and shooting director on CHINATOWN, a BBC documentary series set in London. She is currently developing her first feature screenplay, A BREATH AWAY, the story of three families in a Hong Kong apartment complex forced to confront their demons during a mysterious fly infestation. The screenplay was also selected for the 2006 Sundance Writer’s Lab.