Photo by Dan Kitchens
Vee Hua 華婷婷 (they/them) is a writer, filmmaker, and organizer with semi-nomadic tendencies. Much of their work unifies their metaphysical interests with their belief that art can positively transform the self and society. They are the Editor-in-Chief of REDEFINE, a Co-Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission, and until recently, the Interim Managing Editor of the South Seattle Emerald. Prior to that, they were the Executive Director of the interdisciplinary community hub, Northwest Film Forum, where they played a groundbreaking role in making the space more welcoming and accessible for diverse audiences.
Their latest short film, Reckless Spirits (2022), is a metaphysical, multi-lingual POC buddy comedy; the feature film version is slated for production in 2025. Vee is also in post-production on a short documentary film about Hunt’s Trading Post in Southern Utah, just outside of the Navajo and Ute Nations.
In 2017, Vee released the narrative short film, Searching Skies — which touches on Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States — and co-organized The Seventh Art Stand, a national film and civil rights discussion series against Islamophobia.
Vee is passionate about cultural space, the environment, and finding ways to covertly and overtly disrupt oppressive structures. They also regularly share observational human stories through their storytelling newsletter, RAMBLIN’ WITH VEE!, and are pursuing a Master’s in Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship under the Native American Studies Department at the University of Minnesota.
Photo by Auriza Ugalino; courtesy of The Future Ancient
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select press coverage
- Vee Hua and Tariqua Waters are Gonna Blow Your Mind (The Stranger, 2022)
- Reckless Spirits Premieres at Local Sightings Film Fest (Seattle Met, 2022)
- Most Influential People of 2021 (Seattle Magazine, 2021)
- Vivian Hua Will Step Down as Northwest Film Forum’s Executive Director in 2022 (The Stranger, 2021)
- Vivian Hua, Northwest Film Forum Receive 2021 Mayor’s Award for Achievement in Film (South Seattle Emerald, 2021)
- 14 Seattle artists on making art while the world falls apart (Crosscut, 2021)
- Three tales of survival from the Seattle arts scene (Crosscut, 2021)
- What Really Happened in CHOP? (Seattle Met, 2021)
- The Joy Luck Club – 1993 (Dead Beat Film Society, 2021)
- Streaming Sundance Film Festival (KUOW / NPR, 2021)
- Catching up with Northwest Film Forum executive director Vivian Hua, two years into the job, about the intersection of art, social and racial justice, writing and film making (International Examiner, 2021)
- Stories of Adaptation & Resilience (Emily Zimmerman, 2020)
- NW Film Forum’s Executive Director Vivian Hua talks about moving forward in the time of COVID-19 (The Sunbreak, 2020)
- Northwest Film Forum Finds Its Way Through the Pandemic (The Stranger, 2020)
- A Community of Filmmakers and Film Lovers (Seattle Growth Podcast, 2019)
- Vivian Hua Unpacks Islamophobia in Searching Skies (South Seattle Emerald, 2018)
- Meet Vivian Hua: Executive Director of Northwest Film Forum (The Fold, 2018)
- Vivian Hua to succeed Courtney Sheehan as executive director of Northwest Film Forum (CityArts, 2018)
- Vivian Hua brings a social justice lens to the Northwest Film Forum as the new executive director (International Examiner, 2018)
- A film festival takes a stand against Islamophobia (Oregon Artswatch, 2017)