Jill V. Dae

Jill V Dae is a writer director and prodcuer from Hong Kong now based in Los Angeles Her genrebending filmmaking fuses surrealism with social commentary With a background in photojournalism and a brief stint as a Myspacefamous scene kid Jills stylized aesthetic draws influence from early2000s punk and internet culture blended with cinema vérité the tension between beauty and violence continuing to define her work today Her films have premiered at Oscarqualifying festivals such as Palm Springs Honeywell LA Shorts The Discovery and most recently DEI She was named 30 Under 30 Filmmakers to Watch by the LA Film Awards for her short Rebirth now curated into Southeastern Universitys filmmaking curriculum As a writer Jills alternatehistory pilot UMERIKA won the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition and received its Diversity Inclusion Award Her feature Sonata was a 2025 WIF x Black List Feature Lab and 2019 Screencraft Film Fund finalist Jill is a proud member of the Producers Guild of America and a selected WIF mentee A trilingual thirdculture kid Jill unabashedly crafts stories through a cultural kaleidoscope Embracing her global background and multidisciplinary artistic roots she approaches each set with a deeply collaborative spirit rooted in empathy and vivacity the name of her first Youtube channel