Gin HUANG is an independent filmmaker and writer. His first book, New Yorkology (紐約學，2015), was published by Taiwan's China Times Publishing. This urban ethnography earned him critical acclaim for his shrewd observations and amusing real-life stories, which encouraged him to transition to screenplay writing and, following a summer course at Raindance Film School in London, directing. His debut film, All About My Son (2024), was an official selection of the 16th LGBT+ Film Festival Poland in 2025.

Telling stories with a social inquiry is Gin's specialty, as he was educated to be an economist (MSc, University of Warwick), a political scientist (MA, New York University) and a journalist (BA, Fu Jen Catholic University 輔仁大學). He also received academic training in drawing and painting and later translated the skills into visual design and photography. Growing up studying classical piano, he never mastered the instrument but has since developed sensitivity to music, sound and rhythm — the last is crucial to him in film editing.

Previously, Gin wrote, edited, supervised and managed investment reports for The Economist Group for over ten years. He was also a doctoral research assistant of monetary economics at Goethe University Frankfurt for three years (but then decided against obtaining the doctorate), as well as a semiconductor equity analyst at a boutique firm in Manhattan for a year.

Gin now lives in the Netherlands with his partner. They are travel addicts, which explains why he adores world cinema. But he is against country-counting by all means — is Taiwan, his hometown, a country?

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