The Ugly Model

Doris Yeung is a Chinese American queer film writer, director and producer. She has completed 3 feature films and documentaries Motherland (2009) and Taxi Stories (2017) and The Ugly Model (2019) filmed in U.S, Hong Kong, Beijing and Europe as well as numerous other short films. She is the founder of CinemAsia Film Festival Netherlands, one of the longest running Asian film festivals in Europe since 2003. She lives with her partner and their young daughter in Amsterdam.

Mitchel is a New York City native that has over 20 years of experience in higher education, non-profit management and advocacy focusing on immigrant rights, people of color rights, and community empowerment.  Mitchel is the longest tenure faculty at CUNY Hunter College in the Asian American Studies department.  He is also the Director of Queens Community Center at the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), the nation's largest Asian serving social service agency.  

Daniel Liu moved from California to New York City to model for clients such as Dolce & Gabbana, Cartier, L'Oreal, and Dior, and has appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, V Man, and Esquire. Now based out of Toronto, he and his wife are currently renovating a church and running a ceremonial matcha business. Daniel recently shot a cameo in Marvel's Shang Chi with Simu Liu and Awkwafina while driving a red BMW.

Brian Yang is an Asian American actor and producer, most known for his role as Charlie Fong in Hawaii Five-0. He has also starred in The Man with Iron Fists, Quentin Lee’s The People I’ve Slept With, and Alice Wu’s Saving Face. Yang was producer of the acclaimed Linsanity documentary and received the Remy Martin Asian American Achievement Award in Film and Television at the 2013 Asian American International Film Festival.