Yan Ting Yuen
Yan Ting Yuen was born in Hong Kong, China, and grew up in Europe. She studied Communications Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. After working as an assistant on several film productions, she realized her first film in 2001, “Chin.Ind.: Life Behind the Serving Batch”, which was nominated for the National Dutch Film Award.
“Yang Ban Xi – The 8 Model Works” (2005/DOKU.ARTS 2006) is her first feature film and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival and won the “Prix du Meilleur Essai” at the International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal 2007. It has just been released at theatres throughout the USA.