Polly is an award winning Chinese Canadian/Australian Director, Writer and Producer who splits her time between Los Angeles, CA and Vancouver, Canada.

 

Honing her craft in camera departments in Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong and Australia for over a decade and working alongside esteemed directors including Cameron Crowe and Jon M. Chu, Polly was inspired to pivot  into directing. Those years taught her how professional sets run, how departments rely on one another, and what it takes to get the shot while fostering collaboration, creativity and leading with empathy.

 

The mysterious and darkly comedic stories on her favorite tv show, The X Files, inspired her to direct, write and produce her first short film, WYTCH CRAFT. The supernatural short dark comedy was multi-award winning, including two Best Director awards, and screened at over 40 international film festivals. More recently, Polly was an Associate Producer on the WAYFARER STUDIOS feature, A NICE INDIAN BOY, which screened in cinemas in the US, Canada, the UK, India and Australia, and she directed episodes of a new short form comedy series to screen this Fall on AMAZON PRIME and OUTTV.

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She has shadowed directors David Frazee on the CW series FAMILY LAW, Shawn Piller and Bosede Williams on the CW series WILD CARDS, and the Emmy award winning cinematographer John S Bartley ASC CSC on the hit ABC series, LOST.

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Polly is an alumna of several respected film programs including the WARNER BROS DISCOVERY ACCESS DIRECTORS PROGRAM, the WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR CAM PROGRAM, she was a Finalist for the HALLMARK MAKE HER MARK WOMEN'S DIRECTING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM and a Jury Member for the 2023 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award.

 

Polly embodies two cultures while living in a third. Drawing from this, her storytelling explores what belonging looks like to culture and community and the experiences of women's angst, vulnerability and self reclamation. Her experiences of surviving Intimate Partner Violence and having a family member with mental health issues has seen her advocate for these causes at the WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION AUSTRALIA: EXCELLENCE IN CRAFT series, where she moderated a discussion about mental health, domestic violence and intergenerational trauma with guest filmmakers. Polly was also the Industry moderator for the Cinematic Visions Cinematography panel at 2024 GEMFest Film Festival.

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Polly is currently developing her first feature film.

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