Interviewing award-winning director, writer, cinematographer, producer Tiffany Hsiung (The Apology, Sing Me a Lullaby). Tiffany Hsiung is an international award-winning filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. 

She recently received the prestigious Peabody Award for her debut feature ‘The Apology’ along with the DuPont Columbia Award and the Allan King Memorial Award. After an astounding world premiere at Hot Docs International Documentary Festival The Apology (2016) a story that follows the lives of 3 grandmothers that were former sex slaves for the Japanese imperial army during WWII across Asia. The film received over 15 awards internationally, screened in over 120 film festivals with U.S, Korean and Chinese distribution and broadcasted on POV/ PBS and worldwide by Al Jazeera. Harnessing her passion for both fiction and non-fiction storytelling. Tiffany’s recent hybrid short The Bassinet (2019) for the National Film Board of Canada looks at Contemporary LGBTQ2+ Lives and Identities. 

Tiffany directed her first episodic show for the Emmy award winning Sinking Ship Entertainment, ‘Dino Dana’ and was selected out of 350 applicants across Canada to be one of 8 directors to participate in the renowned Academy Women Directors’ Program. Partnered with Netflix. She was invited to shadow on season 4 of ‘Kim’s Convenience’ followed by the season finale of ‘Frankie Drake Mysteries’ Tiffany studied film production at Ryerson University. And was the recipient of the Norman Jewison Award and William F. Whites Award for her award winning short film ‘Binding Borders’ (2007), screened globally and propelled her to direct the RCI/CBC six-part mini-series on China’s first ever Olympic Games, ‘A New Face for Beijing’ (2008). Tiffany co-created the digital interactive documentary The Space We Hold (2017) which took home a Canadian Screen Award and a Peabody Futures of Media Award for best interactive documentary. 

Immediately after wrapping her second documentary partnered with CBC ‘Sing Me a Lullaby’ Hsiung is in production on a short documentary ‘Until Further Notice’ commissioned through CBC’s Relief Fund. Tiffany’s approach to storytelling is driven by the human condition and the relationship that is built with the people she meets both in front and behind the lens. Despite how emotionally charged her films are, Tiffany masterfully embeds humour and levity to bring her audience in closer allowing her stories to be universally accessible. Tiffany is in development for her debut feature drama based on ‘Sing Me a Lullaby’. Tiffany sits on the board of DOC Canada Ontario chapter and was recently elected as second vice-chair of the Directors Guild of Canada Ontario Executive Board.

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