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Mad Cow Director and writer Maegan Houang has written the final episode 'A dream of a dream' of FX's Shōgun Season 1. The show took home a record breaking 18 awards at the 2024 Emmy's this month and made history as the first ever non-English language series to win for best drama.
Now, Houang works as a writer on the J.K. Simmons-starring Starz television series Counterpart, but she still directs music videos on the side–her most recent one being “Chatroom” for New York indie rockers Charly Bliss. The two-year gap didn’t change much for Houang.
Dive into Mad Cow Director Maegan Houang's enthralling short film, "Astonishing Little Feet," as she boldly reimagines a powerful yet often ignored chapter in Asian American history. This impactful short follows the journey of sixteen-year-old Afong Moy, considered the first documented Chinese woman to arrive in the United States.
Jul 30, 2024 · Mixed Asian Media–Maegan Houang: Affirming our Histories in Film. Maegan Houang’s work is stunningly transportative and distinguishes her as one of the most exciting up-and-coming filmmakers on the scene. But she didn’t always imagine herself in film. On the heels of her latest film release, Astonishing Little Feet, Houang sits down with ...
Jan 16, 2024 · Described its creator as a “reimagining”, Astonishing Little Feet endeavours to explore the genuine history of Afong Moy, aiming to demonstrate how this unsettling past maintains an “eerily relevant” connection to present-day America.
Feb 28, 2024 · Maegan Houang, who is no stranger to DN’s pages, tackles the USA’s exploitation of Asian immigrants specifically in her latest short Astonishing Little Feet by looking at its genesis. She takes real-life figure, Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, and portrays an encounter she has with the men who ...
Jun 27, 2019 · DN alum director Maegan Houang’s In Full Bloom tells a story of memory; an old woman living in her apartment becomes confronted by relics from her past, causing a void to manifest itself in the middle of her floor.
