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Jul 30, 2024 · Photo courtesy of Maegan Houang. 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.
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.
Delve into Los Angeles-based director Maegan Houang's filmography, and you'll be stunned at some of the macabre things that you'll find. Horror, unnerving tension, and elements of dark fantasy all come together in her works time and time again, coalescing in a kaleidoscope of gruesome ideas.
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.
Jul 16, 2020 · This photo series explores the masks and costumes Asian-American women wear to balance our own ethnic identities with Eurocentric beauty standards. The photographs oscillate between beautiful and grotesque; honest and theatrical; eye-opening, yet bewildering.
Aug 7, 2019 · In Full Bloom: A Short Film on the Black Hole of Grief. In a conversation with VSCO, filmmaker Maegan Houang explains that “ In Full Bloom tells the story of Cecile, an elderly Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her stuff.
Feb 20, 2024 · In her short film Astonishing Little Feet, which premiered on Nowness Asia last month, Houang endeavors to unsettle viewers by highlighting these parallels—retelling Afong Moy’s story with an emphasis on her own perspective, while not shying away from the violent nature of her treatment.
