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LAAPFF Short Film Review: “In Full Bloom” (2019), dir. Maegan Houang. Warning: Spoilers Below. Official film poster for In Full Bloom. Throughout her prolific career as a music video director, Los Angeles based filmmaker Maegan Houang has explored a wide range of dark fantasy topics with her uncompromising direction.
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.
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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.
However, it wasn’t until Houang took a crack at “Happy” off of Mitski‘s album Puberty 2 that she really hit it big. Set in the unspecified past, “Happy” tells the story of a wife who suspects that her American husband is cheating on her. Unfortunately, as she soon comes to find out, things are much, much worse than she initially thinks.
Mar 5, 2022 · Out of respect for my husband, I decided not to post it. Maybe some other time. What began as a happy and upbeat post about our meeting actually brought back a big emotional wave of sadness due to the tumultuous events that surrounded our beginning.
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.
Around the same time, she began writing a script for Panos Cosmatos (based on a story by both) after screenwriter Aaron Stewart-Ahn—who she befriended after he shared her Mitski video online—recommended her. Houang finished penning Nekrokosm, the director’s follow-up to Mandy, earlier this year.
