Desdemona Chiang

Desdemona Chiang is a director and writer based in Seattle, WA and Ashland, OR. She has over 20 years of experience directing in American regional theatre and writes stories about unique inter-generational immigrant experiences. Her TV pilot "Made in USA" was developed with the Sundance Episodic Program, The Orchard Project, The Writers Lab, and was a winner of the WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab. Her TV pilot "Zhizha!" was developed as part of Film Independent's Episodic lab (sponsored by Netflix) in February 2024. Desdemona is also part of the inaugural cohort of the Sundance Institute Asian American Fellowship and the AFI DWW+ class of 2024, where she wrote and directed a short film adaptation of "Made in USA" (CAPE Julia Gouw Award Honorable Mention). MFA Directing: University of Washington.