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Jennifer Phang

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Jennifer Phang
A Berkeley-born daughter of Chinese-Malaysian and Vietnamese heritage, Jennifer Phang is a graduate of the MFA Directing program at the American Film Institute.

Her sophomore feature Advantageous won a Jury Prize at Sundance 2015 and was based on her award winning Futurestates short Advantageous (2012) Her award-winning feature film "Half-Life" premiered in 2008 at Sundance and Tokyo International, screened at SXSW, and was distributed by the Sundance Channel.

The film was then nominated for a 2016 Film Independent Spirit Award. Advantageous (2015) was the feature adaptation of Phang's short film by the same name, originally commissioned by ITVS's FutureStates anthology series. Phang is one of six women selected for the 2016 Women at Sundance Fellowship. She was selected for the 2016 Warner Bros. TV Directors' workshop and is being personally mentored by Emmy-winning producer/director Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones.) Additionally Phang is also a recipient of the inaugural San Francisco Film Society Women's Filmmaker Fellowship and Grant.

Jennifer also wrote and directed "Glass Butterfly," a visual effects-intensive narrative music video.
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Advantageous (2015)
Advantageous
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Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant (2020)
The Flight Attendant
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Leah Harvey in Foundation (2021)
Foundation
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Jensen Ackles, Laz Alonso, Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, and Jack Quaid in The Boys (2019)
The Boys
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  • Amy Smart, Luke Wilson, Meg DeLacy, Hunter Sansone, Brec Bassinger, Anjelika Washington, Yvette Monreal, Cameron Gellman, and Trae Romano in Stargirl (2020)
    Stargirl
  • Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant (2020)
    The Flight Attendant
  • Leah Harvey in Foundation (2021)
    Foundation
  • Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, and Judah Prehn in Resident Alien (2021)
    Resident Alien
  • Preston Oliver and Kyliegh Curran in Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021)
    Secrets of Sulphur Springs
  • Ming-Na Wen, Clark Gregg, Iain De Caestecker, Nick Blood, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, and Elizabeth Henstridge in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
    Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Jensen Ackles, Laz Alonso, Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, and Jack Quaid in The Boys (2019)
    The Boys
  • Kelsey Grammer, Russell Hornsby, and Rachelle Lefevre in Proven Innocent (2019)
    Proven Innocent
  • Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph in Cloak & Dagger (2018)
    Cloak & Dagger
  • Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Quantico (2015)
    Quantico
  • Shohreh Aghdashloo, Wes Chatham, Steven Strait, Frankie Adams, Cara Gee, and Dominique Tipper in The Expanse (2015)
    The Expanse
  • Cole Sprouse, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, K.J. Apa, and Madelaine Petsch in Riverdale (2017)
    Riverdale
  • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
    Major Crimes
  • The Exorcist (2016)
    The Exorcist
  • Advantageous (2015)
    Advantageous

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  • Futurestates (2010)
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  • Half-Life (2008)
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  • Love, Ltd. (2000)
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    Her feature debut Half-Life (2008) premiered in the New Frontiers section of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

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