Bobby Yan

Bobby is a second-generation Chinese American director & writer from New York City. He graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans (where he founded the Tulane Asian American Student Union) and holds a Masters degree from NYU in Visual Effects. Starting out early in his career with music videos, he has directed and edited over one hundred music videos and commercials and garnered seven Emmy Awards as an editor and producer in Sports television. Born and raised in New York City as a child of immigrants, Bobby early life was surrounded by the diverse cultures and melting pot of NYC, which displays heavily in his work today. An avid video gamer and lover of comic book culture, Bobby fuses pop culture influences with visual elements of Hip Hop culture. With a focus on telling diverse stories that bridge communities together, Bobby’s work often explores topics and stories from a marginalized community perspective, exploring common bonds of ethnic/cultural heritage, gender, sexual orientation and political identification. His past work explores themes and genres of racial identity, LGBTQ, gender and anti-Asian violence.