Benedict Chiu is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker originally from Saratoga, CA. He graduated from USC with a joint degree in Business Administration and Cinematic Arts. He worked at the NBCUniversal Page Program, APA Agency, and Scott Free Productions, before being selected for the Warner Bros. Television Writers' Workshop. He was most recently a staff writer on Season 3 of CALL ME KAT (FOX).
As a writer-director, Benedict’s K-Pop horror short film BOY BAND starring Jay Lee (CSI: Vegas) won the Audience Award for Best Midnight Short at Dances With Films NY. It also played at CAAMFest, HollyShorts Monthly Screening, and Aesthetica Film Festival in its ongoing festival run. He also wrote and directed S.Q.A.G. (SHORT QUIET ASIAN GIRL) (2022), which premiered at New York Asian Film Festival and LA Shorts Fest, DANCING SHOES (2018), which was featured in Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie’s “Danser” exhibition in Paris, France, and SICK SUPERHERO (2017), which won the DJI Campus Stories Short Film Competition.
He is also an SFFilm Rainin Grant finalist and a Rideback Rise Circle member.