Benedict Chiu is a Taiwanese-American filmmaker originally from Saratoga, CA. He is an alumni of the Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop and most recently a staff writer on Season 3 of CALL ME KAT (FOX).
As a writer-director, his K-Pop horror short film BOY BAND starring Jay Lee (CSI: Vegas) won the “Best Midnight Short” Audience Award at Dances With Films NY. It had its world premiere at CAAMFest and is in its ongoing festival run, most recently playing at the Overlook Film Festival. 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.
Benedict started his career working at the NBCUniversal Page Program, APA Agency, and Scott Free Productions. He is also an SFFilm Rainin Grant finalist and a Rideback Rise Circle member.