Writer/Director (BAFTA Connect, Directors UK Inspire 2024-2025, Royal Television Society nominee)
WENDY YEE MAN WONG
WRITING & DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Shadow Director, Federation Stories | Jan 2024 - present
Director: Tom Vaughan/ Production: I, Jack Wright (UKTV/BBC)
Writer & Director, Little Stitch Productions | Sep 2020 – present (currently in the festival circuit)
Production: If You Only Knew (short film)
Synopsis: A mystery queer drama about an out-and-proud Chinese girl proving her innocence while keeping her closeted, white girlfriend's secret.
Shortlisted at the TriForce Creative Network x UKTV WriterSlam 2021. Crowdfunded £11k on Kickstarter in Jan 2023
Shadow Director, Tiger Aspects | 29 Aug – 2 Sep, 27 Oct 2022
Director: Freddy Syborn/ Production: Bad Education Xmas Special & Series 4 (BBC)
Visiting Tutor - Director, Arts University Bournemouth | 11 Oct 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
Director & Co-Editor, Selina Thompson Ltd & Battersea Arts Centre | 21 May – 25 Jun 2021
Production: salt: Dispersed (film adaptation of the award-winning theatre show salt)
Shadow Director, Urban Myth Films | April 2021
Director: Laura Scrivano/ Production: The Lazarus Project (Sky)
Writer & Director, Exit Pursued By Panda | 21 Apr – 27 Aug 2021
Producer: Adrian Tang/ Production: Close Encounter
- Part of the Creating Apart scheme (funded by Arts Council England), which is to showcase East Asian & South East Asian creatives in the UK. Inspired by an actor-writer workshop in which actor and writer co-create the monologue
Director, Exit Pursued By Panda | 21 Apr – 27 Aug 2021
Producer: Adrian Tang/ Production: Red Ink
- Part of the Creating Apart scheme (funded by Arts Council England) which is to showcase East Asian & South East Asian creatives in the UK. Directed a monologue about the political situation in Hong Kong
Creative Consultant, Sassy Films | 9 Sep 2020 – present
Creative Director: Nikki Gillespie
- Created and pitched commercial ideas with visual references, including Audible’s Sour Hall commercial
Director, Arts University Bournemouth | 4 Apr 2019 – 10 Feb 2020
Producer: Alix Li/ Production: Who Murdered the Maid?
- A noir musical satire that addresses transgender issue. Nominated for the Royal Television Society Student award 2021 and the LGBTQI+ Mentorship in the Watersprite Film Festival 2021
Director (short films): Outstanding (Official Selection at Expresso 90 Second Film Festival 2020), A Girl at a Window, Find the Lady, Spy, Hiss, Time’s up!, Stalker
MENTORSHIP
Directors UK Inspire | Jan 2024 – present
Mentor: Tom Vaughan – Director
Wild Vision (Wild Child) | June 2022 – Jan 2023
Mentor: Isabelle Sieb – Director
The Network (Edinburgh TV Festival)/ Delegate | Aug 2022 – Jul 2023
Mentor: Laura Scrivano - Writer/Director
Mentee, Rising Waves | 12 Mar – 12 Sep 2021
Mentor: Louise Palmkvist Hansen – Producer of EMU Films
TV EXPERIENCE
Consultant Production Secretary, Viacom International Studios UK | 21 Nov 2022 -25 May 2023
Producer: Mary Rose/ Production: East Mode with Nigel Ng Series 2 (Comedy Central)
Scripted Intern, Raw TV | 1 Aug -28 Oct 2022
Head of Development: Sara Murray, Louisa Fitzgerald/ Drama Development in various slates (TV & Film)
Production Secretary, Love Productions | 4-10 July 2022
Production Manager: Leanne Bayliss/ Production: The Great Christmas Bake Off 2022 (Channel 4)
Production Secretary, Love Productions | 9 May - 3 July 2022
Production Manager: Leanne Bayliss/ Production: The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C Series 6 (Channel 4)
Production Secretary, Naked TV (Fremantle) | 28 Mar – 6 May 2022
Production Manager: Jasmine Gurung/ Production: The Apprentice Series 17 (BBC)
Production Secretary, Naked TV (Fremantle) | 4 Feb – 25 Mar 2022
Production Manager: Rodrigo Milheirao/ Production: The Apprentice Series 16 (BBC)
Production Runner/Assistant (COVID & Celeb Support), Love Productions | 17 – 22 Sep 2021
Production Manager: Scarlet Lindsey/ Production: The Great Christmas Bake Off 2021 (Channel 4)
Production Runner/Assistant (COVID & Celeb Support), Love Productions | 31 Aug – 16 Sep 2021
Production Manager: Scarlet Lindsey/ Production: The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C Series 5 (Channel 4)
COVID Assistant/Runner, Naked TV (Fremantle) | 25 Jun – 29 Aug 2021
Line Producer: Lynette Woods-Reynolds/ Production: The Apprentice Series 16 (BBC)
EDUCATION
2018 - 2020
Arts University Bournemouth, MA Film Production (Directing)
Modules: Cinematic Storytelling; Portfolio Short Film; Research and Project development; Visual Effects
2017 - 2018
Hong Kong Design Institute, Professional Certificate in Film Production & Compositing
Modules: Cinematography, lighting and sound; Film editing and colour grading; Visual Effects; Compositing
2010 - 2014
University of Kent, BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics, Upper Second Class Honours (2:1)
Modules: Writing in the media; Creative Writing