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Evan Jackson Leong

Evan Jackson Leong is a 6th generation Chinese American native of San Francisco, California. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor’s Degree in Asian American studies.  As a short form filmmaker he has directed numerous music videos, commercials, shorts that have played on MTV in the domestic and international markets.  As a long form documentary filmmaker, he has directed two half hour nationally broadcast projects: Him Mark Lai: The People’s Historian and Forging a Feature: The Journey of Better Luck Tomorrow.  In his growth as a young filmmaker he has been mentored by Justin Lin with credits in Better Luck Tomorrow, Fast and Furious 3 and as a co-producer on Finishing the Game.  He currently  completed his first feature length documentary, 1040, which explores the happenings of Christianity in Asia.