Mina Shum
Vancouver B.C. 49° 15' 39.14" N, 123° 6' 50.23" W Arts Film Person
Independent writer/director Mina Shum, born in Hong Kong and raised in Canada, calls Vancouver home base. She has written and directed three award winning feature films that have successfully touched international and domestic audiences. She is currently preparing to shoot her next feature, the comedy, Two of Me, in Spring 2013 with Brightlight Pictures, as well as writing and developing other feature projects including the kung fu teen comedy, The Lotus (co-written with Dennis Foon) and a documentary for the National Film Board, The Ninth Floor. Her cinematic theatre piece, All, (a collaboration with Standing Wave Music Ensemble) was presented at the Push Festival in 2011. And her internet hit, Hip Hop Mom was most recently invited to take part in the official Calgary Canada Day 2012 celebrations.