Profile Details
- Country: Canada
- Province/State: Ontario
- City: Toronto, ON, Canada
- How do you Identify?: Chinese Canadian
- Experience Level: Emerging
- Field of Work: Fiction/Scripted, Drama Series, Narrative Film, and Music Videos
- Union: Non-Union
- Rep: META Agency
- Interested In: TV Writing Room, Directing TV For Hire, Directing Film/Digital for Hire, and Directing Music Videos/Commercials
- Recent Credits: Streams Flow From A River - Showrunner, Director, Writer
- Favourite Movies: Moving On (2019), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Islands (2021)
- Favourite TV Shows: I May Destroy You, Ramy, Insecure, Fleabag
- Authorized to work in the USA?: Yes
- Contact Information: christopher.s.yip@gmail.com
- Link: http://www.christophersyip.com/
Bio
Christopher Yip is a Queer Chinese Canadian writer & director based in Toronto whose works examine love, family, and sexuality through a distinct diasporic lens.
His latest film FISH BOY was 1 of 8 projects selected for the Frameline Completion Fund and will have its World and European Premiere at the BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. His series Streams Flow From a River, produced by Fae Pictures, will have its Digital World Premiere at the Canadian Film Fest. It will air on Super Channel, Amazon Prime Video, and Apple TV in April.
In 2020, Christopher was named one of Playback Magazine’s 10 to Watch and Reelworld Screen Institute’s Emerging 20. He is represented by Jennifer Irons at META Talent Agency.