BIO

I was born in Hangzhou, China and my two hard-working parents moved us when I was four-years-old to the US. My dad was getting his doctorate degree in Engineering at the University of Arizona, while my mom was waitressing at a Chinese restaurant. While she labored orders of orange chicken and fried rice, I was in the back hallway next to the kitchen, listening to my Sony Walkman, drawing, writing and creating new worlds. This is where my love for storytelling blossomed. And I always got the best leftovers from the kitchen.

While studying in New York, I took advantage of all arts the city had to offer and in-return “grew up” into a diverse palette of interests. With a background in classical piano and a deep practice in ballet and modern dance, I combine all of my experiences into the cinema arts by exploring sonic emotions and intentional movement as a means to tell story.

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Ruth Du is a director and producer who gravitates towards relationship-based stories with a genre twist. Du received a B.F.A. at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and subsequently worked multiple production positions in New York City. Her extensive experience ultimately led her to produce feature film The Archer which premiered at SXSW 2017. Her relentless passion towards authentic storytelling led her to produce five award winning short films as the Executive Director of the AT&T Mentorship Program with head mentor Lena Waithe. Her directorial credits include digital series Seeking, Your Baby Is Mine (Lifetime) and The Deadliest Lie (Tubi). She directed short film Yugen, starring Christine Ko (Tigertail, Dave) as a 2020 Fellow in Film Independent’s Project Involve. Her latest dark comedy thriller Samson, made a splash with a Fall 2025 North America debut. She currently resides in Los Angeles and enjoys singing and dance competition shows in her spare time.

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Windowseat Entertainment, Bureau 15, PrettyBird, Walter Pictures, Covert Productions, Cold Iron Pictures, Accelerated Matter, MarVista Entertainment, Storyboard Entertainment, Citizen Skull Productions, Embassy Row, Mark Burnett Productions, ABC, Lincoln Square Films, Company3, A24, KMI, Trevanna Post, Film Independent, AFI, NYU, Madhouse Entertainment, Mediabiz International, Capitol Records, Raging Nation Films, Luti Media, London Alley, Casta Diva, Machinema, Fullscreen, 3BlackDot, Indigenous Media, Nylon, Treehouse Pictures, Vanishing Angle, Stampede Ventures, Pique Action, Courageous Studios

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