Hongyu “Neo” LiWRITER | DIRECTOR

Hongyu “Neo” Li is a China-born writer and filmmaker. He is the Development Executive and In-House Writer for Starlight Media, a production and finance company known for popular feature films including Crazy Rich Asians, Malignant, and Wuhan Wuhan. Li oversees treatments, ideas, pitches, and reports directly to Starlight Media’s CEO Peter Luo.

The Development Executive began his career with short films including Hank and Waiting For Frank, both of which received international recognition. Li screened his short films at over 30 film festivals, including the Palm Springs International ShortFest, Cleveland International Film Festival, and Chicago International LGBTQ+ Film Festival.

His most recent screenplay My Chinese Neighbor was selected as a 2020 New Reality Screenwriting Program finalist and named a sem-finalist at the 2021 Nashville Film Festival.

SNAPSHOT
Program Studied at NYFA: Filmmaking
Program Type: MFA
Year Graduated: 2018
Location: California