Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Louisa PHUNG Suk Yee graduated with a Bachelor of Performing Arts Degree and a Diploma in Theatre from Capilano University which sits on the stolen lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is based in the city known as Vancouver, BC.
Louisa is a director and writer for both stage and screen. She recently co-directed a production of Qui Nguyen’s “Vietgone” at the Jericho Arts Center with Keltie Forsyth. “Hope and Grace,” Louisa’s latest short film, was nominated for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2021 Regina International Film Festival and Awards, won Best Ensemble and Best Cinematography at the World Wide Women’s Film Festival, and won Outstanding Screenplay and Outstanding BC Film at the Short Circuit Film Festival. Louisa recently completed the 2021/2022 Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre’s MSG Lab 1 and 2, which supported the development of her first stage play, “Embers of the Past.”
Louisa is an active member of the performing arts community as a mentor for VAFF’s MAMM film competition and Vancouver’s Or Festival, which supports the development of emerging playwrights.
Louisa worked as a professional 2nd Assistant Director with the DGC BC and sat on the EDI committee from its inception in 2016 until 2022, working towards creating safe and inclusive workplaces. Louisa identifies as a gender non-conforming neuro-divergent Asian Canadian artist. Previous AD credits include feature films "I, Robot," Cabin in the Woods,” "Night at the Museum 3, "and television shows "Supernatural,” "Battlestar Galactica," "The 100," Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and Apple TV’s “See.”