Its been quite a week for filmmakerAndrew Ahn.
Its cool, Ahn told Deadline of the Outfest honor.
It feels a little early in my career.
Director Andrew Ann attends Outfest’s opening night in Los Angeles.Matthew Carey
Im so thankful because Outfest was a big part of my coming of age as a filmmaker.
I screened both of my short films here.
Ive screened all of my features here.
‘Fire Island’ actor-writer Joel Kim Booster at Outfest. To his right is a sign language interpreter.Matthew Carey
Accepting the award, Ahn said, Outfest is special to me.
I stand in solidarity with my writer friends and my actor friends because this affects all of us.
These unions are fighting for a more sustainable creative industry.
So I think that the studios should listen up.
Ahn said the strikes are causing him to hit the pause button on upcoming films.
Im having to put projects on hold.
Its not simple math, you know?
And the humanity there I think is so important to building empathy.
Along withFire Island, Emmy voters this week recognized the work of other projects with Asian American talent.
Fighting for Asian American representation in this industry, its tricky…
It often feels like two steps forward, one step back, Ahn said.
I want more creators to have authorship.
I want more actors to be quote, unquote green-lightable.
I want more people as executives, as publicists, as journalists, as critics.
That, for me, will be when we achieve a real kind of equity in the representation landscape.
