Known for Directing
Maegan Houang is a writer/director based in Los Angeles. She has written on TV shows such as Shogun (FX, Counterpart (Starz), ) and The Sympathizer (HBO). In 2018, she received a VSCO Voices Creator Grant to direct a short film In Full Bloom starring Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club). The film premiered on Short of the Week and played at festivals including Fantastic Fest, Atlanta Film Festival, New Orleans, Hollyshorts and Nitehawk. Her short film Astonishing Little Feet played at MoMA, the Hammer Museum, Palm Springs Short Fest and received a Vimeo Staff Pick. She has also directed music videos for artists such as Mitski, Vagabon, Charly Bliss, Hana Vu, Chastity Belt and Skylar Spence.
Filmography
13 films, 7 shows


Care
2024 · 5m
country: United States
The video follows the story of Hana's murder, moving backward in time from the moment the cops discover her discarded head to the moment right before her death.


Astonishing Little Feet
2023 · 9m
country: Unknown
Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off the peculiarities of her bound feet.


Alyssa Learns to Drive
2022 · 4m
country: Unknown
When Sandy and Mitra get into trouble, they come to their friend Alyssa for help. “Alyssa Learns to Drive,” written by and starring Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha, is an ingeniously silly sketch that cycles through a smorgasbord of random accents, absurd phrasings, botched language, and ludicrous plot twists. Sandy and Mitra purchase new knives, and they are eager to test them out. They stab each other to confirm they work — good news, they work; bad news, now they have to get to the hospital. They plead for a ride from their friend Alyssa but she can’t drive so they must quickly teach her, leading to more nonsensical developments.


In Full Bloom
2019 · 11m
country: United States
In Full Bloom tells the story of Cecile, an older Vietnamese hoarder, whose life is upended when worms open a black hole in her house and threaten to take all her stuff.


Red Light, Green Light
2018 · 8m
country: Unknown
Two young women are sequestered in an underground bunker, waiting for a window of release. Maggie is desperate to connect to the outside world, whereas Dawn has settled into a grim domesticity. When opportunity for escape presents itself, conflict ensues and their partnership is tested.
Happy
Happy
2016 · 4m
country: Unknown
In this Sirkian-horror romance, a woman in the 1950s suspects her husband is having an affair.
I Can't Be Your Superman
I Can't Be Your Superman
2016
country: Unknown
Vietnamese gangsters, bleach, and ammonia don’t mix well.