Siting Yang
Fall Resident 2021
Siting is a filmmaker and artist from Beijing, based in New York City. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a degree in Film Directing, prior to that she studied Architecture and majored in Illustration at Parsons School of Design. She has worn many hats: writer-director, producer, editor, and production designer in making all her shorts since 2013, and sometimes starred in them. Her most recognized short film received the Jury Prize in the Experimental category from the 50th annual USA Film Festival, among other awards worldwide such as ‘Best Experimental Short,’ ‘Best Director,’ and has been screened at numerous festivals, including the Nashville Film Festival.
A starry architecture idea she aimed to first depict in film led her to work at a world-renowned architecture firm, as the first-ever, sole filmmaker there, she produced work that got selected for the 2021 Architecture Design Art Film Festival.
Siting’s roughly one thousand live portrait drawings have been hosted by various art venues and festivals in the US and China, as well as New York Fashion Week.
She is currently developing her first feature film that merges live drawing and her architectural vision.
I’m currently focused on developing my feature film about two women embarking on a journey of self-realization to escape from their bubbles. My main goal at Tiny Birch Residency is to work toward a final draft of my script. I also plan to keep building my film lookbook and organize my drawing work when I need to take a break from screenwriting. At my screenwriting stage, this individual residency helped me focus intensely. - Siting Yang
