features

The Starling
director: Ted Melfi / production designer: Stephanie Hamilton

Endings, Beginnings
director: Drake Doremus / production designer: Almitra Corey 
TIFF 2019

Marriage Story (additional set decorator)
director: Noah Baumbach / Netflix / set decorator: Adam Willis / production designer: Jade Healy
TIFF 2019

The Amaranth 
director: Albert Chi / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

In A Relationship
director: Sam Boyd / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu 
Tribeca 2018

MFA
director: Natalia Leite / production designer: Kelly Fallon 
SXSW 2017

Bad Match
director: David Chirchirillo / production designer: Kelly Fallon 
Venice 2017

Browse
director: Mike Testin / production designer: Kelly Fallon

Little Bitches 
director: Nick Kreiss / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Like. Share. Follow. 
director: Glenn Gers / Blumhouse / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Miss Stevens 
director: Julia Hart / Gilbert Films / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu 
SXSW 2016

 

television

A Black Lady Sketch Show (season four)
HBO / showrunner: Robin Thede / director: Bridget Stokes / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

American Born Chinese (season one)
Disney+ / showrunner: Kelvin Yu / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

A Black Lady Sketch Show (season three)
HBO / showrunner: Robin Thede / director: Bridget Stokes / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Roar (episode 106)
AppleTV+ / showrunners: Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch / production designer: Todd Fjelsted

Waffles + Mochi: Holiday Feast
Netflix / showrunners: Jeremy Konner and Erika Thormahlen / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

A Black Lady Sketch Show (season two)
HBO / showrunner: Robin Thede / directors: Lacey Duke and Brittany Scott Smith / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Waffles + Mochi (season one)
Netflix / showrunners: Jeremy Konner and Erika Thormahlen / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

A Black Lady Sketch Show (season one)
HBO / showrunner: Robin Thede / director: Dime Davis / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Sneakerheads (season one)
Complex / showrunner: Jay Longino / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Light As A Feather (season one)
Hulu / showrunner: Lee Fleming / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

Mr. Student Body President (seasons two, three, and four)
Verizon go90 / showrunners: Ryan Hunter and Jack Ferry / production designer: Mikki Mamaril

Me and My Grandma (season one)
Youtube Red Studios / showrunner: Annie Stamell / director: Luke Matheny / production designer: Sarah Palmrose

 

commercials

2021 Cadillac Escalade
director: Dee Rees / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

National Parks PSA: Us Vs Everyday
The Directors Bureau / director: Sam Holst / production designer: Almitra Corey

John Frieda: Camila Mendes
Vox Media / director: Lauren Brady / production designer: Kelly Fallon

Privé Revaux: Reframe Yourself
Mekanism / director: Stephen Fuller / production designer: Mikki Mamaril

Pilot Pens: Shonda Rhimes
Ripple Collective / director: Jill Greenberg / production designer: Mikki Mamaril

Extra Space Storage: Moments That Make Us
Green Glow / director: Brian Rowland / production designer: Heather Drouillard

Purina Tidy Cats: Stank Face
Derby Content / director: John Poliquin / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

 

music videos

Earth - Lil Dicky
director: Tony Yacenda / production designer: Almitra Corey

Passport Home - JP Cooper
the HUGE / director: JJ Augustavo / production designer: Kelly Fallon

Back to Church - Alyson Stoner
Nuclear Creative / director: Sherif Higazy / production designer: Heather Drouillard

Supermodel - Sza
Happy Place / director: Nabil Elderkin / production designers: Cindy Chao and Michele Yu

 

selected shorts

Day One 
director: Henry Hughes / production designer: Benji Cox
Academy Awards 2016 (live action shorts nominee)

The Duke 
director: Max Barbakow / production designer: Kelly Fallon 
Tribeca 2016


EDUCATION

BA Macalester College, Studio Art and Physics