BRYSON CHUN

Bryson Chun is a Native Hawaiian filmmaker from the Windward side of O’ahu. He got his start as a writer/director through the 2016 Sundance Native Labs with his film Ka Piko, which was featured on PBS in their Online Festival and by the Smithsonian as part of their 2019 Native Cinema Showcase. He developed his voice as a writer through fellowships with imagineNATIVE, LA Skins, and ‘Ohina Labs, where he produced his greenlight award-winning short Other People, which is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel. Most recently, his television pilot POI DOGS was selected for The Blacklist’s inaugural Indigenous List, which spotlights some of the best Indigenous film and television writers living and working within the U.S. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Screenwriting from the Institute of American Indian Arts.