About

Raised in a Hui Muslim family in China, Yifei He explores identity, displacement, and the subtle emotional terrain of in-between lives through film and short stories. She strives to integrate her eastern aesthetics with western storytelling and shed light upon untold stories of marginalized people.

Yifei holds an MFA in filmmaking from NYU Tisch. She has directed and produced several short films that have screened in festivals around the world including Sundance, Tribeca, Palm Springs and Raindance. She is currently based in Beijing and developing her first feature.

Yifei was selected by NYU as a 2017 W.T.C Scholarship recipient, as well as a recipient of Tisch School of the Arts scholarship.

She’s recently featured in an article on female filmmakers on VICE: vice.com/en_asia/article/zmdzxe/china-female-directors-sexism