Acclaimed filmmaker Yen Tan will speak about his work and screen clips from his feature films, including ALL THAT WE LOVE, which will have its Knoxville Premiere at Film Fest Knox on Friday, November 15.. This lecture is free and open to the public. 

Yen Tan is an award-winning Chinese American writer and director. He premiered 1985 at SXSW 2018, a GLAAD-nominated and critically-acclaimed New York Times Critic’s Pick feature starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Chung. His previous film, Pit Stop, premiered at Sundance 2013 and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Yen co-directed Until We Could with David Lowery, an Addy-winning PSA for Freedom to Marry that was narrated by Robin Wright and Ben Foster. He was named an OUT100 by Out Magazine. Yen was born and raised in Malaysia and is presently based in Austin.