Resources for Asian American Entertainment and Media Professionals
Asian roles are increasing, but still remain small.
Film Leads
All Film Roles
Film Directors
Film Writers
Source: UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report 2022 Film
Trailblazers Changing the Narrative
Embrace Equity

Organizations Championing Asian Voices
Recent Asian American Projects
XO, Kitty

A new love story unfolds when teen matchmaker Kitty reunites with her long-distance boyfriend at the same Seoul high school attended by her late mother.
Starring Anna Cathcart, Minyoung Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony, Keyvan, Peter Thurnwald coming May 18, 2023
Starring Anna Cathcart, Minyoung Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony, Keyvan, Peter Thurnwald coming May 18, 2023
Joy Ride

Follows four Asian-American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers.
Directed by Adele Lim, screenplay by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu in theaters July 7, 2023
Directed by Adele Lim, screenplay by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao, starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu in theaters July 7, 2023
Elemental

Disney and Pixar’s all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.
Directed by Peter Sohn and lead by Leah Lewis in theaters July 16, 2023
Directed by Peter Sohn and lead by Leah Lewis in theaters July 16, 2023
CommunitY for Change