Elizabeth Ai
Storyteller in Los Angeles, California
Elizabeth Ai is an Emmy award-winning producer, filmmaker, writer, and archivist whose work centers pop-culture, memory, and cultural survival. Her debut feature documentary, NEW WAVE, premiered in competition at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, where it received a Special Jury Mention for the Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director. New Wave also won the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film at Viet Film Fest—the first time the honor was awarded to a Vietnamese American woman in the festival’s 21-year history. Acclaimed by The New York Times, Vogue, and IndieWire, Ai is also the author of New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora.