高雄出生，台大歷史系畢、雙修傳播。逾十年藝文媒體文字廣告工作經驗，後前往英國倫敦電影學院（The London Film School）修習電影製作碩士。個人創作橫跨文學小說、劇本與影像，題材專注於性別賦權、原生家族、心理探索等議題。個人文學創作曾獲高雄青年文學獎小說組首獎、全國台灣文學營創作獎小說組首獎、台大文學獎散文組優選；評論文字收錄於莎士比亞的妹妹們的劇團及非常林奕華專書出版品。
文字作品可見於台灣聯合報、世界日報、端傳媒、HK01週報、Openbook閱讀誌、電影欣賞、表演藝術、GQ雜誌等。影像作品合作對象包括TaiwanPlus、文化內容策進院、台北市電影委員會、中華電信、草字頭、婦女新知基金會、Avex音樂、火氣音樂、邊走邊聽有限公司、荷蘭海牙市立美術館、比利時皇家美術館、倫敦The Barbican藝術中心、倫敦Art Represent藝廊等。
2023年由文策院獲選代表台灣，前往韓國富川國際奇幻影展參與 Goedam Residency 亞洲人才駐村計畫，以及釜山國際影展新銳影人交流單元 Platform BUSAN。個人首支編導劇情長片《療癒戀息曲》於2021年進入前期開發製作；長片企劃作品《剩女婚前偵探社》入圍第58屆金馬創投會議，獲文策院前期補助開發，參與文策院「劇本提升計畫」並進階至最後第四階段、由韓國知名編劇裴世英（作品包含《雞不可失》、《親密陌生人》等）進行一對一指導。
過往影像作品包括編導劇情短片《百花公主》（Florentia），入圍第48屆金穗獎劇情片，入選高雄電影節國際短片競賽，由金鐘獎視后朱芷瑩（李安《色戒》），傳藝金曲獎最佳演員、梅蘭芳傳人顧正秋唯一台灣弟子黃宇琳，與國家文藝獎得主金士傑（楊德昌《恐怖份子》、侯孝賢《悲情城市》、王家衛《一代宗師》）領銜主演。
劇情短片《冥王星圖》，由金馬獎影后謝盈萱與香港金像獎影帝張嘉年（太保）出演男女主角，知名星座專家唐綺陽擔任旁白。獲英國獨立電影節（British Independent Film Festival）及荷蘭阿姆斯特丹電影節（Amsterdam Film Festival）最佳學生影片、德國紅點設計（Red Dot Design Award）最佳短片獎、MOD微電影金片子創作大賽百萬首獎。入圍高雄電影節國際短片競賽，並由奧斯卡認證的美國亞特蘭大影展（Atlanta Film Festival）從7000多部短片中與6位女性導演規劃在New Mavericks單元。其他影像作品亦曾入圍好萊塢短片電影節（HollyShorts Film Festival）等知名影展。
2020年成立別有映像工作室，接案跨及MV、廣告、網路行銷及品牌形象影片。重視觸動人心又具傳播效果的內容，期待連結當代趨勢及國際視野。風格強調概念、創新、出奇不意，與情感和氛圍敘事的感染力。
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Graduated from the Department of History at National Taiwan University with a double programme in Mass Communication. After over a decade of experience in arts and culture journalism, copywriting, and advertising, she went on to pursue an MA in Film Production at The London Film School. Her creative work spans literary fiction, screenplay, and film, with a focus on gender empowerment, family of origin, and psychological exploration. Her literary writing has received the First Prize in Fiction at the Kaohsiung Youth Literary Award, the First Prize in Fiction at the National Taiwan Literature Camp Creative Writing Award, and an Honours Prize in Essay at the National Taiwan University Literary Award. Her critical writing has been published in books by Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Theatre Group and Edward Lam Dance Theatre.
Her writing has appeared in United Daily News, World Journal, Initium Media, HK01 Weekly, Openbook, Fa Magazine, Performing Arts Review, and GQ Magazine, among others. Her film and video clients include TaiwanPlus, Taiwan Creative Content Agency, Taipei Film Commission, Chunghwa Telecom, Double-Grass, Awakening Foundation, Avex Music, FireOn Music, Walking Music, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, The Barbican Centre, and Art Represent Gallery, among others.
In 2023, she was selected by TAICCA to represent Taiwan at the Goedam Residency at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and PlatformBUSAN at the Busan International Film Festival. Her debut feature film as writer-director, Please Imagine Love and Light, entered early development in 2021. Her feature project Leftover Women Detectives was shortlisted for the 58th Golden Horse Film Project Promotion, received pre-production funding from TAICCA, and advanced to the final stage of its Script Enhancement Program under the one-on-one mentorship of acclaimed Korean screenwriter Bae Se-Young (Extreme Job, Intimate Strangers).
Her filmography includes the short film Florentia, nominated for the 48th Golden Harvest Awards in the Narrative category and selected for the Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition, starring Golden Bell Award Best Actress Chu Chih-Ying (Ang Lee's Lust, Caution), Traditional Arts Golden Melody Award Best Performer and Peking opera artist Huang Yu-Lin — the sole Taiwanese disciple of Mei Lanfang's heir Ku Cheng-Chiu, and National Award for Arts winner and Lan Ling Theatre Workshop founder Jin Shi-Jie (Edward Yang's The Terrorizers, Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness, Wong Kar-wai's The Grandmaster).
Her short film To Pluto, starring Golden Horse Award Best Actress Ying-Xuan Hsieh and Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor Chia-Nien Chang (Tai-Bo), with narration by renowned astrologer Tang Chi-Yang, won Best Student Film at the British Independent Film Festival and the Amsterdam Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Red Dot Design Award, and the Grand Prize at the MOD Golden Short Film Competition. It was selected for the Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition, and featured among six female directors in the New Mavericks programme at the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival, selected from over 7,000 submissions. Other works have been selected by festivals including HollyShorts Film Festival.
She founded Val Productions in 2020, working across music videos, commercials, digital marketing, and brand films. She is committed to creating content that is both emotionally resonant and communicatively effective, bridging contemporary trends with an international perspective. Her style emphasises concept, innovation, the element of surprise, and the power of emotional and atmospheric storytelling.
For any enquiries please send an email to:
valfilmproductions@gmail.com