ETA

Biography

ETA is a first-gen Vietnamese American filmmaker and educator whose work blends observational realism with the supernatural to explore diasporic identity, inherited dreams and memory, and the unseen systems that construct our worldviews. Drawing from their trauma-informed teaching background and years organizing Black, Brown, and queer creative communities throughout LA, their films seek to expand who gets to occupy the center of genre cinema. Their award-winning gentrification horror short, "White Gaze", was a Seed&Spark Patrons Circle Pledge recipient and screened internationally, earning Best Horror Film at FICIMAD, the Grand Jury Award at Film Invasion, and Best Director at both Arthous...