Huei is a filmmaker and author from New York City. His work is known for blending the abstract and the deconstructed; his images are often crafted from street scenes, fragments of light beams and the raw expressions of his subjects.
In 2016, he was an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; his collaboration with the Indigenous Leadership Conference and musicians from the band Pink Martini produced an acclaimed short film “Black Earth,” set to the music of Turkish composer Fazıl Say. In 2020, Huei directed the music video for “Messiah/Complex,” featuring Canadian opera star Rihab Chaieb and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra; this project received widespread critical praise (and also managed to offend a number of Handel purists). Huei previously worked at the noted documentary studio EyeSteel Film, and directed the documentary film “Chinatown Tea Leaves” (2021). A film collaboration with composer Steven Kazuo Takasugi and contemporary ensemble No Hay Banda will premiere in 2025.
As an author, he has released a number of short stories and a full-length collection entitled Coda. His stories chronicle his own New York City childhood, reinterpreted as surreal puzzle boxes full of delirious, fleeting relationships. Two of his short stories were selected as semifinalists and finalists in the The William Faulkner Literary Contest and the Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award Competition. His work has been featured in The New York Times.