Michael Yuchen Lei is an award-winning Chinese-born filmmaker whose work has played at festivals including Tribeca, San Sebastian, and CPH:DOX. He began his career as personal photographer to Joe Walsh of the Eagles and photographing musicians such as Ringo Starr, the xx, and Outkast. He has been recognized as a fellow by Almanack Screenwriters, Points North, SFFilm, Swatch, and Film Independent. He recently produced and edited Echo, which won the Aspen Shortfest Audience Award and premiered on the New Yorker, and is currently developing his feature narrative debut, The Rift, which won the Nantucket Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.