Yen Tan premiered the critically-acclaimed Pit Stop (co-written with David Lowery) at Sundance 2013. It was nominated for a John Cassavetes Awards at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The film has acquired distribution worldwide. His previous feature, Ciao (2008), was released theatrically and was a Queer Lion contender at the Venice Film Festival. Tan co-directed Until We Could with David Lowery, a PSA for Freedom to Marry that was narrated by Robin Wright and Ben Foster. Recently, he premiered a short film, 1985, at SXSW 2016. It was awarded a Special Jury Prize there and was an opening night short at Maryland Film Festival. He was born in Malaysia and now lives in Austin. He’s also an award-winning graphic designer, where he is known for his key art of several prominent independent films and documentaries.