About

First Name

Cidney

Last Name

Hue

Username

cidney

Intro

Sci-Fi Director, Founder & Co-President of PANO (formerly NYCWF)

Role(s)

Director

Identity

Woman

Pronouns

She/Her

Location

US: Bay Area

Affiliations

Non-Union Filmmaker

Available For

Directing

Bio

Cidney Hue is a writer-director with a focus on building inclusive futures through science fiction. Her five-time award-winning short, OVUM, explores the convergence of reproductive rights and VR technology. Her previous award-winning short, ODESSA, follows an astronaut’s last night on Earth. Her webseries for Wired & Reddit, CYBORG NATION, profiles scientists at the forefront of prosthetics, robotics, and brain-computer interfaces. Cidney’s films have screened at 65 festivals worldwide. She is currently in development on her debut feature, IRIS, based on the DUST distributed and Vimeo Staff Pick short, OVUM. The script is a winner of WeScreenPlay’s Diverse Voices and a finalist for SFFILM’s Rainin Grant.

Cidney is a 2021 Future of Story Fellow, 2022 Cinereach x Justice Capsule Futurist Writer, and 2022 Minorities in Film’s Branded Lab Directing Fellow. She teaches filmmaking and mentors students at her alma mater, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Cidney founded PANO (formerly NYC Women Filmmakers) in 2015, where she leads its thousands strong community and nonprofit programming to support women, non-binary & GNC filmmakers across the US. Her lifelong goal is to visit space by 2050 so you should email her if you have an extra seat on your rocketship.

Awards

See the complete list here: https://cidneyhue.com/press/

Reel

https://vimeo.com/194862468

Ethnicity

Asian American

Languages

English, Chinese (limited), Spanish (limited)

Available to travel?

Yes

Website

cidneyhue.com

Work

Project

Ovum

Date

Released 2018

Role

Director, Writer

Awards

Best Sci-Fi Short – Chain Film Festival

Website

ovumshort.com

Project

Odessa

Role

Director, Writer

Website

odessathefilm.com

Education

School

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Focus

Film & Television

Location

New York, NY

Date

2011

School

FAMU

Focus

35mm Filmmaking & Directing

Location

Prague, CZ