
Person
Shu Lea Cheang
Directing · Born 1954-01-01 · Taiwan
Biography
Taiwanese-American director Shu Lea Cheang is a pioneer in the field of media art. Having embraced the internet and hacking culture early on, recognizing both its capacity to enslave as well as liberate, mixing that with queer and sexually explicit imagery bringing something new to the cultural landscape. Cheang describes herself as both a ‘cyber homesteader’ and a ‘high-tech aborigine’ hinting at meta-levels of not only her own life but the worlds of her films.
Known for

Fluidø
Director

UKI
Director

Fisting Club: Episode 1
Director

LOVER LOVE
Director

Coming Home
Director

Wonders Wander
Director

Bowling Alley
Director

Fresh Kill
Producer

Herzblutwiese Stadtwerkstatt
self

Sex Fish
Director
Filmography
- 2026Herzblutwiese Stadtwerkstattself
- 2026LOVER LOVEDirector
- 2026Fisting Club 2Director
- 2023UKIDirector
- 2023Virus BecomingDirector
- 2019Wonders WanderDirector
- 2019Fisting Club: Episode 1Director
- 20193x3x6Director
- 2017FluidøDirector
- 2005LOVEME2030Director
- 2001I.K.U.Writer
- 1996Fresh KillProducer
- 1995Bowling AlleyDirector
- 1995Fingers and KissesDirector
- 1995Coming HomeDirector
- 1994Sex BowlDirector
- 1993Sex FishDirector
- 1990The Philippines: A Legacy of ViolenceProducer
- 1990Taiwan: The Generation After Martial LawProducer
- 1989Color SchemesDirector
- 1989How Was History WoundedDirector
- 1986The Trial of Tilted ArcDirector
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