Dexter Chuang (Chuang Xu) is a New York-based director, producer, and creative strategist originally from China, working at the intersection of poetic realism, absurdity, and unflinching emotional clarity. His works live in the margins—where glances, gestures, and silences say what words can’t. He moves fluidly between documentary, branded content, and multi-platform storytelling, always chasing the moment that hits hard without ever having to raise its voice.

His portfolio spans award-winning feature documentaries, cross-cultural campaigns, and multi-platform projects for clients like Apple, ByteDance, Estée Lauder, and the New York Stock Exchange. A longtime collaborator with Conservation International, the Giant Panda National Park, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dexter channels his passion for environmental justice—and a lifelong soft spot for animals—into films that are personal but never preachy, curious but never detached.

His debut feature was selected by over 20 international film festivals and presented by national cultural institutions such as the Kennedy Center, Singapore’s Esplanade Theatre, China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and the Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum. It ran in 300+ cinemas across China, aired on 10+ international airlines, and was backed by national arts councils and global distributors. (His mom cried. Twice.)

Dexter holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is a jury member for the Shanghai International Film Festival, a lecture mentor for Today at Apple, and the legally servant human to Bertie, a Border Collie with extremely specific taste.

His creative approach is intuitive, allergic to cliché, and quietly rebellious. He believes the best stories don’t need to shout—they just need to be honest, beautifully built, and a little restless in all the right ways.