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Podcast: Taiwan Uncovered
Episode: Diana on her journey from academia to filmmaking
Description: Today’s guest on Uncovered is Diana Shih, a Taiwanese independent documentary filmmaker with a background in psychology and neuroeconomics. After dropping out of her PhD program in 2019, she decided to pursue filmmaking and along with her husband set up a video production company in Taiwan. In this episode, we discuss Diana’s untraditional route to filmmaking, how her academic background assists her projects, and what drives her work.Â
You can check out Media Ape’s website here and Shih films’ Youtube here.