Shu Lea Cheang

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.

Directed

1. I.K.U. (2001) — Director
2. Fresh Kill (1996) — Director
3. Fluidø (2017) — Director
4. 3x3x6 (2019) — Director
5. Sex Bowl (1994) — Director
6. Fingers and Kisses (1995) — Director
7. LOVEME2030 (2005) — Director
8. Bowling Alley (1995) — Director
9. The Trial of Tilted Arc (1986) — Director
10. How Was History Wounded (1989) — Director
11. UKI (2023) — Director
12. Fisting Club: Episode 1 (2019) — Director
13. Sex Fish (1993) — Director
14. Wonders Wander (2019) — Director
15. Color Schemes (1989) — Director
16. Coming Home (1995) — Director
17. Virus Becoming (2023) — Director
18. Fisting Club 2 (2026) — Director
19. LOVER LOVE (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Herzblutwiese Stadtwerkstatt (2026) — self