Jude Weng


Jude Weng is a Taiwanese-born American director, writer and producer of episodic streaming/TV and feature films.

Career

Weng's episodic experience includes both multi- and single-camera half-hour comedies as well as one-hour dramas. Directing credits include Black-ish, The Good Place, iZombie, Crashing, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as multiple episodes of Fresh Off the Boat, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Life in Pieces, and Young Sheldon. In 2019, Weng became the first Asian-American woman ever to direct a half-hour broadcast network pilot, the untitled single-camera comedy by writer/showrunner Jessica Gao.
Weng's film credits include directing the Netflix original "Finding Ohana", a family action-adventure, and co-writing and co-producing "The Buddy Games", an action comedy, starring Dan Bakkedahl, Josh Duhamel, Nick Swardson, Kevin Dillon, James Roday, Dax Shepard, and Olivia Munn.
Weng's professional training includes the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, Disney's ABC Directing Program, Warner Bros. Television Directors’ Workshop, and the HBOAccess Writing Fellowship.