Andrew Ahn
Ahn in 2016
Born	(1986-03-10)March 10, 1986 (age 39) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Brown University (BA) California Institute of the Arts (MFA)
Occupations	Film director screenwriter
Years active	2011–present
Website	andrewahnfilms.com

Andrew Ahn (born March 10, 1986)^[1][2] is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed the feature filmsSpa Night (2016),Driveways (2019),Fire Island (2022), andThe Wedding Banquet (2025).

Andrew Ahn was born and raised in Los Angeles. He is the son of Korean immigrants.^[3] He graduated fromBrown University with a degree in English and received a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) in Film Directing from theCalifornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts).^[4]

In 2011, Ahn wrote, directed, edited and produced a short film entitledAndy, which won the Best Narrative Short award at the 2011San Diego Asian Film Festival.^[5] The film has also screened at film festivals including theBoston Asian American Film Festival, theSlamdance Film Festival, theSan Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, theLos Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival,Outfest, the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, theDisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon and theVancouver Asian Film Festival.^[6]

In 2012, Ahn wrote, directed, edited and produced a short film entitledDol (First Birthday), which premiered at the 2012Sundance Film Festival.^[3] It won awards including the Grand Jury Award Outstanding Narrative Short Film atOutfest: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2012, and a Jury Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Polari: Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival 2012. Ahn has stated that he made the film to come out to his parents as gay.^[7]

Ahn has also served as an editor on the documentaryI Am Divine (2013) (directed byJeffrey Schwarz) and was a post-production assistant on the documentariesVito (2011) andTab Hunter Confidential (2015), both of which were also directed by Jeffrey Schwarz. He went on to direct two episodes of the third season of the hit Netflix seriesBridgerton.

Ahn raised funds viaKickstarter for his feature film, entitledSpa Night, about a closeted gay Korean-American teenager who follows his desires and finds more than he bargains for at the Korean spa in the Koreatown of Los Angeles.^[8] He developed the screenplay for the film at the 2013 Sundance Screenwriters Lab, which it was selected for, and participated in the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab and the Film Independent Directing Lab with the feature screenplay for the project. For developing the film, he also received a Sundance Institute Cinereach Feature Film Fellow grant.^[8]

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