Peter Huang (director)

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Peter Huang (born 3 July 1985) is a Chinese-Canadian director, writer, producer, and co-executive producer known for his work in music videos, commercials, and television. Based in Toronto and Los Angeles, he is recognized for visually compelling narratives and strong performances. [1]

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Early life and education

Peter Huang was born on 3 July 1985 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China. [2] He moved to Canada and studied film at Sheridan College. [3]

Career

Huang began his career as a writer-producer at Collective Pictures, co-producing the Netflix feature Code 8. [1] He later transitioned to directing, focusing on music videos and commercials for major international artists.

Huang has directed videos for Eminem, Avicii, Martin Garrix, Jessie Reyez, SonReal, and others. [1] For Avicii and Nicky Romero's "I Could Be the One," Huang won First Prize at the Young Director Award at Cannes. [4] He has also directed branded campaigns for Google and Walmart.

His short film 5 Films About Technology was acquired by NEON [5] [6] and screened theatrically in front of the Anne Hathaway film Colossal. [5] [7] The film was also featured at Sundance [8] and later adapted into the anthology Nine Films About Technology for FX's Cake, where he served as showrunner and writer. [1] Huang has also directed episodes of CBC/Netflix's Workin’ Moms and CTV/Roku's Children Ruin Everything. [3]

In 2024, he served as director and co-executive producer on Late Bloomer, a Crave series nominated for Best Direction in a Comedy at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards. [9]

Music videos and recognition

Huang has directed numerous award-winning music videos. He won the 2020 Prism Prize for Jessie Reyez’s "Far Away" and was previously shortlisted in 2017 and 2019. [10] He was nominated at the 2018 Juno Awards and the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards for Jessie Reyez’s "Gatekeeper". [11] [12] He received multiple nominations at the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards. [13]

Awards and nominations

References

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  2. "Peter Huang – Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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  4. 1 2 "YDA Winners – Peter Huang". Young Director Award. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 McNary, Dave (7 April 2017). "Neon Acquires Short Film '5 Films About Technology'". Deadline. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  6. Brueggemann, Tom (7 April 2017). "Neon to Distribute '5 Films About Technology,' to Play Before 'Colossal'". IndieWire. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  7. "5 Films About Technology". Short of the Week. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  8. "5 Films About Technology – Sundance Institute". Sundance.org. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  9. "Peter Huang – Canadian Screen Awards". Academy.ca. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Prism Prize – 2020 Winner: Peter Huang". Prism Prize. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Juno Awards 2018 Nominees". Juno Awards. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  12. 1 2 "MTV VMAs 2018 Nominees". MTV.com. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  13. "2017 iHeartRadio MMVA Nominees". Much. Retrieved 21 July 2025.