CURRICULUM VITAE
Selected CV
Joyce Fu · also working as Joyce YY Fu
Selected practice & research
Film cycle · 2026
The Body, Nood
Writer, Director, Editor
Ready Mermaid One
Writer, Director, Mermaid
“fruit”
Director, Editor
Crack Some Eggs
Writer, Director, Actor
Pilgrimage
Director, Editor, Subject
Translation
Know the Masculine, Maintain the Feminine: A Daoist Approach to Translating Queer Chinese Poetry
Editor and Translator · In progress
A bilingual anthology placing six chapters of the Dao De Jing alongside eight poems by seven poets across roughly eighteen hundred years, from Ruan Ji to Mu Cao, with a critical introduction by the translator. Full manuscript submitted to Deep Vellum, August 2026.
Mu Cao, On the Underside
Translator · In progress
A full-length translation of the poet’s 2023 collection 在底层. Translation rights granted by the author, August 2026.
Reviving Nüshu: Adapting an Ancient Woman’s Script for the Screen as Cultural Preservation
Nüshu adaptation
An original song composition translating Nüshu into contemporary music, with musician Genie Deez. Supported by the Steinhaus/Zisson Graduate Student Research Grant (2025–2026) and a Brown Arts Institute Student Grant (2025).
Wukong Warrior
Translator · 2025
Mandarin–English subtitles and script-to-dub for Mili Pictures’ animated feature adapted from Journey to the West.
Research, exhibition & screenwriting
Brown MA research: Jewish refugees in wartime Shanghai and the older Henan Jewish community.
The Paper Haven: Jewish Refugees in Shanghai, 1938–1950 — Curator. Forthcoming January 2027.
Little Vienna and The Rabbi of Shanghai — Writer. In progress.
Forty Episodes — English-language index of Chinese television drama documenting worldwide licensing. Ongoing public digital research; a project of Ribcage Pictures.
Performance
Stand-up comedy — Performer.
Installation & additional film
Noodle: Presence, Preparation, Object — Artist, 2024.
After the Race — Co-director, 2024. Short documentary. College Student Production Award nomination, Chicago/Midwest chapter, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Fieldwork & international research
Ethnographic fieldwork, Religion in China, Ansari Institute, University of Notre Dame — Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Laojun Mountain (Henan), Shaolin, Dec 2023–Jan 2024.
Researched diplomacy at NATO headquarters and the European Union institutions in Brussels and at the United Nations in New York, and worked on a peacebuilding program in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Media research & professional experience
Geena Davis Institute
Cultural Consultant
China media-representation research for UNICEF: contributed codebook categories, trained the coding team, and reviewed coding application.
Phoebe & Jay · PBS
Writer’s Assistant and Production Assistant
Drafted and wrote songs.
To Dine For · PBS
Executive Assistant
Warner Bros. Discovery
Licensing and Distribution Intern
Curated film and television portfolios for streaming and broadcast licensing; developed and pitched licensing campaigns to partners.
Languages
English, Mandarin, Spanish; basic Cantonese and Arabic.
Education
Brown University — MA, Integrative Studies (Modern Culture and Media), May 2026.
University of Notre Dame — BA, Film, Television and Theatre (Film) and Economics, May 2024. Supplementary major: Global Affairs (International Peace Studies). Minor: Data Science. Senior thesis in Film, Television and Theatre completed with honors.