“But now the projects that I'm telling with Asian characters are simply that: they're just Asian people, and they're living their lives and it's not genre. They're dramas, and they're messy. They're real people. It's about them just finding out who they are through the course of every scene.” Director Kevin Tancharoen (second from left) discusses the evolution of Asian American representation on a panel during our recent event celebrating 22 years of the Guild's Asian American Committee (AAC). Tancharoen was accompanied by fellow directors Chloé Zhao, Lou Diamond Phillips, Meera Menon, Larry Teng and James Wong for a special discussion highlighting the contributions of Asian American Directors in the film and TV industry. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make it such a wonderful night.