Yih Wen Chen
SOUTHEAST ASIA RJF GRANTEE
Rainforest
Journalism Fund
Southeast Asia
Yih Wen Chen is a Malaysian documentary filmmaker and journalist. She has worked on international documentaries for Netflix, BBC, History Channel, Crime & Investigation Network, Business Insider, and CNA.
Her #MeToo documentary won the NETPAC Award at the Busan International Short Film Festival. In 2019, her debut feature documentary premiered in London. She is working on a documentary about marginalized communities in Malaysia, supported by the Hot Docs CrossCurrents Fund.
Wen is an alumna of IDFAcademy and American Film Showcase. She holds a master's in Creative Media in Film & TV Production from RMIT University.
