Hwei Chen is a Los Angeles based gaffer and writer. Telling stories by night while working on set by day is their first love.

As a queer Taiwanese American creative, they are passionate about telling underrepresented stories, especially concerning the global histories of revolution and liberation.

Hwei attended Orange County School of the Arts with a creative writing concentration, then went to University of California, Los Angeles. Currently, Hwei is a trainee of IATSE Local 728 Set Lighting Technicians at Hollywood CPR, and they live in Los Angeles with their partner and four (chaotic) kittens.