Writer / Director / Animator
Roni Niu is a Writer, Director, and Animator from Taiwan. He has animated for music artists like Khruangbin and Knxwledge, and has experience working on productions from channels such as Amazon Prime, Disney +, BBC, and HBO as part of the NFTS and Amazon’s Prime Video Craft Academy. In 2023, he developed a longer screenplay with Emmy-nominated platform OTV as one of their 2023 Writing Fellows, and received 1st Place in OTV and the Sundance Institute’s launch of “Pitch, Please!“, a competition mobilizing up-and-coming filmmakers.
Roni’s narrative claymation short Room Temperature, funded through Kickstarter and supported by Creative Scotland, has just finished post-production and is currently in its festival run.
Roni also makes films under the name Bagels - a filmmaking duo with his best friend, Patrick Carlo Bangit. Their works have won international awards, premiered in London’s Rich Mix Cinema, and been distributed globally.
Featured on:
The Hollywood Reporter (OTV & Sundance Institute Pitch Initiative)
Variety (OTV 2023 Fellow)
Creative Lives in Progress (Bagels)
APA Underrepresented Talent Showcase (Bagels)
Experiences:
OTV - OTV Writing Fellows 2023
NFTS & Amazon Prime Video - Prime Video Craft Academy 2022-2023
Livity - In Future List 2022
W+K London - The Kennedys 2020