Kaitlyn Yang is a Chinese-American visual effects supervisor and the CEO of Alpha Studios who worked on the Disney+ series American Born Chinese.
General overview[]
Yang emigrated to the United States at the age of nine, and before the age of thirty she had graduated from USC’s film school, founded her own post-production company in 2013 and has already accrued more than 40 visual effects credits to her name, including work on Robot Chicken, Falling Skies and The Walking Dead.[1] Besides being a woman of color, she also represents people with disabilities who are working in the entertainment industry, having co-founded the 1in4Coalition.[2] On June 20, 2023, it was mentioned how an array of visual effects were required in the series to tell key moments set in heaven and on earth, including completely synthetic environments, animal transformations, and magic, particularly centered around the character Monkey King’s staff. Production visual effects supervisor Yang oversaw several key vendors, including DNEG and its sister company ReDefine, as well as Pixelloid, Tower 33, Alpha Studios, Mr. Wolf, Plucky, and DigitalFilm Tree for previs.[3]
External links[]
Kaitlyn Yang on the Internet Movie Database
Kaitlyn Yang (@kaitlynyang) on Instagram