Cassie Shao is a graduate of SAIC and Hench-DADA School of Cinematic Arts at USC. She works across the field of independent films, music videos, projection mapping, advertising as well as animated television series. Her last short film Synched screened at festivals such as MIAF, LIAF, Athens Animfest and Anim!Arte, received two awards. Her collaborative project Black Bird with live action director Haonan Wang won several awards. She recently completed her MFA graduation film There Were Four of Us and is sending it worldwide.