Sulyn Zan

Seo-Ling Cheng and her siblings were born in New Jersey but did not choose American names (for each other) until she was four or five. At that point, she became Wendy. The pen name Sulyn Zan was created to reconcile her birth name and multicultural American life and aesthetic. Most recently she morphed into Sue-Lynn Zan, but has yet to apply this spelling anywhere but twitter, where she carries on obscure conversations with entertainment industry folks via emoji nicknames. Sue-Lynn worked on award-winning shorts with classmates of a transnational aesthetic who happened to begin NYU Tisch's MFA program in 2002. The core concept of four of the projects she wrote/made during and just after NYU reemerged in hugely successful American TV/film media within half a year to two years of her creations. Her thesis film, "Moon Lady," was chosen to open for "Son of the Sunshine," listed first on Indiewire's "Top Features to Watch at Slamdance" in 2009. Her 2012 short adaptation, "The Region of Unlikeness," was based on the New Yorker published short story by acclaimed author Rivka Galchen. Sue-Lynn interacted with the Colbert Report team online in 2012-2014, influencing the show's material on a daily basis and promoting social issues like environmentalism and women's rights while publicizing her creative work and that of her community. She is working on two feature projects and is looking for the ideal collaborators.