Peter Huang (director)
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Peter Huang (born 3 July 1985) is a Chinese-Canadian director, writer, producer, and co-executive producer known for his work in music videos, commercials, and television. Based in Toronto and Los Angeles, he is recognized for visually compelling narratives and strong performances.[1][promotion?]
Peter Huang was born on 3 July 1985 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China.[2] He moved to Canada and studied film at Sheridan College.[3]
Career
Huang began his career as a writer-producer at Collective Pictures, co-producing the Netflix feature Code 8.[1] He later transitioned to directing, focusing on music videos and commercials for major international artists.
Huang has directed videos for Eminem, Avicii, Martin Garrix, Jessie Reyez, SonReal, and others.[1] For Avicii and Nicky Romero's "I Could Be the One," Huang won First Prize at the Young Director Award at Cannes.[4] He has also directed branded campaigns for Google and Walmart.
His short film 5 Films About Technology was acquired by NEON[5][6] and screened theatrically in front of the film Colossal starring Anne Hathaway.[5][7] The film was also featured at the Sundance Film Festival[8] and later adapted into the anthology Nine Films About Technology for FX's Cake, where he served as showrunner and writer.[1] Huang has also directed episodes of CBC/Netflix's Workin’ Moms and CTV/Roku's Children Ruin Everything.[3]
In 2024, he served as director and co-executive producer on Late Bloomer, a Crave series nominated for Best Direction in a Comedy at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards.[9]
Music videos and recognition
Huang has directed numerous award-winning music videos. He won the 2020 Prism Prize for Jessie Reyez's "Far Away" and was previously shortlisted in 2017 and 2019.[10] He was nominated at the 2018 Juno Awards and the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards for Jessie Reyez's "Gatekeeper".[11][12] He received multiple nominations at the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards.[13]