About
Asia Youngman is an award-winning Indigenous (Cree-Métis) filmmaker. Working in both scripted and documentary, she has directed projects for Netflix, ESPN, Lifetime, PBS, History Channel, CBC, Bell Media, TVO, APTN and Telus. She co-directed and executive produced I’M JUST HERE FOR THE RIOT (2023) for ESPN’s acclaimed 30 for 30 series. The film premiered at Hot Docs Festival and is now available to stream on ESPN+.
Asia was the recipient of the 2021 DGC BC Emerging Greenlight Award for her short film N’XAXAITKW (2022) which she wrote and directed. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won “Best Live Short” at the American Indian Film Festival and “Best Short” and “Best Direction in a Short” at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. She directed THIS INK RUNS DEEP (2019) which also premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film won “Best Documentary Short” at the Calgary International Film Festival and “Best Short” and “Best Director” at the Vancouver Short Film Festival. Currently, Asia is developing an original television series with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions. She is also writing her first feature narrative UNTIL IT’S TIME TO GO which was selected for the 2024 TIFF Writers’ Studio.
Named as one of Playback’s 10 to Watch, Asia is an alumni of the CHANEL Women Creators’ Network, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, TIFF Talent Accelerator, Canadian Academy Directors Program for Women and Berlinale’s DocSalon Toolbox Programme. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and the Writers Guild of Canada. Asia is represented by The Gersh Agency in Los Angeles and Pacific Artists Management in Vancouver. Additionally, she is the owner of Visceral Village Productions which she founded in 2019.