Louis Chan

Photos by Alex Ferré

Louis Chan is a British Filmmaker and London native. Chan has been working for the past ten years on projects ranging from short films and fashion commercials to online content. To date clients include Unilever, Corona, Budweiser, WeTransfer, Rankin, Hunger TV, HP and Microsoft.

In 2016, Chan completed directing his first documentary ILIA, a story about football-playing Afghan refugee children in downtown Tehran, Shahr-el-Rey. ILIA premiered at the BAFTA recognised ASFF in November 2016.

Chan wrote and directed the short film Stationary, featuring rising stars Aaron Thomas Ward (BBC’s Call The Midwife, Eastenders), Rebekah Murrell (National’s Nine Night, Romeo and Juliet), with Xavien Russell (Netflix’s Top Boy) rounding off the cast. Stationary won Best Film at the Performance Short Film Awards, securing funding for Chan’s next project. Stationary later won the Audience Choice Award at Emerging Filmmaker’s Night Summer Showcase 2020 as well as Best Actor and Actress for Ward and Murrell at Unrestricted View Film Festival 2020. After an exciting film festival run, screenings at the BFI, Fastnet Film Festival and Carmarthen Bay amongst others, the Stationary Team partnered with Fully Focused Productions / Million Youth Media to launch the film online, amassing over 290,000 views. 

Some of Chan's most recent short film credits include 'Roadman Aupair', starring comedians Andrew Nolan ('Mind Spew'), Rosie Holt ('The Russell Howard Hour') and internet comedy creator Ren DMC; 'Highs' starring Michael Phong Le ('My Neighbour Totoro', 'Normal People') and 'Sticks of Fury', starring Demmy Ladipo ('Lady Parts', 'Count Abdullah', 'Dreaming Whilst Black'), Keiyon Cook ('Top Boy') and newcomer Samuel Anoon ('What Happened to Karen?'). Sticks of Fury premiered at the 66th London Film Festival.

Currently, Chan is in development for his debut feature with producer Chi Thai (BFI Vision Award 2020) and a UK based black comedy Chinese language TV series (Fully Focused/BBC).

Chan has previously been a mentee on programs such as Encounters: Widening the Lens (2017), B3 Media Talent Lab (2016) and selected for BAFTA Crew x BFI Network in 2017-22 for emerging filmmakers. Chan is of British, Malaysian Chinese and Jamaican heritage, and fluent in French.

Chan is represented for Film and TV by Peach House.