Film, TV & Radio
Tom Wu
Actor, Movement Director
Arts. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Theatre.
Tom's forthcoming film roles include Fong in The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian, Juba in Mutant Chronicles and Tatsumi in The Tournament. He has recently appeared as Lord John in film Revolver and on television as Lee Jiyong in Whistleblower, Jimmy Wu in Diamond Geezer, Perak in The Ruby in the Smoke, Lao Ai in The First Emperor, Huang Lok in Casualty, Lin Liang Ren in Death on the Beach, The Omid Djalili show amongst others.
Actor Tom Wu was born in the New Territories, Hong Kong, and grew up in London’s Chinatown. At the age of 10 he began practising Martial Arts such as Hung Gar, Karate and Wing Chun and later took up acrobatics. In 1988 he competed for Britain at China’s International Wu-Shu (Martial Arts) Tournament and was awarded 2 Bronze Medals, and a Gold Medal.
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Paul Hyu
Actor, Comedian, Chinese ElvisEntertainment. Film, TV & Radio.
In the field of British mainstream media, Paul Courtenay Hyu is blazing a trail for the British-born Chinese community. Perhaps most recognisable as AOL’s face in their ‘Chinese Elvis’ advertising campaign, he has also appeared in numerous TV shows and films such as The Bill, Casualty, and EastEnders.
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Rebecca Yang Yuan-Cao
Media ProducerFilm, TV & Radio. Media.
Rebecca Yang’s father died when she was only 18. His death thrust her into running the family business, which employed 40 people at the main factory. At the age of 22 she won the Miss Chongqing and Miss Photogenic of Miss China 2002 competitions and modelled for Chanel in China. In 1999 Rebecca came to the UK to study Journalism, Film and Broadcasting Combined with Sociology at Cardiff University and was awarded the Best International Student of the Year Award. She then gained a postgraduate qualification in Advertising and the International Advertising Association Certificate. Rebecca was then offered a position at a specialist ethnic marketing agency where she was quickly promoted.
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Xiaolu Guo
Novelist, Filmmaker and EssayistFilm, TV & Radio. Literature.
A novelist, filmmaker and essayist, Xiaolu Guo was born in a fishing village in the south of China in 1973. In 2000 she was awarded an MA in Film from the Beijing Film Academy and then came to London to study at the National Film and Television School. Her most recent documentary, The Concrete Revolution, was screened at the Raindance Independent Film Festival, the Oxford International Documentary film festival and the New York film festival.
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David Tse Ka-Shing
Artistic DirectorArts. Culture. Education. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Theatre.
David read Law at Southampton University (1983-86) before training at Rose Bruford College (1986-89) as an actor. In 1996, he was the first British Chinese to receive an Arts Council bursary to train as a director at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. He has worked extensively as an actor and writer, and became Artistic Director of Yellow Earth Theatre in 1995 where he has directed for twelve years.
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Kumiko Mendl
ActressArts. Culture. Education. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Theatre.
Kumiko was born in Watford to a Japanese mother and a Jewish-German father. She trained at the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre school in Paris. Since then she has worked as an actress in theatre, for radio,TV, role-playing and for a traveling circus, as well as a teacher and director. ( She has also been movement director for a number of productions including the award winning Magic Fundoshi where she first met YET's Artistic Director, David Tse.) As one of the founding members of Yellow Earth Theatre, Kumiko has performed in Blue Remembered Hills (dir David Glass), Play to Win (dir David Tse) and co-directed Rashomon. She has been involved in Typhoon as script selector, director and actress.
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