Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Mr. Lau is a product of Punahou School and the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a director and member of the International Committee and Co-Chair of the AAPI Working Group for the Producers Guild of America (PGA), a finalist in Sundance Institute's Creative Producing Lab & Fellowship, selected writer for HIFF's Creative Lab Writers Accelerator, invited to present his film project at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFFCOM), a finalist in the Shore feature screenwriting contest, a finalist in the ScreenCraft Pilot Launch TV Script Contest, invited to the Kyoto Filmmakers Lab - MASTERS SESSION, completed Sundance's Master Class on Directing, and UCLA's TFT Professional Program in Directing. He was honored as one of 20 people to watch for the next 20 years by Hawaii Business Magazine.

Mr. Ching has had a passion for the film industry for over 25 years. He is a graduate of Punahou School, Claremont McKenna College, and has obtained an MBA from Pepperdine University. He has worked with several Los Angeles producers and most recently spent his last five years as a post-production coordinator. He moved back to Hawaii to manage TalkStory Productions' development portfolio.

Ms. Lau is a graduate of Punahou School and the University of Southern California's Business School. She has worked in the IT departments of Hawaii National Bank and First Hawaiian Bank before joining TalkStory Productions.