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Crystal J. Huang is a multi award producer, director and actress. She is also an international award-winning dancer and photographer.
In 2018, Crystal took a major role in the acclaimed stage drama "The Joy Luck Club", adapted from Amy Tan's classic novel by the same title. She then came to Los Angeles and attended Speiser & Sturges Acting studio of Performance. Soon after, she joined the team for the feature film Chinese Speaking Vampires (2021), playing the role of a movie director.
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Crystal has produced and also performed around 73 feature and short films, some with well-known talent - Bermuda Island (2023) and Amber Road (2022) with Tom Sizemore, American Comedy with Eric Roberts, and Mistletoe Massacre (2023) with Bai Ling . She has played the lead role in Demons at Dawn, Dinner with Devil, The Ritual House. Her performances have earned her the best actress at several film festivals.
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Most recently, Crystal produced and directed the psychological thriller Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha, where she served as director, producer and lead actress, showcasing her dance and martial arts skills. The cast of the film includes many world-class dance stars, such as Gilles Marini and the world's Latin dance queen Karina Smirnoff. Stars include Michael Madsen, who plays the backstage boss of a modern-day samurai clan. The film she directed won Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Trailer and Best Picture nominee at the 24th Hollywood Independent Film Festival, “Crystal also became the first star from mainland China to win Best Actress in a Hollywood independent film”------ from LA Post
In 2025, she completed The Ritual House, a psychological fantasy horror film that delves into haunting rituals and forgotten trauma. The film is set to be released later this year. As a female Asian director, Crystal brings a unique perspective to the screen, merging Eastern and Western influences in both narrative and visual style.
From Actress to producer and director, in such a short time, She has her own production company Ivy Images and Unchaseable LLC.