Kevin Luu is one half of a writer-director duo, alongside his twin brother Kelly. Raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and now based in Los Angeles, the brothers draw deep inspiration from their parents’ remarkable journey to America as refugees and their own experiences growing up in an underserved, predominantly non-Asian community. These formative moments have fueled their passion for creating elevated genre stories that explore identity and overcoming trauma in extraordinary and often unexpected ways. Kevin earned his MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where he and his brother co-wrote and co-directed a number of award-winning short films. Notable among them is REAL BOY, which won Best Sci-Fi Film at USC’s First Look Festival, and THE MATTRESS, recipient of the SCA Edward Small Directing Award and an official selection of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Post graduate school, the brothers were selected as mentees of Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative. They would go on to develop projects with esteemed partners, including CJ Entertainment, CBS Studios, 20K Productions, and 1Community. Their storytelling versatility led them to write an original multicultural supernatural podcast series for Gunpowder & Sky and earned them a spot in Soo Hugh’s and Universal Content Productions’ highly competitive television writing program, The Thousand Miles Project. Most recently, Kevin participated in Hillman Grad’s Rising Voices short film program, where he co-wrote and co-directed a short that premiered at Tribeca in 2024. Kevin is represented by Redefine Entertainment and Independent Artist Group.