Biography

Bin Yee, Ang, completed her PhD in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London. Her PhD project is funded by the Queen Mary University of London Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Principal’s Research Studentship. She also holds an MA in Film and Screen Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. Prior to joining Xiamen University Malaysia, she was a teaching associate (TA) at Queen Mary University of London for two consecutive years during the course of her PhD. She is recognized as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) under the United Kingdom's (UK) professional standards frameworks. 

She used to be a visual effects (VFX) artist at Rhythm and Hues Malaysia specializing in Rotoscoping. She attended a short filmmaking programme in 2015 at the New York Film Academy in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and it was funded by Malaysia’s government agency, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). (Bin Yee Ang's IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5590972/

Research Interest

Animals in film, particularly computer-generated (CG) animals; human-nature- technological relationships; Daoism; and Japanese (techno-)animism in digital cinema; Western philosophy (especially work of French philosopher Simone Weil.)