Biography
Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian to audiences in Asia, is an American director, writer and producer of Chinese, English, and Persian ancestry, who grew up in three continents. He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred to the Beijing Film Academy, where he finished his undergraduate studies in directing. Eng's films have garnered accolades and awards for himself and actors he’s worked with, which have included top stars in Asia and Hollywood. Starting his career directi...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Wished
2017
as Supervisor Liu
An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical p...

Wished
2017
Director, Writer, Producer
An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical p...

Inseparable
2012
as Neighbor
A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and b...

Inseparable
2012
Director, Editor, Writer
A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and b...

Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster
2007
Director, Writer
China's top stars come together in a short film spoofing popular movies of the past year during the opening of the Chinese academy awards ceremony (ak...

Waiting Alone
2005
as Ian
An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspirin...

Waiting Alone
2005
Director, Writer, Producer
An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspirin...

Bus 44
2001
Director, Screenplay, Producer
On the outskirts of a small town, a bus driver and her passengers encounter highway robbers.

Lunar Eclipse
1999
Editor
Lunar Eclipse is an urban drama following the wife of a newlywed couple who becomes mesmerized by an amateur photographer who claims to have once been...