Nian Aster
Nian Aster is an American filmmaker. She was raised and educated in England. She worked as a journalist, environmentalist and award-winning poet, before moving to the United States to focus on a career in film.
Nian is co-president, along with screenwriter Duane Adler, of the company Hungry Yak Productions. With this company she wrote, produced and acted in the feature films God's Waiting List and Actual Images: the Valley Murder Tapes. The former, a drama starring Roger Guenveur Smith and Nicki Micheaux, won awards on the festival circuit; the latter, a horror/satire, marked her feature directorial debut. She also worked as a writer on PAX Network’s Chicken Soup for the Soul. Currently she is co-authoring a remake of the Korean hit Volcano High for Showscan Entertainment.[1][2]