MIKE SHUM | Filmmaker

Mike Shum (b. Denver, CO, 1985) is a filmmaker who explores the ways in which we perceive and define home within contexts of historical and cultural struggle. Growing up a son of Hong Kong immigrants, Shum seeks to relate his own struggle through his body of work. 

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Shum started collaborating with PBS Frontline serving as director of photography for the Wall Street Journal and PBS Frontline co-production, Predator on the Reservation — a documentary about a doctor who preyed on children for over twenty years within the Indian Health Services. He was the writer, producer, director of American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil, which follows voters across the country from the beginning of the pandemic to the 2020 election. And most recently, he released his first-time feature debut, Police on Trial — a documentary about the Minneapolis police department in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder.