Lucas Chih-Peng Kao 高智鵬

Edinburgh based Director working in fiction, art, dance and theatre. And many other things. Excited about art and interested in themes of reimagining, migration, identity, autobiography.

14yrs filming live performances and arts event, familiar with all kinds of theatre and dance shows and have a deep knowledge how a show is made. You named it I probably had filmed it.

I also have facilitator skills and had made films and photos with young or vulnerable group, from young children to refugee to prison inmate to elderly with Parkinson.

Notable film projects include:
When We Dance (Dance Base, 2024)
The Sea and I (Independent Art Projects, 2023)
Beyond the Line (Scottish Refugee Council, 2022)
Reimagining the Future in Older Age (Active Inquiry, 2021)

As director he had directed fiction films that shown and competed in film festivals world wide, he is currently finishing his Short Circuit Commission - The Air We Breathe.

Award winning filmmaker
(Collaboration Award - Creative Edinburgh 2021, Macroview TV Award, 2nd Prize 2019), Cinematographer (Golden Bell Award Taiwan - Cinematography for non-fiction (Shared) 2021), Photographer (Scottish Portrait Prize 2019).

Shoot/Edit/Direct with own kit.

Also works in theatre as collaborator and video designer, notable projects include Balfour Reparation with Palestinian Choreographer Farah Saleh (2024), Field with Curious Seeds (2022), Many Good Men (2024) with Civic Digits.

Apart from 2D filmmaking, he had also made a series of 360/VR performance films and an immersive website "Portals" as a commission for Tramway, Glasgow, retelling and reimagining the stories.

Native Language: Mandarin & English