Born in San Francisco, CA. Dong's films have been awarded the Peabody Award, three Sundance Film Festival Awards, five Emmy® nominations, and an Academy Award® nomination, and have been shown on PBS, and at the Walker Art Center and at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Dong is a graduate of the San Francisco State University film school and the AFI Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies. He is on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, representing the Documentary Branch.
Notable producing/directing credits include PUBLIC (1980), SEWING WOMAN (1983), FORBIDDEN CITY, U.S.A. (1989), COMING OUT UNDER FIRE (1994), "The Question of Equality" (1995, TV mini-series), LICENSED TO KILL (1997), FAMILY FUNDAMENTALS (2002), and HOLLYWOOD CHINESE (2007).
Nominated for Documentary (Short Subjects) 1983: SEWING WOMAN - Producer
1 nomination