Johnny Ma

Johnny Ma (born Ma Nan, in Shanghai) is a Chinese-Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film Old Stone, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2016. The film won the awards for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, and Best First Feature at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017. His second feature To Live To Sing premiered at the Director's Fortnight Section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.

Early life Ma moved from Shanghai to Toronto, Ontario with his family when he was 10 years of age. He attended the University of British Columbia, and was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.

Filmography

Ma contributed a short film to the Netflix series Homemade, released in June 2020. Set in San Sebastián del Oeste, Mexico, the short is centred around a letter Ma writes to his mother, voiced over in Mandarin.