Joe Hsieh is an independent Taiwanese animation film director whose works frequently explore the dark side of human nature and are filled with thrilling suspense. His acclaimed films – Night Bus (2020), The Present (2014), and Meat Days (2008) – have won awards in the Taiwan Golden Horse and San Diego Asian Film Festivals, and were nominated at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Sundance, Milano, and Holland Animation Film Festival. He collaborated as Animation Director in Number 7 Cherry Lane (2019), a feature-length animation that won Best Screenplay at the Venice International Film Festival.