A San Francisco Chinatown native, Arthur Dong is an Oscar®-nominee, and a Peabody and Sundance award-winning filmmaker, author, and curator whose work centers on Asian American and LGBTQ stories. Arthur is the recipient of an American Book Award, the Art Deco Society Historic Preservation Award, and the Independent Publisher's IPPY Award for his first book, "Forbidden City, USA: Chinatown Nightclubs, 1936-1970." His latest book, "Hollywood Chinese: The Chinese in American Feature Films" (Angel City Press), won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and has been selected a "Critic's Choice" by the Los Angeles Times and one of "13 Smart Must-Read Books on Race and Hate" by the Advocate. Arthur's films about Asian American history and culture include "The Killing Fields of Dr. Haing S. Ngor" (2015), "Hollywood Chinese" (2007), "Forbidden City, U.S.A." (1989), and "Sewing Woman" (1987). Among his films on LGBTQ issues are "Coming Out Under Fire" (1994), "Licensed to Kill" (1997), and "Family Fundamentals" (2002). He has curated exhibitions showcasing his extensive archive of cultural ephemera, including "Chop Suey on Wax: The Flower Drum Song Album," "Forbidden City, USA," and his most recent, "Hollywood Chinese," on display at the iconic Formosa Cafe in West Hollywood. Arthur has served on the boards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Film Independent, OutFest, and the National Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress. He is a two-time Rockefeller Media Arts Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow in Film, a Sundance Documentary Fellow, and a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute. In 2007, Arthur was named San Francisco State University's "Alumus of the Year".