Kane Diep

Kane Diep is a filmmaker, social strategist and speaker raised in San Diego by Chinese-Vietnamese refugee parents. His work explores identity, family and representation across documentary and digital media. He directed and co-produced Uploaded: The Asian American Movement, a feature-length documentary about Asian American artists building audiences online. The film received a Grand Jury Award for Non-Fiction nomination at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and was an official selection of the 2012 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival. Its university screenings included Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. At BuzzFeed, Diep directed and produced more than 200 videos over four years, including I Asked My Mom 11 Intimate Questions Before It’s Too Late and I Hired a Speech Therapist to Fix My Boring Voice. His work at Prime Video included helping grow its TikTok account from launch to 23.5 million followers. He served as executive producer and TikTok lead on Plot Pitches, leading the team and strategy behind the format’s development and expansion. The series won the 2023 Webby Award for Best Social Video Series. Diep also led Team USA’s YouTube strategy through Shareability for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. His speaking work addresses storytelling, representation and creative experimentation.