vincent@aristotlezhang.com
SLIGHTLY LONGER BIO
VINCENT JIA is a playwright, screenwriter, director, creative producer, and actor who creates for gen Z, first-gen immigrant, and queer/transgender audiences. His stories are usually about LGBTQ+ people of colour and their pursuits of freedom, respect, or vengeance. This commonly means dysfunctional families, extraordinary people in ordinary circumstances, and anti-heroic protagonists.
Through centering marginalized narratives, he intends for his stories to contribute to a cultural fabric that is more interconnected, empathetic, and human than the present zeitgeist. It would have been his dream to have staffed BOJACK HORSEMAN, GLOW, or BEEF.
Recently, his play SHOWSTOPPER premiered at the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival, and his feature film SEPHONE is in consideration for the 2026 TIFF Sloan Science and Technology Writer Fellowship. His episodic projects, half-hour comedy BOHO TEA CO. and one-hour drama ELYSE KILLS MARGO OR DIES TRYING, are in the proof-of-concept stage.
Previous film and television credits include: Director of CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (2023), set production assistant on Misha Calvert's ALPHA / BETA (2023), and post-production assistant on Mijie Li's MILES TO GO BEFORE SHE SLEEPS (2022).
Before Aristotle Zhang, Vincent was a development intern at RAIMI PRODUCTIONS, creative-consulted for the NYU PRODUCTION LAB, and supported the industry programming office at TIFF.
Additionally, his scripts have been table read at the 2020 TIFF Next Wave Creators Showcase, workshopped at the 2021 Sundance Institute Collab TV pilot seminar, and staged in 2022 at West London’s Bush Theatre.
ARISTOTLE ZHANG COMPANY BIO
Aristotle Zhang is an independent screen and theatre production studio dedicated to delivering original storytelling by and for queer & transgender immigrants of colour and/or disability, with a focus on scripted, character-driven comedic and dramatic narrative projects. Founded in NYC in 2025 by emerging writer-creator Vincent Jia, the collective specializes in surreal genre media and intimate dramas that aim to foster connection between our universal human experiences. Aristotle Zhang has successfully produced two episodic proof-of-concept shorts and is currently developing an animated feature. SHOWSTOPPER is Aristotle Zhang’s live performance debut.