Campus Stories
April 3, 2026
Author and Filmmaker Curtis Chin Advises CA Students to Think Creatively about Careers
On Wednesday, Curtis Chin, a documentary filmmaker and author of the memoir Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, visited campus. He gave a special screening of a forthcoming short film he directed, about an Asian American engineer-turned-artist in whose story he’d heard echoes of his own. Students talked with Chin about his career and how growing up in a working-class Asian American community in Detroit had shaped his artistic vision. He also had some advice for students aspiring to enter creative fields.