‘Fire Island’ director Andrew Ahn talks the famous location
qvoicenews.comAndrew Ahn has the fall of Quibi to thank for being the director of “Fire Island.” The gay filmmaker — known for moving dramas that center on Asian-American families like “Spa Night” and “Driveways” — had previously interviewed for the project when it was set to be released on the short-lived, short-form streaming platform.
He didn’t get the job at the time. But Quibi’s collapse and the production’s move to Searchlight Pictures for a feature-length release sparked a search for a new director.
Fortuitously, this became Ahn. “It just felt very gratifying,” says Ahn, who was drawn to the groundbreaking screenplay by writer and star Joel Kim Booster for its celebration of queer Asian-American friendship.
This topic is “so much of who I am and what I’m about,” he says. “And so, to have this opportunity and to work with Joel and (fellow lead) Bowen Yang, who are real-life friends, it just felt so perfect.” Another attraction?
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