Nathan Xia

Nathan Xia is a Chinese American actor filmmaker and alternative artist from San Diego California At age 19 he gained notoriety for his viral film GOODNIGHT AMERICA starring Xolo Maridueña and Jacob Bertrand boasting 18M views across the film and trailer At age 20 he made his next film OH MIGHTY OCEAN starring Jack Griffo Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand which was quickly acquired and distributed by Omeleto ShortsTV and Gonella Productions Concurrently Xia wrote directed and starred in his debut microbudget feature film CHASING SUNDANCE acquired by Freestyle Digital Media and distributed worldwide on platforms like Apple TV Amazon Prime and Tubi As Xia matured his films and creative sensibilities did as well He found inspiration in the misunderstood and began using his art to tackle themes of mental health comingofage and the Asian American experience through an emotionally vibrant and comedic personal lens His next film ADAMS SONG screened at a multitude of festivals and won awards at the Nashville Film Festival and the Ouray International Film Festival before being acquired for online distribution by Wong Fu Productions NextShark and FilmShortage and broadcast television distribution by PBS AYO CHECK UP a basketball mentalhealth dramedy followed The film premiered at Lebron James Uninterrupted Film Festival and was distributed online by Omeleto NextShark and NBA legend Jeremy Lin His latest film FLAVOR OF THE MONTH will kick off its festival run at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York and the HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles As an actor Xia has performed in undisclosed television shows for Netflix and Apple TV and in indie films for Matty Matheson Jim Cummings and Danny Madden