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Golden LA welcomes filmmaker Rob Chiu
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Production company Golden LA has signed internationally acclaimed filmmaker Rob Chiu for US commercial representation.
Production company Golden LA has signed internationally acclaimed filmmaker Rob Chiu for US commercial representation.
A London-based director and photographer, Chiu has built a body of work defined by striking visual precision, emotional gravity, and an enduring fascination with human resilience. Over the years, he has collaborated with brands such as Audi, Nike, BMW, and Adidas, and partnered with leading agencies including Team One, McCann, Saatchi and Weiden + Kennedy. Most recently represented by Iconoclast, Chiu continues to evolve his craft through projects that balance cinematic world-building with deeply human storytelling.
Chiu’s storytelling is rooted in emotion and design in equal measure, his films feel tactile, charged, and meticulously composed. Whether crafting cinematic world-building or quiet, human moments, he brings an exacting attention to tone and texture that has made him one of the most distinctive voices in modern commercial filmmaking.
“My work has always circled around the fragile, complicated parts of being human.” Chiu shares, “Golden is a home that encourages that kind of exploration, and I’m grateful for the space to keep pushing into stories that feel personal and lived-in.”
“Rob’s work evokes an immediate, visceral response, emotional storytelling through the lens of a master craftsman,” says Executive Producer Dahlia Stone. “He has an extraordinary ability to merge discipline with depth. Every project of his feels lived-in, poetic, and deliberate, which aligns perfectly with Golden’s vision of championing directors who evoke real feeling in their viewers.”
Managing Director Matthew Marquis adds, “This partnership reflects how we love to collaborate: intentionally and with respect for the process. Rob approaches filmmaking with intensity and empathy in equal measure, and we’re thrilled to support the next evolution of his already exceptional career. Also in getting to know Rob over the last few years, he is an artist to his core and that permeates every aspect of the filmic creative process”
Chiu’s work has garnered recognition from D&AD, Nowness, 1.4, and FWA and has been showcased at film festivals across the globe. His early narrative films including Black Day to Freedom (2005), which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Resfest, and ICA, and later distributed by Autour de Minuit alongside his short Things Fall Apart (2007)—first established his reputation for pairing visual poetry with social conscience. Subsequent works such as Fear/Love (2009), The Division of Gravity (2011), and Once, When We Were Young (2012) earned global festival recognition and multiple Vimeo Staff Picks, cementing his standing as a director with both precision and heart. His most recent narrative project, the BFI-funded short film Chinaman, is currently entering the international film festival circuit, marking a powerful new chapter in his evolution as a filmmaker.
