Production company Golden LA has signed filmmaker Rob Chiu for U.S. commercial representation.
A London-based director and photographer, Chiu over the years has collaborated with brands such as Audi, Nike, BMW, and Adidas, and partnered with agencies including Team One, McCann, Saatchi and Wieden + Kennedy. Most recently represented in the U.S. by Iconoclast (which still reps him in the U.K.), Chiu continues to evolve his craft through projects that balance cinematic world-building with deeply human storytelling.
“My work has always circled around the fragile, complicated parts of being human.” Chiu shared, “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,” said Golden LA 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.”
Golden LA managing director Matthew Marquis added, “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. His most recent narrative project, the BFI-funded short film Chinaman, is currently entering the international film festival circuit.
Golden LA is represented by Hunky Dory on the East Coast, GRG in the Midwest, and Bueno on the West Coast.
