Paul (Saul) Chan Htoo Sang

Paul (Saul) Chan Htoo Sang is a Yangon-based independent filmmaker belonging to the Chin/Zo indigenous people of the Myanmar/Burma highlands. In 2017, he studied Ethnography and Media Studies at Grinnell College in Iowa, USA, approaching documentation through interdisciplinary practice. His first documentary film, Underneath My Chin, screened at the Wathann Film Festival in Myanmar and the Independent Cinema Office in the UK in 2020 and 2022 respectively. He worked as a freelance filmmaker in Chiang Mai, Thailand for local film and arts organizations from 2023-2024. Now, Saul is working for YOYAMAY, his parents’ company that has pioneered the tribal textile industry in Myanmar/Burma.