Kaylen Ng was named as the recipient of the $10,000 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award on Friday at the renowned art fair. Meanwhile, Britt Williams was announced as the winner of the $2,500 Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Ng and Williams received their prizes during a special invitation-only ceremony at the fair. Realized in collaboration with acclaimed non-profit Ghetto Film School and global film and TV studio Fifth Season, the Frieze Los Angeles Film Award has been widely recognized within the industry as an incubator for next-generation talent.
Ng is a first-generation Singaporean American producer and writer with a degree in creative producing and virtual production from Chapman University’s Dodge College. She was a 2022 Coca-Cola Refreshing Films finalist and a 2023 Television Academy Foundation Star Trek Command Training Program fellow. With previous experience at Proximity Media, Starz and Lionsgate, Ng currently works as the executive assistant to the…