Albert J.L HUANG was born in Taipei in 1962. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University and a master’s degree in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, he became the photographer for the 1992 film The Wedding Banquet.

In 1993 he returned to Taiwan to teach at Fu Jen University, Tamkang University, National Taipei University of Technology, and National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1999, he directed Taiwan Shaking Up which was nominated for the Golden Bell Awards Educational Film Production Award. In 2005 he founded Imaging Image Production and cooperated with the Discovery Channel for the first time.

His 2011 film War Game 229 is a humorous take on the generation gap between the old soldiers in military dependents’ villages and their children. Their mock war game relates the story of a Taiwan in the shadow of conflict and has received excellent reviews.