Young director savors her Brush with fame following her debut

At 25, Livi Zheng has already impressed Hollywood with her directorial debut, Brush With Danger, which was selected to compete with 322 other candidates from about 40,000 titles for the 2015 Academy Awards.

Brush tells the story of an immigrant sister-and-brother duo from Asia, who sneak into Seattle after hiding in a shipping container. Their talents - the brother is good at fighting and the sister is skilled at painting - attract an art gallery owner and pull them into a deadly crime.

Zheng wrote the script, revising it more than 30 times to lure investors. She and her younger brother, 19-year-old Ken Zheng, star in the film and do all of the stunts.