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Kane Diep
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Kane Diep is a filmmaker, social strategist and speaker who helped grow Prime Video’s TikTok from launch to 23.5 million followers.

His work spans 200+ BuzzFeed videos, the Webby-winning Plot Pitches series and Team USA Winter Olympics.

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AT A GLANCE

0 → 23.5M

Prime Video TikTok followers

600M+ views

Webby-winning Plot Pitches series

200+ videos

Directed and produced at BuzzFeed

Based in Los Angeles. Independent consulting, creative strategy and speaking.

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Short bio

Kane Diep is a filmmaker, social strategist and speaker who helped grow Prime Video’s TikTok from launch to 23.5 million followers. He led the team and strategy behind its Webby-winning Plot Pitches series. His work also spans 200+ BuzzFeed videos, Team USA Winter Olympics and the documentary Uploaded: The Asian American Movement.

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Medium bio

Kane Diep is a filmmaker, social strategist and speaker who helped grow Prime Video’s TikTok from launch to 23.5 million followers. He led the team and strategy behind Plot Pitches, the Prime Video series that earned 600M+ views and won the 2023 Webby Award for Best Social Video Series.

At BuzzFeed, Kane directed and produced more than 200 videos, exploring family, identity and creative experimentation. He also led Team USA’s YouTube channel strategy through Shareability for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. He directed and co-produced Uploaded: The Asian American Movement, a feature-length documentary nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Non-Fiction at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

Raised in San Diego by Chinese-Vietnamese refugee parents, Kane connects personal storytelling with creative leadership. Based in Los Angeles, he consults with creative teams and speaks about storytelling, representation and finding a voice. His university appearances include Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University.

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Long bio

Kane Diep is a filmmaker, social strategist and speaker who helped grow Prime Video’s TikTok from launch to 23.5 million followers. He led the team and strategy behind Plot Pitches, developing and scaling a series that earned 600M+ views and won the 2023 Webby Award for Best Social Video Series.

Raised in San Diego by Chinese-Vietnamese refugee parents, Kane grew up between cultures and learned to notice the ways families express love, the things they leave unsaid and the distance between being understood and being heard. As a gay Asian American storyteller, those questions have shaped both his personal work and the way he leads creative teams.

Kane directed and co-produced Uploaded: The Asian American Movement, a feature-length documentary exploring how Asian American creators built audiences online. Drawing on 60 interviews, the film received a Grand Jury Award for Non-Fiction nomination at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and was an official selection of the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival that year.

From 2015 to 2019, Kane directed and produced more than 200 BuzzFeed videos, including I Asked My Mom 11 Intimate Questions Before It’s Too Late and I Hired a Speech Therapist to Fix My Boring Voice. From 2020 to 2025, his Prime Video work connected audience insight with experimentation across TikTok and YouTube. He later led Team USA’s YouTube channel strategy through Shareability for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Now based in Los Angeles, Kane works independently in consulting and creative strategy. He has brought his documentary and conversations to 12+ universities, including Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University. His speaking explores storytelling, representation, creative experimentation and finding a voice, connecting the practical work of reaching audiences with the personal question of what makes a story worth telling.

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Host introduction

Please welcome Kane Diep, a filmmaker, social strategist and speaker who helped grow Prime Video’s TikTok to 23.5 million followers and led the team behind its Webby-winning Plot Pitches series. His work explores how personal stories connect with wider audiences.

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PHOTO SELECTION

A face to the story.

Download individual photos below or download all seven photos (ZIP). For photo credits and usage questions, email kanediep@gmail.com.

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Primary portrait

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Kane Diep speaking on stage

On stage

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Behind the camera

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Kane with his team behind Prime Video’s Webby-winning Plot Pitches series.

Webby-winning work

Kane with his team behind Prime Video’s Webby-winning Plot Pitches series.

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In the director’s chair

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Working portrait

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Studio portrait

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OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS

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AWARDS & FESTIVALS

Selected recognition.

Plot Pitches: 2023 Webby Award for Best Social Video Series →

Uploaded: Grand Jury Award for Non-Fiction nominee, 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival →

CONVERSATIONS WORTH HAVING

Speaking & podcast topics.

Stories that connect

turning personal experiences and audience insight into stories people care about.

Representation and belonging

who gets to tell stories, who feels seen and how that shapes creative choices.

Creative experimentation

testing formats, learning from an audience and building on what works.

Finding a voice

bringing a personal perspective into public storytelling and creative leadership.

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CAREER TIMELINE

Career at a glance.

  1. 2012Directed and co-produced Uploaded: The Asian American Movement; festival nomination and selections.
  2. 2015–2019Directed and produced 200+ videos at BuzzFeed.
  3. 2020–2025TikTok and YouTube leadership at Prime Video; TikTok grew from launch to 23.5M followers.
  4. 2023Plot Pitches won the Webby Award for Best Social Video Series.
  5. 2026Led Team USA Winter Olympics YouTube strategy through Shareability; detailed case study includes the Paralympics.
  6. 2026–presentIndependent consulting, creative strategy and speaking.

Team USA’s YouTube channel generated 126M views, 1.56M watch hours and 77K new subscribers across the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, January 26–March 16, 2026. Kane led channel strategy through Shareability.

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Bio reviewed September 26, 2026.