Liao Jiekai is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Singapore. He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and worked extensively with video installations and video art in his formation years, participating in various group exhibitions in Singapore, Chicago and Prague. He had also directed several short films, most notably Clouds in a Shell which was showcased in the Asian American Showcase in Chicago, 2008. He is an active member of the 13 Little Pictures collective that makes films together and Red Dragonflies is his debut feature film.