Andrew Ahn has the fall of Quibi to thank for being Fire Island’s director.
The gay filmmaker — known for moving dramas that center on Asian-American families like Spa Night and Driveways — had previously interviewed for the project when it was set to be released on the short-lived, short-form streaming platform. He didn’t get the job at the time. But Quibi’s collapse and the production’s move to Searchlight Pictures for a feature-length release sparked a search for a new director. Fortuitously, this became Ahn.
“It just felt very gratifying,” says
