Background
David Ren was born in Shanghai, China and grew up in Queens, New York City.
David Ren was born in Shanghai, China and grew up in Queens, New York City.
He attended the Bronx High School of Science, Professional Children"s School, and the University of Redlands.
He started to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse at the age of nine. He moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a filmmaking career. They have two children together.
Ren wrote and co-directed his first feature film in 2007, Shanghai Kiss with co-director Kern Konwiser.
The film stars Ken Leung, Hayden Panettiere, Kelly Hu and Joel David Moore. Ren"s second feature is an action noir titled The Girl from the Naked Eye, released in 2012.