He’s always outstretching a hand to welcome people into his queer creations.įire Island is set in the iconic Pines, off Long Island, New York. We met again in 2019 when his second film, Driveways was part of the inaugural Critics’ Week at the Tribeca Festival. We met in 2016 at New York City’s Metrograph Theater after a screening of his first feature film, Spa Night, when he agreed to let me interview him for my blog. Affable is the best way to describe Fire Island filmmaker Andrew Ahn.
