A native Clevelander raised in Central America, Johnny Wu is, a veteran award-winning producer with an MBA from Cleveland State University specialization in branding. Fluent in Chinese, Spanish and English, Johnny is well known and respected within the Asian Pacific American community in Ohio, he is one of the co-founders of the Cleveland Asian Festival, as well as recognized by ethnic cultural groups as the Producer for Cleveland Cultural Gardens’ One World Day since 2015. Wu is currently serving as the Vice-President of Communications for the OCA Cleveland Chapter. In his profession, he has helped consult as branding strategist for several fortune 500 businesses and nonprofit organizations; In addition of his civic engagement, Wu is very much involved in the art community; he is an award-winning filmmaker and the founder of Cleveland IndieClub which helped creating an independent filmmaking community within the City of Cleveland. Wu has done numerous speaking engagements at universities, conventions and festivals on topic related to Asian culture, diversity and filmmaking. Wu currently sits as an executive board member of St. Clair Superior Development Corp, member of the International Task Force for Cleveland Museum of Art, WKYC Community Council Member, City of Cleveland Consumer Affairs Community Board. He is an inductee to two Martial Arts Hall of Fames, and an inductee of the International Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

Johnny is currently working on his latest and perhaps, his last feature film Wu Lin The Society that will start production this Winter and will be distributed in 2021. In his spare time, he loves to watch movies, eat different cuisines and sleep.

Wu currently sits as an executive board member of St. Clair Superior Development Corp, member of the International Task Force for Cleveland Museum of Art, WKYC Community Council Member, City of Cleveland Consumer Affairs Community Board, VP of Organizations Relation for OCA Cleveland Chapter, to name a few. He is an inductee to two Martial Arts Hall of Fames, and an inductee of the International Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame.