Hi! My name’s Clifford Chi, and I write satire about characters who are deeply entrenched in social institutions like traditional culture, Christianity, and Greek Life but eventually evolve beyond them.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, I was the token Asian kid. So I did whatever I could to fit in. Especially if it meant being part of group. In high school, I was a baseball-obsessed jock who took pride in getting B’s in math class (my Dad is a math professor). In college, I was a fireball-guzzling frat boy. Then a Bible-thumping Christian. And then an overly ambitious tech bro.
Up until I was 22 years old, I spent my whole life hopping from tribe to tribe, deriving my entire identity from each group. Turns out, if you only ever try to find a tribe, you never find yourself. But if you can flip that script, you will develop into the person that you’ve always wanted to become.
In June 2024, I graduated from UCLA's MFA Screenwriting Program, where I discovered my passion for scripted comedy and realized my past was a gold mine for writing satire that is just as heartfelt as it is biting.