Ostin Fam was raised in Hanoi. For undergraduate studies, Ostin received Freeman Asian Scholarship to attend Wesleyan University where he earned a BA in Film Studies and a minor in East Asian Studies. Ostin Fam attended a Documentary Workshop at The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) in 2012 with his graduating film The Journey (2012) which earn the center’s Silver Lotus Bud Award. In 2017, in addition to graduating with High Honors, he was the recipient of the Steven J. Ross Prize, awarded to the best senior film thesis for his project Short/Cut (2017). He spent the past two years working on different film projects of his own and other filmmakers in New York and Vietnam.