Van Ling is a producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs. Ling graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California film school.Ling also had a brief cameo in Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, as the Chinese man that Rose meets in her dream sequence of returning to the Titanic and reuniting with Jack. He is currently directing Cliffs of Freedom, an upcoming indie drama film starring Christopher Plummer, Billy Zane, Lance Henriksen, Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin, Raza Jaffrey, Patti LuPone, Costas Mandylor, and Kevin Corrigan.