Sai Kong Kham was born in 1985 and has long been interested in the arts, including film, music and photography. He has worked as a sound engineer at various radio stations in Myanmar but in early 2011 he decided to pursue a career in filmmaking. In July 2011 Sai Kong Kham was accepted as a student of the Yangon Film School, which he is currently attending. Made during a YFS Art of Documentary Filmmaking workshop, SWEETIE PIE marks his first film as a director.