While Roxy Shih was at DBHS, she was a member of Color Guard, and the president of both Best Buddies and Walking Shield. After graduating from Diamond Bar High, she attended UCI.

Roxy Shih is an internationally acclaimed Taiwanese-American writer, producer and director. Her work is extremely versatile. She has worked with many independent companies both overseas and domestically.

In 2021, Roxy directed a made for TV movie titled List of a Lifetime. The film is a 2022 Critics Choice Awards Nominee for Best Movie made for TV. List of a Lifetime revolves around Brenda Lee (Hu), who, when diagnosed with breast cancer, is prompted to look for the daughter she gave up for adoption decades ago to warn her she may be at risk too.

In 2019, Roxy directed Painkillers, a feature film streamed on Hulu. The horror film received several film festival nominations.

Roxy was one of ten chosen for the prestigious Armed With A Camera fellowship in 2011 and received a grant to direct a short film, Play Time, that premiered at the DGA and went on a successful film festival tour internationally. She has had her work shown at an array of festivals such as The LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, Cannes, SXSW, Toronto Independent, and Dances with Films. She also directed the recent sci-fi anthology series Dark/Web, premiered at Comic-Con.

In 2016, Roxy had her directorial debut, The Tribe, acquired by Empress Road Pictures. The film stars the illustrious Jessica Rothe (Parallels, La La Land), Anne Winters (Wicked City, Tyrant) and Michael Nardelli (The Collection). The film has garnered a lot of media attention and has won awards at prestigious festivals such as Best Narrative Feature at Nice International Film Festival and Best Debut Feature Film at The Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto.