Tag: Asian American
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Blue Bayou-Director/Writer/Actor Justin Chon
Blue Bayou is Justin Chon’s fourth directorial feature, a commanding addition to his industry antithetic corpus. Justin leads the film as Antonio Leblanc, a blue-collar American struggling to provide for his expectant wife Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and young stepdaughter Jessie (Sydney Kowalske). A confrontation between Antonio and Kathy’s ex, police officer Ace (Mark O’Brien), leads […]
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Kung Fu Composer- Sherri Chung
“Don’t let what you hear deter you. I had no role models. It’s ok to be afraid. You have to want it more than you are afraid.” -Sherri Chung Sherri Chung is a film and television composer. Her work on the CW’s Kung Fu made her the first Asian American female composer of a network television series. […]
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Minari Costume Designer- Susanna Song
“When a costume designer represents the culture, you can see how different and better the choices can be.” -Susanna Song For costume designer Susanna Song, a good costume helps create an understanding of the character not create a caricature, “sometimes costume designers pick items that are very stereotypical like dragon embroidery for Asian actors. Yes, […]
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Finding ‘Ohana- Director Jude Weng
“I believe in the ethos of leaving a place better than when you found it.” -Jude Weng Jude Weng is the director of Finding ‘Ohana– a Netflix original adventure film following Brooklyn-raised siblings Pilialoha and Ioane Kawena, reconnecting with their Hawaiian heritage. Finding ‘Ohana is Jude’s feature directorial debut. “Every director wants to direct movies, […]
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Yellow Rose- Director Diane Paragas
“The bad guy of the film isn’t a person, it’s the system.” -Diane Paragas Diane Paragas is the director of Yellow Rose, the first Filipino American film theatrically distributed by a major Hollywood studio. Her background in documentary film, has set the foundation for her exceptional debut narrative feature about an undocumented Filipino country singer. […]
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Casting Director- Julia Kim
“I just want more Asian talent in the business.” -Julia Kim Julia Kim is a casting director best known for independent films (The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Spa Night, Minari). She is also the owner of invAsianLA an industry consulting service for Asian actors, “I just want more Asian talent in the business. […]
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PEN15 -Actor Dallas Liu
“This is a very tough and extremely risky industry, but I am not going to give up and walk away.” -Dallas Liu You might recognize Dallas Liu from your 9:00 am engineering lecture, but he isn’t your average college student. Dallas plays Maya Erksine’s older brother Shuji in Hulu’s PEN15. Unlike most actors, his ambitions are […]
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Hollywood-Actress Michelle Krusiec
“The American landscape has changed. The people who want to deny our place, have to be told their reality is not what America is anymore.” -Michelle Krusiec Michelle Krusiec has starred in nearly 200 television episodes and is the only Asian American actress to be nominated for a Golden Horse; for her performance as Wilhelmina […]
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Good Deal- Comedian Jimmy O. Yang
“It’s better to disappoint your parents for a couple of years than to disappoint yourself for the rest of your life.” -Jimmy O. Yang Amazon’s Good Deal is Jimmy O. Yang’s first comedy special. “This is 10 years in the making; all the open mics, road gigs, it’s finally paying off,” says Jimmy. In the special, […]
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Tigertail- Director Alan Yang
“Tigertail is the most personal story I have ever worked on. The movie is my imagination of my dad’s memory.” -Alan Yang Alan Yang’s feature debut Tigertail is a mesmerizing allegory of sacrifice. The film follows the life of Pin-Jui through his most intimate memories, from childhood in Taiwan to fatherhood in America. Alan was inspired […]
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