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Filmmakers

Ronald Oda (director and writer)
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Ron cannot survive without chili cheese dogs, nachos with jalapenos, and spam.

Everything else is expendable.

 

 

Kris Chin (producer and director)
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Kris Chin was born in New York, raised in Miami, and lived most of his adult
life in Los Angeles, China, Japan, and Korea.

An addicted serial entrepreneur, he owned businesses in Asia and the U.S. before he was recruited by DIRECTV to head the International Programming Acquisitions Department. .

In 2004 he convinced his college buddy, Ron Oda to pursue the dream they shared of making the Asian American comedy that they wanted to see on the big screen. So he left his job, immersed himself in learning the craft of filmmaking, and embarked on a crazy adventure of making a movie.

 

 

Katsuyuki Ueno (Katz) Editor and Associate Producer
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After working for the Features and Commercial departments at Rhythm and Hues since 2000, Wendy Ho joined the family of Asian Stories. Her projects include the movie Daredevil and Disney, Motorola, KCRW, Burger King, Target, Geico, and Mercedes-Benz commercials.

Asian Stories is her 2nd feature film project.

 

 

Katsuyuki Ueno (Katz) Editor and Associate Producer
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When Katz (Katsuyuki Ueno) came to Los Angeles from Japan in 1999 to pursue his goal to be a filmmaker, he was just a pure and innocent Japanese guy with a lot of hope.

However, then, he somehow met Ronald Oda and Kris Chin. He joined Asian Stories, and he lost his innocence.....

He now owns production and marketing company, deerstudio in Japan and US, worked over several dozens of film project, including award winning films.

For more information, visit www.deerstudio.com

 

 

Jonathan Hall (director of photography)
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Jonathan began his interest in cameras at the age of 7, when he would steel the families' camcorder and use to make movies with his childhood collection of action figures.

Soon after his 14th birthday, Jonathan began doing camera work on commercials and multi-camera events. From that point on, Jonathan's love for the camera bloomed into a fully evolved passion for creating images.

Jonathan enrolled in Brooks Institute of Photography directly following high school. Upon graduation Jonathan received an award of honor from his class for his amount of professional experience and work quality. Over the years Jonathan has shot on literally, every format of film and videotape of value today.

Today, Jonathan lives in Hollywood, were he continues to evolve himself with new and innovative projects. This is Jonathan’s 3rd feature film.

For more information, visit www.hallwaypictures.com

 

 

Thomas' Apartment (theme song and music)
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Thomas' Apartment is an Asian indie-alternative-rock band formed by five guys who met while attending UCLA. Their musical style fuses wide-ranging influences from 80's rock to electronica to modern rock.

Following the release of their self-produced debut album in 2004 and their follow-up album, Synchrony, in 2007, Thomas' Apartment is currently recording their third album.

For more information, visit www.thomasapartment.com

 

 

Thomas' Apartment (theme song and music)
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George Shaw is a rapidly rising composer who has worked on Hollywood and independent films. He is a versatile composer with the skill for crafting rich orchestral tapestries as well as producing cutting edge sounds to match the visual images in movies. George recently received 3 best score nominations for the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards, won Best Music in a Short at the Garden State Film Festival Movie Music Competition, and 5 Gold Medals at the Park City Film Music Festival.

Shaw studied composition and film scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, taking part in its world-class Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. He also participated as a 2007 fellow in Film Independent’s Project: Involve, a filmmaker mentorship program. Shaw plays clarinet, piano, guitar, and a variety of exotic woodwind instruments from around the world, and is currently training to become a virtuoso Rockband videogame drummer. George resides in Los Angeles, where he can surf and snowboard in the same day.

For more information, visit www.georgeshawmusic.com

 

 

Cecilia Tsai (Assistant Director)
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Born in New Jersey, raised in Taipei, Cecila Tsai has devoted the last three years to increased visibility for Asian Americans in mainstream media. She began this endeavor promoting "Better Luck Tomorrow" and "Charlotte Sometimes" in 2003. Since then, she has worked on numerous Asian American features including "Americanese," "Tre," "Gold Fish" and "My Life Disoriented" (PBS) as script supervisor and/or 1st AD.

Cecilia recently started a production company, Scopotone Entertainment, and is currently producing a variety of programs-- including animation, music videos, episodic series, and comedy/variety shorts for a new mobile channel geared toward pop/hipster audiences.

Cecilia wants to thank Ron and Kris for a wonderful hilarious adventure. Not a shooting day went by on set without outrageous events or infectious laughter.

 

 

Keith McNulty (Gaffer)
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Keith McNulty started his career doing cue cards for his father Barney
McNulty in 1975 working on the Grammies, Emmies and thousands of other
shows.

He launched his first company McNulty’s Computer Prompting in 1989,
and worked in all areas of the teleprompting including operating prompters for (3)
three presidents.

He is now partnered with Erik Nielsen to create mcnulty nielsen, inc, specializing in Grip/Electric Trucks, Teleprompting, Cue Cards, Camera Rental and Production Sound based out of North Hollywood, CA.

For more information, visit www.mcnultynielsen.com

 

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