Karin Chien is an independent film producer based in New York City. Ms. Chien has produced six feature films, including ROBOT STORIES (2002), THE MOTEL (2005), and UNDOING (2006). Her films have won over 50 film festival awards, premiered at Sundance, been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and received international distribution. Ms. Chien is currently in production on the Chinatown Film Project, an inaugural exhibition featuring original work by Wayne Wang and Miguel Arteta for New York's Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA). Ms. Chien is also launching dGenerate Films, a new venture to bring independent Chinese films to the U.S. and a new mentorship program for Asian American film professionals with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
"DC APA Film Fest + Trailer Contest = Highly original, take-no-prisoners, best of Asian American filmmaking today. Looking forward to watching!"
Since graduating from Columbia University in film studies, Tze (pronounced "Z") Chun has directed 12 short films and written numerous feature screenplays. His short film Windowbreaker was selected to play at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, as well as over twenty other high-profile international festivals. It won the audience award at the New York City Short film festival last year and best short film at the 2007 Vietnamese International Film Festival.
Chun is currently working on multiple directing projects. His feature film You're A Big Girl Now is a period drama about his mother's childhood growing up in a Singaporean brothel. Based on 2 years of research and interviews, the film is currently being financed and produced by Hong Kong-based Lotus Entertainment. Chun's feature The Kids Are Alright - a feature version of Windowbreaker - is currently in pre-production. The film is being produced by Mynette Louie (Mutual Appreciation) and edited by Anna Boden (Producer/Editor, Half Nelson). Chun was also recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" (Summer 2007).
"Hey everyone. Best of luck with the contest! Looking forward to seeing everyone's work, I'm sure I'll be blown away!"
Grace Lee recently directed and co-wrote AMERICAN ZOMBIE, which premiered at Slamdance Film Festival 2007, played at festivals internationally and now available on DVD.
She produced, directed and wrote "The Grace Lee Project," a feature
documentary that was hailed by Variety as "a funny, complex meditation on identity
and cultural expectations," and "ridiculously entertaining" by New York Magazine. The
film opened theatrically and can be viewed on the Sundance Channel. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of
Independent Film," Grace received her MFA in Film Directing from UCLA Film School.
Her thesis film, "Barrier Device," starring Sandra Oh and Suzy Nakamura, won a 2002
Student Academy Award, a Directors Guild of America Student Award, LA Asian/Pacific
Film Festival's Golden Reel Award and Urbanworld's Grand Jury Prize, and was
broadcast on the Sundance Channel. She also directed "Best of the Wurst," a
documentary essay about contemporary Berlin which has been showcased at festivals
worldwide and was funded by the Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg.
"Go crazy! I'm prepared to be inspired and impressed!"
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