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2023 UMFF " Work With Asian" Panel
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TOPICS:
Asian has a huge boost to the production and success of domestic films. Asian film revenues have grown by 15% a year for the past 10 years. Asian Film Projects are looking for Western filmmakers to participate in their movies. A window of opportunity has opened for the Western directors, screenwriters, Scrip doctors, cinema photographers, musical composters, Animators, actors, etc. Come to meet the delegations of Asian investors, producers, directors, and find out the pitfalls, common misunderstandings, and industry myths for working with the Asian films. The panelists will attempt to address these issues during the discussion.
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Time: 2:00-3:30PM; April 15, 2023
Location: Promenade PV (550 Deep Valley Dr. suite 117; Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274); Admission by Panel Pass.
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The Panel Speakers
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Benny Tjandra; Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor
Benny Tjandra is an acclaimed Asian American Director, Producer, Writer, Action Director DP, and Editor. Benny was born in Indonesia. At age 10 came to California to pursue his dream as a filmmaker. He makes a promise at his mother's graveyard to do what it takes to be one of the best Filmmaker in Hollywood, and the rest of the world. His upcoming action features films are "Prey of Wrath" (2023), "American Western" (2022), "Kill Plan" (2021), "Nation Fire" (2019), "Syndicate Smasher" (2017), "Bloodline: Love Sick 2" (2018). He has Produced 20s feature films in the past and has 9 upcoming features film in Pre-production in 2023. He is the founder and CEO of “New GenerAsian Pictures". He has major connections in the USA, Indonesia, and the Philippines with all the movie production needed. Benny won many awards and is considered a visionary director and filmmaker whose work has made an indelible and substantial contribution to the Hollywood industry. |
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Saraswathi Vani Balgam；Producer
In 2013, Vani founded Dancing Atoms, LA-based content and creative development motion pictures production company. She is working on two preschool shows, one with a Canadian production company and the other with a Thai Company. She currently consults and advises people with art direction, character development and storytelling. Vani has mentored over hundred Unreal artists and contributed as a creative producer for their Unreal short films during the Unreal Fellowship. She crafted a Women Creators Program in partnership with Epic Games that has created a lot of buzz around it.Previously in her illustrious career, she was the founding director of Rhythm & Hues Studios, Asia & Head of Creative Management and Training at DreamWorks Animation, Shanghai.Vani actively promotes community building all over the world. She is currently heading the Women in Animation India Collective and has been President of Asifa India for over two decades. |
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Tao Liu; Film Score Producer, Composer
Tao Liu is a multi-award winning composer, known for writing/producing music for Wu Wen Xi Dong (Forever Young), the Wandering Earth, Slipaway, First Bloom; Realms(Paramount Pictures); Air Strike ( China-US co-production); Deliver Us From Evil and many more. Based in Los Angeles, Tao Liu graduated from Beijing Film Academy and Film Scoring Major at USC, learning from Academy Award composers like Bruce Broughton, John Debney. Golden Globe nominated composer Christopher Young, Golden Rooster Awards winner Liguang Wang etc. He also has a PhD in film study.Tao Liu has given speeches at both Pixar Animation and Disney Animation on “Chinese-Style Animation Music”. He was on the shortlist for the Best Original Score category of the 90th Academy Awards |
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Van Gerard Dichoso, CPA, Producer
Van Gerard Dichoso, is dubbed as one of the most prominent CPAs of Filipino-American descent to Hollywood stars and entertainment, he is also co-owner of River Rock Films, a TV and motion picture production studio in Hollywood, CA. It is co-founded by its Chairman Jack Kavanaugh who was responsible for releasing nearly 200 of Hollywood’s great films such as “Bourne Legacy”, “Fast & Furious”, “Les Miserables”, “Salt”, “Tower Heist” and more. In 2022, River Rock Films has expanded into the music industry with its new partner: 6-Time Grammy Awardee Malik Yusef.. The studio producers’ film credits include: “Hit & Run” (Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold); “Numb” (Matthew Perry); “When a Man Falls” (Timothy Hutton, Sharon Stone) and “Bachelor Lions” (Disney star Mitchel Musso and Nickelodeon star James Maslow). “Never Alone”
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AORIGELE, Director, Teacher, Actor
Aorigele is a Mongolian actor, director. He is the teacher at Shanghai Drama institute, member of Mongolia Film Maker association, China TV association. As actor, he has been in 20 films; As director, he has made “Sun Eagle”; “Worry of Amaiti” “sugar bomb” “Minihiri” “Palace Strategy”; “ Campus story”; “Mistake Love”, etc. He has won many award from his films, screenplays and photography |
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