Writing is life and life is writing! I have been blessed to be able to part of teams to see my vision and the visions of others come to life. I went from signing out cameras from the community center to finally getting a big break with a Land Rover COMMERCIAL and used my check to buy my own camera and taking writing courses in LA.
some of the writers I learned under are Bill Lawrence,
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William Goldberg face to face to writers from PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN.
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I have also learned how the business works by working as a 1st AD for international productions KAL HO NAA HO
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From short films and working for features at production offices I have been able to learn with 1000+ hours experience. I like being a self-starter while pitching stories in LA, where I was living in Canada or from Asia, I would fly back 2X a year summer and or fall to pitch new and wonderful ideas. I started taking ideas and producing them quickly. And that has lead me to shooting over 20 short documentaries and 4 features.
Clips: SPEAK:
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PHASES OF OUR LIVES
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ANIME
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ORDER 9088 (invited by Steven Spielberg's On The Lot contest)
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Two of my biggest influences recently would be DON'T BREATH and GET OUT for breaking new ground in film-making. As a filmmaker and writer of color this is important to always be telling stories from new points of view. But collaborating with others is the only way to get things done. I have been fortunate to represent THE WALKING DEAD in Asia in promos here that won an award for Fox International. And my latest Doc short shot during the earthquakes in western Japan called: LOVE LETTER TO KUMAMOTO have won 2 awards (including being a semi-finalist in 2023).
Currently working on a DRAMA SCI-FI on AI being used for good. in a series called the DEVICE
Unique traits: Can write quickly from idea to script to (shooting if needed). Triple threat ACTING-DIRECTING-WRITING
MISFITS OF COMFORT Family ⋄ Comedy An ensemble tale about misfits hired to comfort strangers — while someone watches them all. Each week, a new emotional job tests the team’s loyalties, revealing secrets not just about their clients… but about themselves.
THE DEVICE Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy After a long absence from society a large group of friends are invited to party where a stolen and advanced AI device is used to help them solve their problems in a take it and change your life or leave scenario for one night.
BLACK SOUL Independent ⋄ Drama A young Asian woman believes she is Black and tries to make a video to prove it to get a scholarship to an all-Black University in the South.
NOT ON MY WATCH Drama ⋄ Comedy A young woman Lilly must learn to navigate the writers room as she learns the ins and outs of secrets of her boss as is tasked with delivering his hush money daily to pay off his gambling debts and help keep her writer's room open.
GHOST GIRL OF ROPPONGI Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Mystery GHOST OF ROPPONGI (FAMOUS AREA OF FOREIGNERS AND PARTIES) is about a girl who made a mistake during the war at a sacred place and appears for 10 days every 30 years to redeem herself by helping 3 people she be can free of the curse around her.
THE 51st STATE Thriller ⋄ Mystery “What happens when a country known for being polite is used as the perfect scapegoat?”
TRANQUIL Mystery ⋄ Adventure A washed-up comic with a forgotten past recruits a retired pop star and a former youth counselor to protect a teen whose music is triggering dangerous psychological episodes — only to discover the phenomenon is spreading across Canada. Together, they must track and help others before it’s too late.
KAL HO NAA HO
by DARMA PRODUCTIONS
2nd AD A soulful melody pondering on life is sung by Sonu Nigam featuring the stars of the film 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' - Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Saif Ali Khan.
SPEAK
by LWF
Director/writer/DOP Inspired by the KINGS OF COMEDY, we look at the annual show of DWAYNE MORGAN featuring Kayne West freshman album J. IVY and WILL THE REAL ONE as the main headliner. We go from airport pick up to the show and behind the scenes prep where egos have to be chilled to direct the energy to the fans. And this show saw one for the books. A rare behind the scenes story from raw emotions to love words that made the audience toes curl to the reality of immigration journey to real life gang violence and how to overcome. Not a show to be missed.
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Documentary
by LWF
Director A driven man with an visionary idea tries to help a broken neighborhood heal from within.
ORDER 9088
by LWF
Director/writer/DOP The Lives of Japanese Americans and Canadians searching for Identity after the 2nd to 4th generations after the war when their grandparents were detained despite being American citizens. 250K were rounded up and put into concentration camps. People lost everything and had to rebuild their lives while searching for their American and Canadian identities.
PHASES OF OUR LIVES
by LWF
Director/writer/DOP A cross-section of a neighborhood over the course of 3 years as it undergoes change for a better community from a pariah and model after the UK's REGENT PARK. We trace the model in the UK to the 1940s post war experiment. This is a personal observation than a diary of a place that I almost a 1000 people call home. We examine the area from teachers who want to teach there to reflect the ethnicity they never seen growing up to people who celebrate hope through beautifying their gardens to 2nd generation hopes and dreams that are only possible in a place called REGENT PARK. These are the Phases of Our LIVES.
RIDING A UNICORN
by Netflix
actor The daily operations of a start up company as they try to survive the world of business and lift each other up in this start up company in good times and bad (I play the father of one of the mixed girls in episode 3).
The Gladiator Film Festival
(2024)
David Film Festival David Film Festival
(2024)
Delta Film festival
(2023)
Robinson Film festival
(2023)
Kal Ho Naa Ho
(2005)
Veils Uncovered
(2003)