About The Event
Applications are now open for students and emerging professionals to participate in this new immersive workshop that will be held during the 42nd Hawai‘i International Film Festival on Oahu from November 3-13, 2022. Featuring 4 mentors and their stellar work! Amazing opportunity for students to learn and interact with creators and critics.
DAVID CHEN (Podcasting)
David is the host and producer of podcasts such as The Filmcast, The Tobolowsky Files, and A Cast of Kings. Episodes of his shows are downloaded over 100,000 times each week. Previously, David has worked as a marketer at Amazon and Microsoft and as a Research Associate at Harvard Business School.David is also a video essayist and filmmaker. His video work has been featured or mentioned in online publications such as Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, Slate, Vulture, Indiewire, Laughing Squid, Bustle, Cosmopolitan,
, Vimeo Staff Picks, Allocine, and Digg. In 2014, he directed a film, The Primary Instinct. In 2015, he released a looping cello EP. David currently lives in Seattle, WA.David Chen’s Podcasts:
Filmcast Podcast:
https://audioboom.com/channels/4997224
A Cast of Kings-A House of the Dragon Podcast:
https://audioboom.com/channels/4986729
PATRICK WILLEMS (Vlogging)
Patrick grew up in Saratoga Springs, NY, later went to Oberlin College and got a degree in Cinema Studies, and now lives in New York City. He is a filmmaker and has made a wide range of film-related projects, but most of his time is spent making YouTube videos. The New York Times once interviewed him about the film POINT BREAK.Patrick Willems Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF1fG3gT44nGTPU2sVLoFWg
Sample Vlog (1M views): “RRR-The Biggest Blockbuster You’ve Never Heard Of”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPU2D5Ftjbw
TAYLOR RAMOS & TONY ZHOU (Video Essays)
Taylor and Tony are a Vancouver-based filmmaking duo. She draws, he edits, and they write and direct together. They are the co-creators of the YouTube video essay series EVERY FRAME A PAINTING and served as writer/director/producers on the David Fincher-produced Netflix series VOIR. Their collaborative work has also been featured on FilmStruck and the Criterion Collection.Taylor has worked as a 2D animator for television for almost a decade. Her credits include HILDA, THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH, DOGS IN SPACE, PINECONE AND PONY, and THE LEGEND OF THE THREE CABALLEROS.Tony has worked as an editor in features, commercials and animation since 2007. His credits include THE LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, THE FRIENDSHIP GAME, DRAGONS: RESCUE RIDERS and the upcoming series MEGAMIND’S GUIDE TO DEFENDING YOUR CITY.Every Frame A Painting Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting
Sample Videos: “Jackie Chan-How To Do Action Comedy” (23M views):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ
“The Marvel Symphonic Universe” (7.5M views):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vfqkvwW2fs&t=1s
VOIR on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80990130
Ideally, we want to have the EVERY FRAME A PAINTING mentoring session at ACMWO….
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSct8mdZnCGXMutyZEoA5tAHiHwAZd7Lh_E9PKPxxq-TsSwGaQ/viewform
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