NEWS
Super grateful to have directed a video series on Strife.tv that was partnered with Colgate(R), Youtube, and CreatorUp. I feel blessed to have worked with a talented team and a brand that gave me creative freedom to tell inspiring stories from the POC and Hip Hop community my way.
This is the first part of a 3-video series that will be released all on Youtube.com/strifetv.
I'm honored and proud to have directed and co-produced HBO's APA Visionaries 2020 Virtual Premiere with The Great Company, and am so excited for the world to watch!
The short films by Tiffany So, Thomas Kim, and Johnson Cheng are exceptional and are moving commentaries on Asian American life through different perspectives - all under the theme of "Breaking Barriers."
It was a pleasure working with a talented team to produce and direct this all remotely! Seriously, it was done through Zoom, Open Reel, Slack, and various types of cameras, and mobile devices. So I'm incredibly proud of the show we created considering the circumstances. (Let's just say I'm a pretty experienced Covid director at this point lol)
Plus, it's a really good program! Anna Akana is superb and was a pleasure to work with. Niki puts on a fantastic musical performance to top off the night. Including many more cameos that make this program not only entertaining but also triumphant because it's all Asian Pacific Voices and Faces that adorn the screen so a feeling of pride and hope is felt when watching this show as an Asian viewer.
Tune in on Friday, September 25 at 5PM PST on hbovisionaries.com and be ready for a fun night
It was really fun shooting this video with the K-Pop Band Monsta X because they were extremely nice, funny, and full of energy. Working with Sony and Music.com is always a good experience and to be able to see these artists react to the 360 Reality Audio from Sony was inspiring.
I had the pleasure of creating this video for my friend’s podcast, The Cartel Hour, while he interviewed Lars Ulrich from Metallica and Master Distiller Rob Dietrich about their new whiskey called Blackened.
Growing up as a kid in California in the 90's, you get exposed to Gangster Rap at a young age and seeing how much society demonized rappers and producers from the Black Community felt biased and misinformed - they were just trying to express themselves to escape the violence in their communities with stories about what they went through so they can inspire change.
It’s always a pleasure to work with amazing people and to have them talk about me in a positive way helps me find gratitude in my career and the work I’ve done over the years. These testimonials are from Camille Virginia from Master Offline Dating, John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneurs on Fire, and Waseem Ballou from Teez and Foodeez Agency.
I feel blessed to be able to work with amazing people and am happy that I’ve helped and continue to help people with my video production skills!
A fun video I shot, directed, and edited for OMH Club!
New video I shot and edited for Camille La Vie in Coney Island, NY!
I’m so happy to have been part of this Milli Agency Bar None campaign which just won a Telly Award! It was a great experience filming bartender, Jason Yu, and creating an award-winning video on a relaxing weekday afternoon. The team at Milli are a smart, talented, and driven group that have put together some amazing campaigns. You can find the case study here and the award page here.
A commercial I helped shoot, direct, and edit for All33 that involved some green screen. The idea came from my friend Chris from TrueFormArts who also put a talented team together to produce this. Learned a lot about green screen production and post-produciton for this one.
I’d like to think of myself as a versatile filmmaker and videographer. Creating this video for Grabease was a challenge because it was my first time working with babies. They’re tough to work with and don’t follow directions as often as you like, though their cuteness makes up for the temper tantrums and frustrated takes. I enjoyed working with Grabease and making content outside of my usual genres, and learned a lot from the process. I feel that it’s important to explore other industries and communities when using your craft as it creates a challenge that forces you to adapt and gain new skills. These baby products are also very useful and I’m sure that one of these days when I’m a parents, I’ll be using my own.
I love boxing and martial arts so it’s a pleasure to be able to create this video with my friend, Tiffany Toney. We met at the Youtube Space and connected on our passion for boxing, fitness, and content. I first got interested in filmmaking because of Martial Arts films so it seems only fitting that I now am creating more action content. My goal is to create boxing and fight documentaries for HBO, UFC, DAZN, and other companies because I feel that as a fighter, I can produce visual pieces that would interest fight enthusiasts and video buffs. I’m currently working on a martial arts short film that I’m excited to develop and direct, while continuing to contact fighters to capture their stories. I feel that it’s important to work on projects with subjects that you connect with and the sweet science is in my blood.
My roots in digital content started on Strife TV. When I felt my creativity being hindered at my 9-5 job, I took the initiative to create a Youtube channel with my friends that would document the Breakdancing and Hip Hop culture. Today, it has over 156k subscribers and a global following, and has allowed me to work with top brands, travel the world, and teach for Google. I’m grateful for the community that’s been built around Strife over the past 11 years. I’ve seen children grow up watching our videos to now become world renowned competitors, and dancers I admire become close friends. Strife allowed me to fully express myself through video without the limitations of brands, companies, or outside authorities. That freedom has given me opportunities to explore innovative camera and editing techniques, and access to the best camera and lighting equipment on the market today. I always go back to Strife whenever I feel I need a creative fix and freedom to create what’s on my mind, while being able to fully engross myself into the Hip Hop culture.
I love creating videos for brands and products that I actually can use in my daily life. Bentgo offers a series of lunchboxes with several compartments to make footage storage and meal prep easy. It was fun creating these videos and having a solid team around me, it always helps when you have a food stylist on set.
Traveling to Vermont during the winter was a cold yet delightful excursion. I had a chance to create a series of videos that highlighted the many MFA programs that the Vermont College of Fine Arts has to offer and connect with teachers within those fields. It was fascinating to hear about the low residency programs and the different format that they have for their graduate degrees. Visiting campus only twice a year and studying remotely to earn your Masters in Fine Arts. I learned a lot and made a few friends, it was a pleasure being able to surround myself with intelligent people and passionate artists that are motivated to share their knowledge.
I love making this style of food content for Foodeez because it gives it a more cinematic and commercial feel over top down videos. I’m a fan of shooting with the Sony FS7 and the color space impresses me every time I edit in post. The camera has its quirk yet when you have the right lighting, Kino Flo’s and Litemats for this, then it makes it easier to control.
Video I shot and edited for Sysco Foodie with Chef Marcus Means in Atlanta.
New top down recipe video I shot and edited for Foodeez and the cannabis company, Kushy Punch :)
