FILMMAKERS
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Daisy Lin Shapiro Interview about Looking for YLLOGIRL, a project in progress
http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=5885 Daisy Lin Shapiro is a news producer, writer and director who has won numerous awards for
her coverage of community issues. At KNBC News in Los
Angeles, she has produced a formidable body of work, including the Emmy
Award winning News Special, “Autism, the Hidden Epidemic,” and “On the
Verge.” She also produced the station's franchise series
"Beating the Odds." since 1996, profiling high school students who
overcome tremendous obstacles in their lives, and established college
funds for them. In addition, she produced the weekly series
"Unsung Heroes" on NBC 4, highlighting ordinary people who make a
difference in the diverse communities of Southern
California. As a special projects producer she has worked
on various station specials, including election coverage, Asian
American Heritage Month, "Rubble to Rebirth: the Tenth Anniversary of
the LA Riots," and "California Indians: Stories of a People." At
E! Entertainment Television, she profiled Margaret Cho and the premiere
of "All American Girl," the first Asian American sitcom, one of many
in-depth segments she contributed to E! News Daily. She was a
news writer for KCOP in Los Angeles, and has freelanced for various
media outlets in Los Angeles. Early in her career, she interned
with Westinghouse Broadcasting in Washington DC and CBS in New York
City. At UCLA, she made a one-hour documentary on the
homeless people of Santa Monica, interviewing them at shelters and
under bridges, and was a 1991 recipient of the Asian American
Journalists Association Scholarship. She also wrote a research thesis
on popular American images of Chinese women from 1850 on, which won the
UCLA History Department's Mary B. Ritter Award. This is her first
independent feature documentary.
She
was born in Taiwan and immigrated with her parents to the United States
when she was nine years old. She lives in Los Angeles.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Stephen Christopher Liu is an entrepreneur, media executive and community organizer. Currently, Liu is the CEO of HPI EMBLEM, a Suzhou-based China WOFE manufacturer in the textile industry with offices in Los Angeles and San Diego. In addition, Liu is also the Chief Social Capitalist at Privy.net, an invitation-only private global network catering to Asia-focused executives, social jet-setters and luxury brands.
Previously, Liu spent three years as the Founder/President of Reelplay.com Inc., a Forbes Top 200 B2B Company in the international film and television distribution industry. At ReelPlay, Liu was successful in raising close to $6M in venture capital from a number of Silicon Valley and Hollywood heavyweights, including SOFTBANK and WaterView run by Frank Biondi, Jr. (former chief exec at Viacom, Universal Studios and HBO). Prior to Reelplay, Steve served as Managing Director of a boutique strategy consultancy called Change Associates/Futurethink, where he advised senior executives from corporate giants DaimlerChrysler and Xerox, to media and entertainment nonprofits such as Marketplace Radio and the USC School of Cinema/Television. Named by Goldsea/Transpacific Magazine as one of the "Top 40 Professionals in the U.S. to Watch," Liu started out his career at Wells Fargo, where he rose to Assistant Vice President and managed a $60 million portfolio in the Premier Banking Group.
While working a full schedule, Liu founded the Asian Professional Exchange (www.apex.org) in 1993, served as the organization's founding President from 1993 to 1997, and led the organization from a concept on a napkin to one of the largest Asian Pacific American community-based organizations in United States. Liu still remains active in APEX today serving as Chairman of the Board.
Liu recently completed his first feature film documentary as Executive Producer entitled YOURS TRULY, MISS CHINATOWN. In addition, he sits on the Advisory Board of a Beijing-based 3D digital animation company Xing Xing Digital Corporation (www.xing-xing.com).
Liu is a member of FF Fraternity, The Entrepreneur’s Organization and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. He received his MBA from the Marshall School at the University of Southern California and lives in Hermosa Beach.
Linkedin Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenliu
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
John Keitel is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has screened at festivals from Sundance to Berlin and aired on MTV, HBO, Showtime, A&E, and BET. Current projects include “Prodigal Sons,” a co-production with The Sundance Channel and BBC Storyville, “Saving the Boom,” and “Justly Married.” He is also a frequent contributor to Current Television. Additionally, he produces, shoots, and edits many behind-the-scenes specials and features for studios. Recent assignments include “Brokeback Mountain,” “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” He has collaborated on two documentaries with Drew Barrymore, and is the writer/director of the award-winning feature film “Defying Gravity,” as well a the editor of “Latter Days” and “Kiss the Bride.” His documentary, “An All-American Story” was an official Sundance selection and received the Gold Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival and won The David L. Wolper Certificate from the Independent Documentary Association. He is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A.) and USC Film School (M.A.).
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
John Keitel
Aaron Shapiro
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Rene Vara
EDITOR
Brian Feeney
MUSIC COMPOSED BY
Woody Pak http://www.thewoodhouse.com/
Woody Pak is an acclaimed composer for film, music producer, and CEO of
Chaos Theory Music (chaostheorymusic.net) - an artist development and music
library & publishing company. Passionate for all things that engage music,
Woody strives to create music that is both art and an effective solution for
the eclectic client base he serves which include major tv networks, film
directors & producers, and commercial agencies. Woody Pak was raised in
Hawaii and graduated from MIT and the Juilliard School of Music. He got
funky in NYC's music scene. His diverse background and combines musical
rigor, street credibility, and technical expertise that not only keeps him
on the cutting edge but more importantly creates his own unique space on the
musical landscape. He has scored dozens of films with many of Asian
America's leading directors. His most recent projects include Planet B-boy,
directed by Benson Lee (planetbboy.com), and American Zombie, directed by
Grace Lee (americanzombiemovie.com).
http://www.woodypak.com
FUNDED IN PART BY
Center for Asian American Media http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/
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