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Americanese
''Americanese'' is a 2006 American romantic drama film directed by Eric Byler and starring Chris Tashima, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu, Ben Shenkman, Autumn Reeser, and Joan Chen. It is based on the novel ''American Knees'' by Shawn Wong, concerning the relationships of a man and woman of East Asian descent in the United States. Background The film was written and directed by Eric Byler, adapted from the novel, "American Knees," by Shawn Wong. It was produced by Lisa Onodera, who optioned the book when it was first published in 1995. The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) in 2006, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast.Americanese wins at SXSW on |
Eric Byler
Eric Byler (born January 15, 1972) is an American film director, screenwriter and political activist. Personal life Byler identifies as hapa biracial, born to a Chinese American mother and a white American father. He grew up in Virginia, Hawaii (where he attended Moanalua High School), and California. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1994, majoring in film. He currently lives in Australia. Filmmaker Byler's senior thesis film, ''Kenji's Faith'', premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995, went on to win six film festival awards, and was a regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards. His first feature film, ''Charlotte Sometimes'' was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards in 2003, including the John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature under $500,000, and a Best Supporting Actress award for Jacqueline Kim. The film was called "fascinating and illuminating" by film critic Roger Ebert, and won the Audience Award at South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Onodera
Lisa Onodera is an American independent film producer, of such noted films as '' Picture Bride'', '' The Debut'' and '' Americanese''. She grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended UCLA where she received a degree from the School of Motion Picture and Television. Early film credits include serving as Associate Producer on Arthur Dong's documentary, '' Forbidden City, USA'' and the Frontline documentary, ''The Monster That Ate Hollywood''. Onodera produced the 1995 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner, '' Picture Bride'', directed by Kayo Hatta, starring Youki Kudoh, Akira Takayama, Tamlyn Tomita, and Toshirō Mifune. The film, considered a landmark Asian American work, also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature, and was released by Miramax Films. From 1997 to 2002, Onodera ran the production company, Celestial Pictures, with producer Peter Shiao. The company developed a number of Asian American projects, and co-financed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayo Fischer
Takayo Fischer (née Tsubouchi; born November 25, 1932) is an American stage, film and television actress, as well as voice-over actress. Personal life Fischer was born in Hardwick, California, the youngest of four daughters of ''Issei'' (Japanese immigrants) Chukuro, a farm laborer, and Kinko Tsubouchi. During World War II, at age 10, she and her family were forcibly removed from the West Coast following the signing of Executive Order 9066. They spent time in the Fresno Assembly Center before being relocated to Jerome and Rohwer incarceration camps. After their release, the Tsubouchi family went to Chicago, Illinois, where, as a young adult, Tsubouchi won the crown of "Miss Nisei Queen." She graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago in 1950 and attended Rollins College from 1951 to 1953, where she was a cheerleader and member of Phi Beta, a performing arts fraternity. She resides in Los Angeles. In 1980 she married Sy Fischer, an entertainment executive and longtim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sab Shimono
is a Japanese-American actor. He began his career on stage on Broadway and in regional theaters, starring in musicals like ''Mame'', ''Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen'', and ''Pacific Overtures''. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles, including '' Midway, Gung Ho, Presumed Innocent, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, The Shadow, Jackie Chan Adventures, Samurai Jack,'' and ''Southland Tales.'' Early life and education Shimono was born and raised in Sacramento, California, to restaurant owners Edith Mary (née Otani) and Masauchi Shimono. During World War II, following the signing of Executive Order 9066, Shimono and his family were interned at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center and the Granada War Relocation Center. He attended Sacramento High School and graduated from University of California, Berkeley. Career Shimono has appeared on Broadway and in regional theaters including San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and Berkeley Repe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Wong
Shawn K. Wong is a Chinese American author and scholar. He has served as the Professor of English, Director of the University Honors Program (2003–06), Chair of the Department of English (1997–2002), and Director of the Creative Writing Program (1995–97) at the University of Washington, where he has been on the faculty since 1984 and teaches courses covering critical theory, Asian American studies, which he is considered a pioneer in, and fiction writing. Wong received his undergraduate degree in English at the University of California Berkeley (1971) and a master's degree in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University (1974). Writings Wong's first novel, ''Homebase'', published by Reed and Cannon (1979), won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the 15th Annual Governor's Writers Day Award of Washington. His second novel, ''American Knees'', first published by Simon & Schuster in 1996, was adapted into an independent feature film entitled '' Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Tashima
Christopher Inadomi Tashima (born March 24, 1960) is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. Tashima directed, co-wrote, and starred in the 26-minute film ''Visas and Virtue'' for which he and producer Chris Donahue won the 1998 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. Personal Tashima was born on the East Coast, while his father ( Judge A. Wallace Tashima) attended Harvard Law School, but grew up in California. He lived in Pasadena, where he began Suzuki Method violin at age 6. His family moved to Berkeley, where he lived for nine years, attending The College Preparatory School. He returned to Southern California, graduating from John Marshall High School (1978). He attended UC Santa Cruz (Porter College), where he studied film production. He also attended UCLA, and took additional filmmaking courses at Visual Communications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Bishop (actor)
Stephen C. Bishop (born September 14, 1970) is an American actor and retired baseball player. Baseball career Bishop attended the University of California, Riverside, where he played baseball for the Highlanders from 1991–1992. After college he signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves and played in 20 games for Atlanta's affiliate in the Pioneer League in 1993. In 1994, he played for the Sioux Falls Canaries and the St. Paul Saints of the Northern League, and in 1995 he played for the High Desert Mavericks, the advanced A ball affiliate for the Baltimore Orioles. Acting career He played Patrick on the television show '' Imposters'', which aired on Bravo. He plays David Paulk in the television show ''Being Mary Jane''. He also appeared on the television series ''Lost'', '' Girlfriends'', and '' The Game'', and in the independent film '' Americanese''. He appeared in the movie ''The Rundown'' with The Rock. Bishop also played David Justice in '' Moneyball'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Hu
Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968 ) is an American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. Hu starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera '' Sunset Beach'' and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series ''Nash Bridges''. She has starred in numerous films including ''The Scorpion King'' (2002) as Cassandra, ''Cradle 2 the Grave'' (2003) as Sona, '' X2'' as Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike (2003), '' The Tournament'' (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and ''White Frog'' (2012). Hu has had recurring roles as Pearl on The CW series ''The Vampire Diaries'', as China White on the CW series ''Arrow'', Hamato Miwa / Karai on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', Stacy Hirano on the Disney Channel animated series ''Phineas and Ferb'', and as Adira in ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure''. Early life Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita Perez, an engineering drafter fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Paul Chan
Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Lieutenant Michael Tao on the TNT series ''The Closer'' and '' Major Crimes''. He also acted in ''U.S. Marshals'', playing an assassin. Biography Chan was born in San Francisco, California. Chan, a third-generation Chinese American, is a founding member of the Asian American Theater Company. He is married with one child. His brother was the late Jeffery Paul Chan, an author and academic. His television work has included roles like Judge Lionel Ping on ''Arrested Development'', Detective Ron Lu on ''Robbery Homicide Division'', the voice of Jimmy Ho on ''The PJ's'', Mr. Chong on ''The Wonder Years'', a Japanese investor in the 1990 ''Northern Exposure'' episode "Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens", an agent of the C.I.A. (Chinese Intelligence Agency) on a 2011 episode of ''The Simpsons'', and roles on shows like ''Bones'', ''Babylon 5'', ''Nash Bridges'' and ''The Young and the Restless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Chen
Joan Chen (born April 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American actress and film director. In China, she performed in the 1979 film and came to the attention of American audiences for her performance in the 1987 film ''The Last Emperor''. She is also known for her roles in ''Twin Peaks'', ''Red Rose White Rose'', '' Saving Face'', and ''The Home Song Stories'', and for directing the feature film '' Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl''. Early life Chen was born in Shanghai, to a family of pharmacologists. She and her older brother, Chase, were raised during the Cultural Revolution. At the age of 14, Chen was discovered on the school rifle range by Jiang Qing, the wife of leader Mao Zedong and major Chinese Communist Party figure, for excelling at marksmanship. This led to her being selected for the Actors' Training Program by the Shanghai Film Studio in 1975, where she was discovered by veteran director Xie Jin who chose her to star in his 1977 film as a deaf mute whose senses are restored by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Watanabe
Greg Watanabe (born November 8, 1967) is an American actor known for his role in ''Watch Over Me''. He also appears in the independent films, Philip Kan Gotanda's ''Life Tastes Good'', '' Only the Brave'' and ''Americanese''. He is a founding member of the Asian American sketch comedy troupe, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors. Watanabe received a 2009 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nomination for Featured Performance in ''The Happy Ones'' at South Coast Repertory. In 2010, he appeared in the world premiere of Ken Narasaki's ''No-No Boy''. In October 2015, Watanabe made his Broadway debut in ''Allegiance: A New American Musical'' at the Longacre Theatre in New York City with co-stars George Takei, Lea Salonga, Michael K. Lee and Telly Leung. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations Ovation Awards *2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Cutrona
Ryan Cutrona (born July 29, 1949) is an American actor. Career Ryan Cutrona is an American actor best known for playing gruff authority figures and military men in both dramatic and comedic roles in films and on television. The second son of Joseph F. H. "Pro Joe" Cutrona, an Army general and combat veteran ( Silver Star), he was a native of West Point and spent much of his early life in a military setting. His first law enforcement roles came on the TV dramas '' Hunter'' and ''DEA'' in 1990. He was Captain Margolis in the ''Top Gun'' parody ''Hot Shots!'' and played a detective in the Sharon Stone thriller '' Sliver''. He had larger supporting roles in the 1996 action film ''The Glimmer Man'' and the 1999 thriller ''Deterrence'' while continuing to make frequent guest appearances in all genres of TV shows. He satirized his military roles in a TV commercial for the KAYAK travel site and showed up in sitcoms like ''Becker'' and in crime dramas like ''Brooklyn South''. He ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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