Daniel Hsia is a filmmaker, director, screenwriter and producer. He is most known for his first feature, '' Shanghai Calling'' which stars

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, Eliza Coupe and Bill Paxton, and which Hsia won a Best Screenwriter Award for from the 2012 Shanghai International Film Festival and a Best New Director / Outstanding First Feature award from the 2012

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Films

Hsia's first feature, the drama/comedy '' Shanghai Calling'' (2012) is about an ambitious New York Attorney named Sam Chao (played by

) who is sent to

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, China on assignment for a case and gets mixed up in a dilemma that puts his career in jeopardy. The film also stars Eliza Coupe (as Henney's love interest, Amanda Wilson, a relocation specialist), Bill Paxton as a fast food entrepreneur named Donald Cafferty and

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as Marcus Groff, a client of Chao's law firm. The film won a Best Actor award (for

) at the 2012 Shanghai International Film Festival), and Best Screenwriter (for Hsia) at the 2012 Shanghai International Film Festival as well.

also won a Best Actor award at the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival, and Hsia also won a Best New Director / Outstanding First Feature Award at the 2012

. Hsia has also directed the short films ''How to Do the Asian Squat'' (2002), ''Generation Gap'' (2004) and ''I Hate Cheese'' (2003) - which was done as a Visual Communications "Armed with a Camera" Fellowship film in 2003.

TV writing

Hsia has also written various episodes for the

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TV series ''

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'', ''

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'', the canceled NBC comedy ''

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'', and '' Rodney''. Hsia has also sold original pilot screenplays to Sony Pictures Television, ABC and USA Networks.Daniel Hsia, Bio, http://asianfilmfestla.org/2012/narrative-award-nominees/daniel-hsia-director-shanghai-calling/

Background

Hsia is a graduate of

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and the

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's graduate program in film production. He currently lives in

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References

External links

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Daniel Hsia Bio, LAAPFF 2012
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hsia, Daniel Living people American film directors of Chinese descent USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni Stanford University alumni Film directors from California Year of birth missing (living people)