Hung Shih-Ting, often credited as "Shih-Ting Hung", is a film director, whose first feature film is in pre-production development as of 2022. Her film, ''VIOLA : the Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant,'' earned her a

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from

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in 2008. The film is now in permanent collection at the Academy Archive at

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, Hollywood. Hung Shih-Ting now works globally as a commercial and music video director, she joined Ridley Scott Associates (RSA Films Asia) in 2009, while maintaining freelance status in most parts of the world.

Early life

Hung Shih-Ting was born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised on an

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called Penghu. As a young child, she started painting at age four and piano lessons at five. Her first name "Shih" (pronounced as "she") means "poetry", while her surname "

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", one of the 15th-most-common surname in Mandarin, means "flood", As a teenager on an island of only 70,000 population, Hung Shih-Ting went through lonely school years and developed the love for Hollywood movies at the age of twelve. She regarded cinema as "a life saving, time space travel device" that worked wonder to her mind. Fantasy genre, above all, was her favorite. From one interview in 2020, Hung Shih-Ting spoke about recording audio from movie

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on TV to cassette tapes and listening to them hundreds of times repeatedly to practice English, In 1999, Hung Shih-Ting then left hometown Penghu at age nineteen to

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, pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at

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, which was considered the best fine art school at that time nationally. Influenced by her classmates and fellow musician friends, she then ventured out to independent music and world cinema,

Career

Soon followed was her Hollywood dream, when she studied her Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of Cinema,

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, USA. Majored in Animation, her thesis film, ''VIOLA : the Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant (2008),'' received a

in the Alternative Category and as well as the cover of the Academy Report. She was the first student in history at the USC Animation Department to receive such honor. The original print of the film is now at the Academy Archive at

, Hollywood. Having experienced the landscape of the

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as well as the ever present challenges of gender and race issues in the industry, Hung Shih-Ting has overcome much adversity to achieve professional success at an international level as a commercial director. By persistently knocking on doors and not taking no for an answer, she continues to build her impressive repertoire and filmmaking skills by leading productions in different countries with diverse culture. In 2019, Hung Shih-Ting went to

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to shoot a short film about refugees, and also helming the regional productions (Greece/Germany) for the music video of the

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theme song, Hung Shih-Ting has also developed stronger voices to advocate for women’s rights. She has been speaking at

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CSW 66 Forum,

Symposium, Berlin Commercial Festival for Diversity Panel, and

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, as well as many schools, colleges, and organizations.

Films

* ''Franz'' (Post Production)(2022) * ''VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant'' (2008)

Exhibitions

* 2018 , Taipei Art District Festival (video installation) * 2015 , Portrait of Brains : Shih-Ting Hung solo exhibition at Taipei Digital Art Center * 2013 , Digital Print : The Face at Taipei Digital Art Center ( June 25 - Aug 25th, 2013) * 2013 ,

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Exhibition, in memory of the legendary Chinese cultural icon, showcase Jan to April, 2013 on a 160inch x 40inch screen at

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, Taiwan, Shanghai, and six major cities in Asia. * 2010 , Museum of Contemporary Art

AIPEI MOCA(2009) : ''VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant'' (2008) , Taipei Digital Award (video installation) * 2010 ,

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(2010) : ''VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant'' (2008) (video installation) * 2010 , "YouTube Play" : collaboration between Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum &

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to showcase 125 video artists' works selected from more than 23,000 submissions in 91 countries.

Awards

*35th

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- "Gold Medal in Alternative category" / USA *Kustendorf Film Festival - "Bronze Award" / Serbia *Taipei Digital Art Award - nomination / Taiwan *Fotokem Award - Bronze Award / USA *Moondance Film Festival - Multi-Media Film - Spirit Award / USA *5th Singapore short Film Festival - "Voice Award" / Singapore *2008 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival - Best Student Film / USA

Music videos

Other credits

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: Heart'' (USA) (compositor) - Annie Award winner (2008) *

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: Jubilee (stop motion animator) (2008) * ''

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Element'' Partizan)(2D animator) (2008) * ''

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: Sinkin' Soon'' (Partizan) (2D animator) (2007)

References

External links

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