FLY Films is a

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and

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company based in

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 China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The company was started in 2004 by Eric Ransdell and Norman Wong. Services range from pre-production, production, and

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to crewing, directing, and producing. Their clients include many of the world's largest television networks and multinational corporations. FLY Films works with many foreign broadcasters, such as

STAR World Star World (formerly known as Star Plus) is an English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 as Star Entertainment () by STAR TV in Hong Kong as the old iteration of Star Plus. On 30 March 1996, the ...

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(USA), and

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, as well as Chinese networks, such as Shanghai Media Group and CCTV News, to coordinate and crew their entertainment productions in China. FLY Films also specializes in corporate work that is produced to an international broadcast standard, clients include

Alfred Dunhill Alfred Dunhill (30 September 1872 – 2 January 1959) was an English tobacconist, entrepreneur and inventor. He is the progenitor of Alfred Dunhill, Ltd. a London-based luxury goods company owned by Swiss company Richemont and the Dunhill t ...

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, Johnnie Walker, Nike,

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

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, and

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Television Productions

FLY Films produced its first reality TV series, ''

Shanghai Rush ''Shanghai Rush'' () is a Chinese reality television program broadcast by International Channel Shanghai as part of the TV scheduling leading up to the 2010 Shanghai Expo and designed to showcase the city. The series borrowed heavily from the th ...

'' for

International Channel Shanghai International Channel Shanghai, better known as ICS, is the foreign-language cable channel of Shanghai Media Group Radio and Television Station of Shanghai (RTS), a Shanghai-based state media outlet, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Shangha ...

(ICS) in 2009. As a part of Shanghai Media Group's programming for Shanghai Expo 2010, ''

'' was the flagship production for the Spring 2009 schedule of their ICS TV station. FLY Films handled post production for

(ICS)'s ten-episode documentary series, ''China Visionaries''. Under Shanghai Media Group, ''China Visionaries'' was produced in celebration of China's 60th anniversary. The series featured renowned international figures such as

Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...

Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...

Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin (; born 3 August 1948) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005. He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. Howeve ...

Yasuhiro Nakasone was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 1982 to 1987. He was a member of the House of Representatives for more than 50 years. He was best known for pushing through the ...

, and Juan Antonio Samaranch. FLY Films produced the second season of

Asia Uncut ''Asia Uncut'' was a variety chat show hosted by Jon Niermann, the president of Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee ...

in 2010. With its move from Singapore to Shanghai, FLY Films was responsible for the re-development of the show.

is the only late-night talk show featuring both Asian and Western celebrities, musical guests, and comedians to be taped in China and broadcast throughout Asia and the Middle East. Celebrity guests of the show's second season included

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

, Edison Chen, Leehom Wang, Ed Norton, Aaron Eckhart, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Anoushka Shankar,

Lee Jung Hyun Lee Jung-hyun (born February 7, 1980), also known by her occasional stage name Ava, is a South Korean pop singer and actress. She was first recognized for her acting abilities with award-winning role in her first film and has been solidified as ...

Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Chi-tan (; born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, and action director. Yen is one of Hong Kong's top action stars. Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream Asian cinema by cho ...

, and

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. The show also featured up and coming musical guests from China such as New Pants,

Carsick Cars Carsick Cars is a Chinese indie rock trio formed in March 2005. Carsick Cars released their self-titled debut album in 2007 on Maybe Mars in China and on tenzenmen in Australia. The band joined Sonic Youth for their European tour in Prague and V ...

, Casino Demon, and

Cold Fairyland Cold Fairyland () is a Chinese rock music group based in Shanghai. Their style combines Eastern melodies and rhythms with Western symphonic rock and classical music. The band has two sides; classical and rock, which allows them to play in concert ha ...

. The English-language show was taped before a live audience in Shanghai and was broadcast on

to an estimated 120 million people in 53 countries. FLY Films' following reality TV series was '' The Amazing Race: China Rush''. The TV network,

(ICS), acquired the rights to produce a Chinese version of the American franchise, ''

The Amazing Race ''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...

''. With

Allan Wu Allan Wu (, born on June 11, 1972) is a Singapore-based Chinese-American actor, host, VJ and former model. He is perhaps best known for being the host of 3 different editions of the popular reality game show, ''The Amazing Race''. He was the h ...

as the host, the show features 10 teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race across 10 cities in China to win a world tour provided by Travel Zen. Filming took place between May and June, 2010. ''The Amazing Race: China Rush'' premiered on August 8, 2010 on ICS and aired globally on CCTV News (CCTV-9) on August 14, 2010.

References

External links

Official Site

Asia Uncut

The Amazing Race: China Rush
{{Film production companies of China Chinese film studios Film production companies of China Mass media companies established in 2004 Chinese companies established in 2004