Monday, September 28, 2009
Summer Vacation Long Distant in Indonesia
There are so many famous place in Indonesia for film making, one is Bali, but now world is starting to see that Pandeglang has more unexplore beautiful place. In there there are so many beach.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Song Hye-kyo doesn't want to hear any more about Jeon Ji-hyeon.
Make that Song's recent "off-the-record" comment about an old candidate list for the upcoming film "Hwangjin-y". Producers for the film had named several top Korean beauties for the role of the legendary gisaeng (courtesan) and Song and the long-legged sex icon Jun were included on the list.
"I think Song heard about [herself] being compared to Jun a lot even after she got the role and while she was working on Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007", said Lee Choon-yeon, the head of Cine 2000, the producer of the film, speaking earlier this month. "That really pushed her [to work harder]".
http://kunjungiobjekwisata.blogspot.com/
Song was never on his mind when he and fellow producers started out the search for the most famous (and coquettish) Joseon Dynasty woman who entertained noblemen with her talents to easily master classic literature, dance, music and conversation. At the time, Jun was the girl on producers' mind, as well as Soo-ae, who was in contrast known for her traditional elegance.
"I heard that Song was interested in the role at first, but honestly, I was not very thrilled to hear that", Lee said. "She was a top star but she still had that cute image from credit card commercials and that's not Hwang Jin Yi".
He added that he was only thinking of ways to put her down.
Song used to be an actress with a lot of buzz, until her 2005 film "My Girl and I" (directed by Jeon Yoon-soo) failed in the market, hurting her reputation as one of the top television stars.
Song has been on a vigorous diet since then. She lost her trademark chubby cheeks. Her agency occasionally released profile photos of the "new, sexy Song Hye-kyo" over the Internet, proving the rumors that she is working hard to make a grand comeback.
The producers for "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007", had apparently liked the "new Song" a lot. They selected her over Jeon Ji-hyeon or Soo-ae.
"We were more or less all surprised by her will and desire to be in Hwangjin-y", Lee said adding that he is now quite satisfied with their decision they made seven months ago over the two other actresses.
The life of Hwang Jin Yi has been adapted to many television dramas, theatrical plays and novels. The popularity for the historical character reached its peak last year when actress Ha Ji-won played Hwang in an SBS TV drama "Hwangjin-i".
Much of filming for the upcoming cinematic version has been shot in the Mount Kumkang area with the help of Hyundai Asan, the South Korean company that runs the tour to the mountain in North Korea. Hwang is said to be born in the region, which is now part of North Korea. The film is mainly based on the novel written by North Korean author Hong Seok-jung.
As for rumors that buzzed in the film industry last week that this film may have the chance to open in North Korea when it opens in the South in June, the producers said nothing has been confirmed.
"Of course we want our film to be opened there", said Kang Eun-gyeong, a team head from Laughing Boa, the promoter of the film. "But some media went overboard and wrote that North Korea has allowed our film to open there when nothing has been confirmed".
http://ngedate.blogspot.com/2009/09/kenali-dan-kunjungi-objek-wisata-di.html
Make that Song's recent "off-the-record" comment about an old candidate list for the upcoming film "Hwangjin-y". Producers for the film had named several top Korean beauties for the role of the legendary gisaeng (courtesan) and Song and the long-legged sex icon Jun were included on the list.
"I think Song heard about [herself] being compared to Jun a lot even after she got the role and while she was working on Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007", said Lee Choon-yeon, the head of Cine 2000, the producer of the film, speaking earlier this month. "That really pushed her [to work harder]".
http://kunjungiobjekwisata.blogspot.com/
Song was never on his mind when he and fellow producers started out the search for the most famous (and coquettish) Joseon Dynasty woman who entertained noblemen with her talents to easily master classic literature, dance, music and conversation. At the time, Jun was the girl on producers' mind, as well as Soo-ae, who was in contrast known for her traditional elegance.
"I heard that Song was interested in the role at first, but honestly, I was not very thrilled to hear that", Lee said. "She was a top star but she still had that cute image from credit card commercials and that's not Hwang Jin Yi".
He added that he was only thinking of ways to put her down.
Song used to be an actress with a lot of buzz, until her 2005 film "My Girl and I" (directed by Jeon Yoon-soo) failed in the market, hurting her reputation as one of the top television stars.
Song has been on a vigorous diet since then. She lost her trademark chubby cheeks. Her agency occasionally released profile photos of the "new, sexy Song Hye-kyo" over the Internet, proving the rumors that she is working hard to make a grand comeback.
The producers for "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007", had apparently liked the "new Song" a lot. They selected her over Jeon Ji-hyeon or Soo-ae.
"We were more or less all surprised by her will and desire to be in Hwangjin-y", Lee said adding that he is now quite satisfied with their decision they made seven months ago over the two other actresses.
The life of Hwang Jin Yi has been adapted to many television dramas, theatrical plays and novels. The popularity for the historical character reached its peak last year when actress Ha Ji-won played Hwang in an SBS TV drama "Hwangjin-i".
Much of filming for the upcoming cinematic version has been shot in the Mount Kumkang area with the help of Hyundai Asan, the South Korean company that runs the tour to the mountain in North Korea. Hwang is said to be born in the region, which is now part of North Korea. The film is mainly based on the novel written by North Korean author Hong Seok-jung.
As for rumors that buzzed in the film industry last week that this film may have the chance to open in North Korea when it opens in the South in June, the producers said nothing has been confirmed.
"Of course we want our film to be opened there", said Kang Eun-gyeong, a team head from Laughing Boa, the promoter of the film. "But some media went overboard and wrote that North Korea has allowed our film to open there when nothing has been confirmed".
http://ngedate.blogspot.com/2009/09/kenali-dan-kunjungi-objek-wisata-di.html
"Le Grand Chef" Whets Appetites at AFM
Released locally November 1st, Show East's cooking drama "Le Grand Chef" is drawing strong interest from buyers at the 2007 American Film Market, currently running Oct 31 – Nov 7 in LA. The film has been sold to Festive Films for Singapore and Taiwan, to Sundream for Hong Kong, to A.O.E. for Malaysia and to M Pictures for Thailand. Talks to take the film to China are also being negotiated.
Directed by Jeon Yoon-soo, known previously for melodramas such as "My Girl and I" (2005) and "Besame Mucho" (2001), "Le Grand Chef" moves out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. The film is anticipated locally for its parallels with pan-Asian hit Korean TV drama "Jewel In the Palace" ("Dae Jang Geum"), which had a palace cook as its chief character.
The film is based on a best-selling graphic novel by Heo Yeong-man, which also raises expectations for locals after the successful adaptation of another of HEO's novel's resulted in the 2006 hit "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War Of Flower"). The new film tells the story of a pair of young chefs who enter a tense cooking rivalry to win a long-lost knife used centuries before by the 'Grand Royal Chef' a title given to the top male chef in the country who cooked for royal banquets. During the Japanese occupation, the last Grand Royal Chef used the knife to cut off his arms in refusal to cook for the Japanese.
Show East is billing the film as Korea's first feature to deal intimately with culinary creation. Park Chul-soo's "301, 302" touched on the subject of cooking, but "Le Grand Chef" is the first to focus entirely on the world of gourmet cuisine. The film stars Kim Kang-woo and Im Won-hee as the competing chefs, and TV actress Lee Ha-na as a network producer assigned to capture the competition.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
Directed by Jeon Yoon-soo, known previously for melodramas such as "My Girl and I" (2005) and "Besame Mucho" (2001), "Le Grand Chef" moves out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. The film is anticipated locally for its parallels with pan-Asian hit Korean TV drama "Jewel In the Palace" ("Dae Jang Geum"), which had a palace cook as its chief character.
The film is based on a best-selling graphic novel by Heo Yeong-man, which also raises expectations for locals after the successful adaptation of another of HEO's novel's resulted in the 2006 hit "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War Of Flower"). The new film tells the story of a pair of young chefs who enter a tense cooking rivalry to win a long-lost knife used centuries before by the 'Grand Royal Chef' a title given to the top male chef in the country who cooked for royal banquets. During the Japanese occupation, the last Grand Royal Chef used the knife to cut off his arms in refusal to cook for the Japanese.
Show East is billing the film as Korea's first feature to deal intimately with culinary creation. Park Chul-soo's "301, 302" touched on the subject of cooking, but "Le Grand Chef" is the first to focus entirely on the world of gourmet cuisine. The film stars Kim Kang-woo and Im Won-hee as the competing chefs, and TV actress Lee Ha-na as a network producer assigned to capture the competition.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
Song Hye-kyo Makes U.S. Debut in Indie Flick
Following Jang Dong-gun and Jeon Ji-hyeon, actress Song Hye-kyo will also make her U.S. screen debut. But instead of heading to Hollywood, the 25-year-old left for New York Nov. 21 to take part in a low-budget independent film project.
In the psychological thriller "Fetish", Song will play the role of a Korean woman with supernatural powers, who possesses an American woman's body in order to steal her husband. She will star opposite Austrian actor Arno Frisch, who is well known from the 1997 film "Funny Games".
Korean filmmaker Son Soo-peom will helm the project. The New York University graduate is the silver medallist of the 2002 Student Academy Awards and was invited to the Cannes Film Festival that same year for his short films. Sohn makes his feature film directorial debut with "Fetish".
Casting director Susan Shopmaker ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch", Michael Kang's "The Motel" and "West 32nd") took note of Song in her latest film "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007" at the Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival in October. She was reportedly impressed by Song's beauty, which has both Eastern and Western charms, according to Song's management agency Sidus HQ.
Most of the dialogue will be in English with some Korean. Song has been polishing her English during visits to New York and through lessons here, according to Sidus HQ.
The actress shot to hallyu superstardom through her roles in TV dramas "All In" and "Full House", but she was not so lucky on the big screen, with "My Girl and I" and "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007" garnering lukewarm responses.
"Fetish" is expected to become a stepping-stone for Song's international debut. "Song Hye-kyo has been receiving offers from Hollywood. While carefully looking through the scripts, she chose this one because it establishes a common ground between East and West", Na Byeong-jun from Sidus HQ told Yonhap.
In the psychological thriller "Fetish", Song will play the role of a Korean woman with supernatural powers, who possesses an American woman's body in order to steal her husband. She will star opposite Austrian actor Arno Frisch, who is well known from the 1997 film "Funny Games".
Korean filmmaker Son Soo-peom will helm the project. The New York University graduate is the silver medallist of the 2002 Student Academy Awards and was invited to the Cannes Film Festival that same year for his short films. Sohn makes his feature film directorial debut with "Fetish".
Casting director Susan Shopmaker ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch", Michael Kang's "The Motel" and "West 32nd") took note of Song in her latest film "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007" at the Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival in October. She was reportedly impressed by Song's beauty, which has both Eastern and Western charms, according to Song's management agency Sidus HQ.
Most of the dialogue will be in English with some Korean. Song has been polishing her English during visits to New York and through lessons here, according to Sidus HQ.
The actress shot to hallyu superstardom through her roles in TV dramas "All In" and "Full House", but she was not so lucky on the big screen, with "My Girl and I" and "Hwangjin-y - Movie - 2007" garnering lukewarm responses.
"Fetish" is expected to become a stepping-stone for Song's international debut. "Song Hye-kyo has been receiving offers from Hollywood. While carefully looking through the scripts, she chose this one because it establishes a common ground between East and West", Na Byeong-jun from Sidus HQ told Yonhap.
Love Story in Harvard (DRAMA - 2004)
16 episodes
Starring: Kim Rae-won, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Jung-jin , Kim Min The Harvard, full of everlasting love and passion Kim Hyun-woo (Kim Rae-won) A Harvard Law school freshman from Korea. He is very calm and composed in and out, warm-hearted who has enough to spare of money, honor and power. Lee Soo-in (Kim Tae-hee)
A Senior student at Harvard Medical School. She is a smart and intelligent, immigrated when little and while being brought up by her hard working father, she gained her independence and vitality. She is very honest with her feelings and knows what true love is, therefore she is ready to give up her chance of her lifetime for her love for Hyun-woo. Hong Jung-min (Lee Jung-jin) An American rationalist and man of principles.
Good mannered dresses neatly and has an aristocratic appearance. He has a rather cold and intellectual look, and is full of confidence. One may tend to think that he was brought up with no difficulty, however he’s deeply hurt by the lost of his father. His father had passed away after his company went broke during a lawsuit lead by Hyun-woo’s father’s law firm. Yoo Jin-ah (Kim Min) A typical girl raised in America. She is tenacious and possessive girl, who has to get what she wants no matter what. She has a desire to simply possess Jung-min at first but she falls in love with him. To win his love, she comes up to the point where she sacrifices herself, but nevertheless she fails to win his heart.
Kim Rae-won / Kim Hyun-woo: Cats on the Roof (MBC), Say you love me (MBC), Life is Beautiful (KBS)
Kim Tae-hee / Lee Soo-in: Stairway to Heaven (SBS), Screen (SBS)
Lee Jung-jin / Hong Jung-min: The Trio (MBC),
Kim Min / Yoo Jin-ah : Guardian Angel (SBS), Invitation (KBS)
Friday, June 6, 2008
Bitter Sweet Life (Drama - 2008)
24 episodes
Alternative titles : "La Dolce Vita", "A Bittersweet Life"
Synopsis
A love that is unfamiliar but sad.
Love is an empty space that can never be filled in
A changing world with changing people...
In this rapidly changing world, people are caught off guard by new events and have a hard time adapting to the times. Some types of taboo behavior are now acceptable and people even flaunt it. The confusion in social values has become an individual problem that people must grapple with by themselves.
One middle-aged couple faces a crisis as the foundation of their family crumbles.
When they reveal their true desires to each other, it takes on the form of a question to viewers on how important it is to reconnect with the values that are in disarray around us.
A melodramatic story and mystery...
A high-priced luxury apartment in the downtown area of Seoul. In this peaceful neighborhood, one young man committed suicide under uncertain circumstances.
Park Byeong-shik, a retired detective, discovers that the dead man is Lee Joon-soo, a fugitive he had been pursuing for years before he left the force. He picks up clues to solve the uncertain cause of his death.
The story begins with events that had happened six months before the man died.
Did Lee Joon-soo really kill himself? He had a lover named Hong Da-ae.
And somehow he was also linked to middle aged housewife named Yoon Hye-jin. But what exactly was their relationship? The drama traces events in the past and present to reveal the intricate web of story arcs.
More sophisticated and more luxurious...
The first episode was shot on location in Sapporo for three weeks to capture scenes of beautiful snow-capped mountains. The production quality of the show is very high as each scene was meticulously shot with great attention to small details and angle shots.
The drama contains the fun elements of a miniseries as well as highly charged moments. It will bring a fresh breath of air to viewers who are weary of the tried and true formula that they see over and over again.
Starring
Yoon Hye-jin | actress Oh Yeon-soo
Age: 38.
Forgoing a career as an interpreter, she chose to become a full-time homemaker when she married Dong-won.
Although she gave up her career dreams, she made the decision based on what she thought was best for her children and husband. She believes that her choice equates to happiness.
So her husband is always the decision maker at home.
And so the life of one woman came to a standstill career-wise.
But when she begins to become suspicious of her husband, her life moves into a different direction.
Ha Dong-won | actor Jung Bo-seok
Age: 40. A proper gentleman.
A fund manager who oversees a mid-cap fund and is rated as one of the top ten fund managers in Asia.
He’s a handsome man and is also said to be one of the best-dressed people at work. He has a lovely wife and two children.
With a picture-perfect family, he has a narcissist bent. But it as so different with Hong Da-ae. If he could, he would have given her everything he had to win her heart but it was not easy. Even though he was carrying on a long-term affair with her, she never wanted to become his wife or mistress.
And Dong-won believed that was why they were able to have such a long relationship.
That is until Da-ae told him she wanted to stop seeing him.
Lee Joon-soo | actor Lee Dong-wook
Age: 28. A good fella.
In the beginning, he was introduced in business circles as a friend of Sung-gu.
But when Sung-gu withdrew from the social circles, Joon-soo inherited the fame that Sung-gu once had. People knew him as Joon-soo from then on. But Joon-soo and Sung-gu were very tight friends.
Sung-gu had everything that Joon-soo could never possible have.
But things were changing as Joon-soo started dating Da-ae.
Sung-gu wanted to check out Joon-soo’s girlfriend. In fact, he wanted to steal her from him.
Joon-soo knew what was going on. But Da-ae resisted the idea.
Hong Da-ae | actress Park Shi-yeon
Age: 27. Scarlett.
Scarlett, a jewelry shop in Apkujung, is famous for two reasons.
One reason was that top celebrities frequented the jewelry store and the other, Da-ae the owner of the jewelry store was strikingly beautiful. Da-ae has pretty looks that fit in with the times.
But when she began seeing Dong-won in an indecent arrangement, her dreams were dashed away and replaced with a different desire. Then one day, Joon-soo entered her life.
When she met Joon-soo, Da-ae found the man that made her realize that she could no longer continue her relationship with Dong-woon.
Alternative titles : "La Dolce Vita", "A Bittersweet Life"
Synopsis
A love that is unfamiliar but sad.
Love is an empty space that can never be filled in
A changing world with changing people...
In this rapidly changing world, people are caught off guard by new events and have a hard time adapting to the times. Some types of taboo behavior are now acceptable and people even flaunt it. The confusion in social values has become an individual problem that people must grapple with by themselves.
One middle-aged couple faces a crisis as the foundation of their family crumbles.
When they reveal their true desires to each other, it takes on the form of a question to viewers on how important it is to reconnect with the values that are in disarray around us.
A melodramatic story and mystery...
A high-priced luxury apartment in the downtown area of Seoul. In this peaceful neighborhood, one young man committed suicide under uncertain circumstances.
Park Byeong-shik, a retired detective, discovers that the dead man is Lee Joon-soo, a fugitive he had been pursuing for years before he left the force. He picks up clues to solve the uncertain cause of his death.
The story begins with events that had happened six months before the man died.
Did Lee Joon-soo really kill himself? He had a lover named Hong Da-ae.
And somehow he was also linked to middle aged housewife named Yoon Hye-jin. But what exactly was their relationship? The drama traces events in the past and present to reveal the intricate web of story arcs.
More sophisticated and more luxurious...
The first episode was shot on location in Sapporo for three weeks to capture scenes of beautiful snow-capped mountains. The production quality of the show is very high as each scene was meticulously shot with great attention to small details and angle shots.
The drama contains the fun elements of a miniseries as well as highly charged moments. It will bring a fresh breath of air to viewers who are weary of the tried and true formula that they see over and over again.
Starring
Yoon Hye-jin | actress Oh Yeon-soo
Age: 38.
Forgoing a career as an interpreter, she chose to become a full-time homemaker when she married Dong-won.
Although she gave up her career dreams, she made the decision based on what she thought was best for her children and husband. She believes that her choice equates to happiness.
So her husband is always the decision maker at home.
And so the life of one woman came to a standstill career-wise.
But when she begins to become suspicious of her husband, her life moves into a different direction.
Ha Dong-won | actor Jung Bo-seok
Age: 40. A proper gentleman.
A fund manager who oversees a mid-cap fund and is rated as one of the top ten fund managers in Asia.
He’s a handsome man and is also said to be one of the best-dressed people at work. He has a lovely wife and two children.
With a picture-perfect family, he has a narcissist bent. But it as so different with Hong Da-ae. If he could, he would have given her everything he had to win her heart but it was not easy. Even though he was carrying on a long-term affair with her, she never wanted to become his wife or mistress.
And Dong-won believed that was why they were able to have such a long relationship.
That is until Da-ae told him she wanted to stop seeing him.
Lee Joon-soo | actor Lee Dong-wook
Age: 28. A good fella.
In the beginning, he was introduced in business circles as a friend of Sung-gu.
But when Sung-gu withdrew from the social circles, Joon-soo inherited the fame that Sung-gu once had. People knew him as Joon-soo from then on. But Joon-soo and Sung-gu were very tight friends.
Sung-gu had everything that Joon-soo could never possible have.
But things were changing as Joon-soo started dating Da-ae.
Sung-gu wanted to check out Joon-soo’s girlfriend. In fact, he wanted to steal her from him.
Joon-soo knew what was going on. But Da-ae resisted the idea.
Hong Da-ae | actress Park Shi-yeon
Age: 27. Scarlett.
Scarlett, a jewelry shop in Apkujung, is famous for two reasons.
One reason was that top celebrities frequented the jewelry store and the other, Da-ae the owner of the jewelry store was strikingly beautiful. Da-ae has pretty looks that fit in with the times.
But when she began seeing Dong-won in an indecent arrangement, her dreams were dashed away and replaced with a different desire. Then one day, Joon-soo entered her life.
When she met Joon-soo, Da-ae found the man that made her realize that she could no longer continue her relationship with Dong-woon.
KOREAN FILM COUNCIL ANNOUNCES MENTORS AND SUCCESSFUL FINALISTS FOR FILMMAKERS' DEVELOPMENT LAB 2008
June 3, 2008 (Los Angeles) - Now in its third year, the Korean Film Council's Filmmakers' Development Lab confirmed today the appointment of this year's Mentors, and also announced the five successful finalists who are this year's Fellows.
The Filmmakers' Development Lab (FDL) is an initiative of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) to pair industry professionals and emerging filmmakers from Korea and the Korean diaspora to help realize their English language projects. The Fellows are chosen from open application and project submission process.
The program begins with one-on-one mentoring at an intensive one-week script development Lab which will be held in late June in Jeju Island, Korea.
The Fellows and their projects are then brought to Independent Film Week (previously IFP Market) in New York in September, and to the Co-Production Forum at the Pusan International Film Festival and Asian Film Market in Korea in October.
Throughout, Fellows are given opportunities to network and pitch their projects to producers and production companies in both New York and Korea.
The Mentors for this year's Filmmakers' Development Lab are Warner Bros. executive Lauren Craniotes who helped develop projects such as THE DEPARTED and IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH; Lee Joo-ik, noted Korean producer of many pan-Asian co-productions ("A Battle of Wits", SEVEN SWORDS); Oh Jeong-wan, producer who works with some of Korea's best directors including Kim Ji-woon ("The Foul King", "A Bittersweet Life") and Hong Sang-soo ("Woman on the Beach", "Night and Day"); Brant Rose whose agency in Hollywood represents writers and directors and whose clients have included Bill Condon (CHICAGO), Jessica Yu (BREATHING LESSONS), and Miguel Arteta (CHUCK AND BUCK); and Barry Sabath previously an executive with Robin Williams, Paul Schiff and at Columbia Pictures and currently Senior Lecturer and Mentor at the American Film Institute. (Detailed Mentors' bios below.)
The Fellows this year are Danny Lee ("WINTER WAR"), Helen Lee ("BEAUTIFUL WORLDS"), Steven Hahn ("LEO OF ST. GEORGE"), Josephe Shim ("LETTUCE IN LIFE"), and Christine Shin ("MY FAKE HUSBAND").
"In addition to the individual mentoring of scripts, we try to develop and broaden the Fellows' skills and knowledge", explained Roger Garcia, Director of the Filmmakers' Development Lab. "We run a pitch coaching workshop for each Fellow, and hold discussions on filmmaking in both the US and Korea drawing on the vast personal industry experience of our Mentors. We also offer insight and information into the international filmmaking community and industry in which young filmmakers today increasingly operate".
The FDL is held in association with the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii, the Center for Asia American Media in San Francisco, and the Independent Film Project in New York.
The Korean Film Council is based in Seoul, Korea with a satellite office in Los Angeles. Its mission is to raise the standard of Korean films, and to promote the Korean film industry at home and abroad. KOFIC provides and supports programs to develop creative filmmakers, improve the production of low-budget films, raise the profile of Korean cinema, and create a network between filmmakers in the Korean, overseas Korean and international communities.
The Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii emphasizes digital cinema, computer animation and videogame design, and critical studies. Its student films have been screened at major national and international festivals. It is developing a Center for Indigenous Filmmaking, which will embrace story-tellers from Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia.
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM does this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.
IFP is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building the community for a full range of independent film. Headquartered in New York City, its year-round and annual programs offer education, mentorship and worldwide industry access to members and the independent film community at large including The Independent Film Week which connects projects with financiers, producers and programmers before they're completed and on the festival circuit.
CONTACT: Sun-young Moon 323-932-7033 for Korean Film Council
Web site: Open the link
FILMMAKERS' DEVELOPMENT LAB – MENTORS BIOGRAPHIES
LAUREN CRANIOTES, executive (USA) – Lauren has spent several years at executive level at Warner Bros. Theatrical productions where she helped developed projects such as THE DEPARTED, NORTH COUNTRY, THE VISITING, MUST LOVE DOGS. As Vice President Production at Warner Independent Pictures since 2006, Lauren developed IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH and the documentary DARFUR NOW among others. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Harvard Business School.
JOOICK LEE (Lee Joo-ik"), producer (Korea) – Jooick is CEO of Boram Entertainment, Inc., a production company and an artist management agency in Korea. Lee Jooick is well known in Asia for international co-productions including " A Battle of Wits" starring Andy Lau and Ahn Seong-gi; SEVEN SWORDS directed by Tsui Hark, and most recently "LAUNDRY WARRIOR" starring Jang Dong-gun among other US and Asian co-production projects. He attended schools in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.
JUNGWAN OH (Oh Jeong-wan), producer (Korea) – Jungwan is CEO of b.o.m. productions, a major Korean film production company responsible for successes such as Kim Ji-woon's "The Foul King" and "A Bittersweet Life", E.J. Yong (Lee Jae-yong")'s "Untold Scandal", and Hong Sang-soo's "Woman on the Beach" and "Night and Day". She was named Producer of the Year in 2005 and 2006. She is a graduate of Yonsei University.
BRANT ROSE, agent (USA) - Brant has run his own Brant Rose Agency since 2000, after beginning his career at UTA in 1994. His agency represents writers, directors and producers for film and tv. He has shaped the careers of a number of Academy Award, Golden Globe, WGA and Independent Spirit Award winners and nominees. His clients have included Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Bill Condon (Oscar winning writer/director Gods & Monsters, Chicago), Jessica Yu (oscar winner for docu Breathing Lessons), and Miguel Arteta (Starmaps, Chuck & Buck). He graduated from Darmouth College with a degree in Government.
BARRY SABATH (USA) is Senior Lecturer and Senior Mentor at the American Film Institute. He teaches development to producers and directors, and mentored the winning Student Academy Award for Short Film in 2005. As executive, Barry ran the film division of Marsha and Robin Williams' Blue Wolf Productions, (MRS. DOUBTFIRE, PATCH ADAMS and JAKOB THE LIAR); he was Senior Vice President of Production for Paul Schiff Productions at Twentieth Century Fox (MY COUSIN VINNY, GHOST IN THE MACHINE); and was Executive Story Editor and Vice President of Production at Columbia Pictures (FLATLINERS, IMMEDIATE FAMILY). He is currently producing a horror film project at MGM.
The Filmmakers' Development Lab (FDL) is an initiative of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) to pair industry professionals and emerging filmmakers from Korea and the Korean diaspora to help realize their English language projects. The Fellows are chosen from open application and project submission process.
The program begins with one-on-one mentoring at an intensive one-week script development Lab which will be held in late June in Jeju Island, Korea.
The Fellows and their projects are then brought to Independent Film Week (previously IFP Market) in New York in September, and to the Co-Production Forum at the Pusan International Film Festival and Asian Film Market in Korea in October.
Throughout, Fellows are given opportunities to network and pitch their projects to producers and production companies in both New York and Korea.
The Mentors for this year's Filmmakers' Development Lab are Warner Bros. executive Lauren Craniotes who helped develop projects such as THE DEPARTED and IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH; Lee Joo-ik, noted Korean producer of many pan-Asian co-productions ("A Battle of Wits", SEVEN SWORDS); Oh Jeong-wan, producer who works with some of Korea's best directors including Kim Ji-woon ("The Foul King", "A Bittersweet Life") and Hong Sang-soo ("Woman on the Beach", "Night and Day"); Brant Rose whose agency in Hollywood represents writers and directors and whose clients have included Bill Condon (CHICAGO), Jessica Yu (BREATHING LESSONS), and Miguel Arteta (CHUCK AND BUCK); and Barry Sabath previously an executive with Robin Williams, Paul Schiff and at Columbia Pictures and currently Senior Lecturer and Mentor at the American Film Institute. (Detailed Mentors' bios below.)
The Fellows this year are Danny Lee ("WINTER WAR"), Helen Lee ("BEAUTIFUL WORLDS"), Steven Hahn ("LEO OF ST. GEORGE"), Josephe Shim ("LETTUCE IN LIFE"), and Christine Shin ("MY FAKE HUSBAND").
"In addition to the individual mentoring of scripts, we try to develop and broaden the Fellows' skills and knowledge", explained Roger Garcia, Director of the Filmmakers' Development Lab. "We run a pitch coaching workshop for each Fellow, and hold discussions on filmmaking in both the US and Korea drawing on the vast personal industry experience of our Mentors. We also offer insight and information into the international filmmaking community and industry in which young filmmakers today increasingly operate".
The FDL is held in association with the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii, the Center for Asia American Media in San Francisco, and the Independent Film Project in New York.
The Korean Film Council is based in Seoul, Korea with a satellite office in Los Angeles. Its mission is to raise the standard of Korean films, and to promote the Korean film industry at home and abroad. KOFIC provides and supports programs to develop creative filmmakers, improve the production of low-budget films, raise the profile of Korean cinema, and create a network between filmmakers in the Korean, overseas Korean and international communities.
The Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii emphasizes digital cinema, computer animation and videogame design, and critical studies. Its student films have been screened at major national and international festivals. It is developing a Center for Indigenous Filmmaking, which will embrace story-tellers from Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia.
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a non-profit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. CAAM does this by funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.
IFP is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to building the community for a full range of independent film. Headquartered in New York City, its year-round and annual programs offer education, mentorship and worldwide industry access to members and the independent film community at large including The Independent Film Week which connects projects with financiers, producers and programmers before they're completed and on the festival circuit.
CONTACT: Sun-young Moon 323-932-7033 for Korean Film Council
Web site: Open the link
FILMMAKERS' DEVELOPMENT LAB – MENTORS BIOGRAPHIES
LAUREN CRANIOTES, executive (USA) – Lauren has spent several years at executive level at Warner Bros. Theatrical productions where she helped developed projects such as THE DEPARTED, NORTH COUNTRY, THE VISITING, MUST LOVE DOGS. As Vice President Production at Warner Independent Pictures since 2006, Lauren developed IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH and the documentary DARFUR NOW among others. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Harvard Business School.
JOOICK LEE (Lee Joo-ik"), producer (Korea) – Jooick is CEO of Boram Entertainment, Inc., a production company and an artist management agency in Korea. Lee Jooick is well known in Asia for international co-productions including " A Battle of Wits" starring Andy Lau and Ahn Seong-gi; SEVEN SWORDS directed by Tsui Hark, and most recently "LAUNDRY WARRIOR" starring Jang Dong-gun among other US and Asian co-production projects. He attended schools in Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.
JUNGWAN OH (Oh Jeong-wan), producer (Korea) – Jungwan is CEO of b.o.m. productions, a major Korean film production company responsible for successes such as Kim Ji-woon's "The Foul King" and "A Bittersweet Life", E.J. Yong (Lee Jae-yong")'s "Untold Scandal", and Hong Sang-soo's "Woman on the Beach" and "Night and Day". She was named Producer of the Year in 2005 and 2006. She is a graduate of Yonsei University.
BRANT ROSE, agent (USA) - Brant has run his own Brant Rose Agency since 2000, after beginning his career at UTA in 1994. His agency represents writers, directors and producers for film and tv. He has shaped the careers of a number of Academy Award, Golden Globe, WGA and Independent Spirit Award winners and nominees. His clients have included Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Bill Condon (Oscar winning writer/director Gods & Monsters, Chicago), Jessica Yu (oscar winner for docu Breathing Lessons), and Miguel Arteta (Starmaps, Chuck & Buck). He graduated from Darmouth College with a degree in Government.
BARRY SABATH (USA) is Senior Lecturer and Senior Mentor at the American Film Institute. He teaches development to producers and directors, and mentored the winning Student Academy Award for Short Film in 2005. As executive, Barry ran the film division of Marsha and Robin Williams' Blue Wolf Productions, (MRS. DOUBTFIRE, PATCH ADAMS and JAKOB THE LIAR); he was Senior Vice President of Production for Paul Schiff Productions at Twentieth Century Fox (MY COUSIN VINNY, GHOST IN THE MACHINE); and was Executive Story Editor and Vice President of Production at Columbia Pictures (FLATLINERS, IMMEDIATE FAMILY). He is currently producing a horror film project at MGM.
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