Creative Team

Born in San Francisco, JERRY CHAN (DIRECTOR) holds a degree in computer science from Princeton University and recently earned an MFA in film production at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. While at USC, he was awarded the Harold Lloyd Production Scholarship as well as the John Frankenheimer Directing Scholarship for his outstanding work as a filmmaker. Jerry was also recognized by the Caucus for Television Writers, Producers, and Directors Foundation for his Master's Thesis film Fast Money and awarded a finishing grant to complete the project. He continues to travel the festival circuit with Fast Money and is currently a directing fellow with Film Independent's Project:Involve, where writer-director Zach Helm ( Stranger Than Fiction, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium) is his mentor. Jerry continues creating innovative short films, like DJ:LA, while developing a number of feature film projects for the future. He is about to launch Ringleader Productions, a commercial, music video, and new media production company that has over 20 years of combined experience in craft services.

MITCHEL DUMLAO (PRODUCER) currently works at Chatrone Entertainment with Carina Schulze and Aaron Berger, formally of Quattro media. Chatrone is a production/management company that develops and produces comic books, animation, television, and feature film. Their clients include Jorge Gutierrez who showruns the hit Nickelodeon show EL TIGRE, as well as Tommy Pallota who produced WAKING LIFE and A SCANNER DARKLY.

Mitchel previously worked as a development executive for Zoom Entertainment alongside producer and former Miramax executive, Michael Zoumas. In this capacity, Mitchel analyzed screenplays, searched for new filmmakers, developed projects with directors and writers while facilitating with the writing process, researched film ideas and social trends, maintained industry contacts, and wrote treatments and outlines for original concepts. Mitchel also assisted John Frank Rosenblum and Cindi Rice for Epic Level Entertainment as a production coordinator on various projects, such as XOMBIE and DORKNESS RISING.

Mitchel began his professional career at Miramax in the fall of 2005, where he worked under the desks of Michael Zoumas and Richard Saperstein. He also interned part-time for an independent publicist named Wendy Weisberg, and produced his own 30-minute show on the radio each week for American Radio Network. In January 2006, Mitchel moved on to being an assistant for Michael Zoumas, who started his own production company called Zoom Entertainment and has a first-look producing deal with Rogue Pictures and Focus Features.

Mitchel graduated from University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 2005 with a BA in Film Studies. In 2004, Mitchel studied abroad in Adelaide, Australia and studied under their Screen (Film) Studies department. His short documentary, THE ART IGNORED, was nominated for awards at two film festivals around Australia. In 2005, Mitchel produced, edited, wrote, and directed the film SOUNDTRACK for the Reel Loud Film Festival at UCSB, innovating the medium by synchronizing the images on screen with live sound from DJ's on stage. Mitchel plans to take his experience in development and eventually move into producing and directing his own films.

From substream to mainstream and coast-to-coast Chinatowns. RAY HUANG (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY) emerged from the Lower East Side of New York City but currently works and resides in Los Angeles. Through these two disparate worlds, Ray has crafted a cinematography style that combines his love of the experimental with the polish of Hollywood. He also has a strong background in visual effects photography, nurtured from his work on the TV show Smallville. The past few years he has been in the trenches of the commercial world under the wing of director Frank Samuel, and has been mentored by feature film DP Jonathan Brown, ASC. Ray has lensed numerous short films, music videos, and commercials, shooting jobs for clients ranging from Snoop Dogg, NFL Films, NBA/Adidas, & CISCO. He currently shoots for the TV show Heroes. Recently, his penchant for imagery that is raw and gritty, yet still evoking a stylized beauty, led him to team-up with directors Jerry Chan on the project DJ:LA, as well as Jon Maxwell on the project, One Night in L.A. Both highly experimental projects that feature visually driven stories complemented by creative sound design, Ray cut back to his more experimental roots and found again why he wanted to be a filmmaker in the first place.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS:

Visual Effects Supervisor: John Han

Visual Effects Consultant: Ryan Laney

Visual Effects Artists: Evan Wilson, Victor Lew, Tim Hayward, Michael Nicholas

 

 

 

Re-Recording Mixer: Adam Hawk

Original Music: Jeffrey "Soulspeak" Liang, James Dumlao

Special Thanks: Stephanie Muyco, Catch Music Group, Paul Hwang, Nanospore, Mark Warshaw, Far East Movement

Winner - Best Experimental: Miami Short Film Festival Official Selection - Slamdance Film Festival 2009 Runner-up - Best Experimental: HDFEST