Steve Nguyen

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Steve Nguyen

Steve Nguyen speaking at USC
Born (1985-12-30) December 30, 1985
Torrance, California, US
Occupation Film director, producer
Years active 2005–present
Website
http://www.s-nguyen.com

Steve Nguyen (born December 30, 1985) is a Vietnamese American director, writer, producer, and co-founder of ChannelAPA.com.[1] Nguyen and director Choz Belen make up the production duo, Studio APA, specializing in the production of animated films and music videos.

Film and television

From 2001 to 2005, Nguyen has made appearances as a young actor on films and network television programs such as Las Vegas, Scrubs, Freaks and Geeks, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Jarhead, and The Man Show. He also assisted as a script coordinator in the production department of Justin Lin's The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift.

In 2009, Nguyen directed and produced a short documentary film titled "The Making of a Memoir" in collaboration with Vietnamese author Lac Su in order to promote his HarperCollins published memoir, I Love Yous Are For White People.[2][3] The documentary helped Su gain national exposure and has been featured on CNN,[4] NPR,[5] the Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, and KSCI.

In 2010, Nguyen directed YouTube singer-songwriter Megan Lee's music video for her first official single, "Love, Laugh, & Live".[6]

Nguyen directed and produced an animated film, Hibakusha, which chronicles the early life of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, Kaz Suyeishi.[7] The film stars Karin Anna Cheung, Daisuke Suzuki, Jane Lui and William Frederick Knight as the lead voice actors. The film was dedicated to the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors in an effort to spread awareness for nuclear disarmament and was completed on the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, August 6, 2012.[8] Nguyen and the Studio APA crew have toured with Hibakusha throughout the United States since October 2012, and the film has been screened at the Japanese American National Museum,[9] Vietnamese International Film Festival,[10] Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, Dragon Con in Atlanta,[11] University of Michigan,[12] UCLA, UC Irvine,[13] UC San Diego, San Diego State University, UC Davis, UC Riverside, and California State University, Fullerton.

In association with the nuclear disarmament campaign, Global Zero, Nguyen hosted a travel documentary segment titled "Hiroshima Revisited" as a follow-up effort to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.[14][15]

Online Media

Nguyen is the co-founder of ChannelAPA.com, an online news source that started in 2008 which posts current news updates and video interviews about Asian Americans in mainstream/independent media. According to KoreAm Magazine and Myx TV, it was featured as one of the top Asian American news sources to follow.[16] As it is frequently updated, it ranks as one of the most popular news sources for Asian American entertainment. Asian Pacific Americans for Progress named Nguyen the Top AAPI Unsung Hero in 2009 for his contributions to Asian American media.[17]

On February 4, 2013, Nguyen produced and released a short film with The Jubilee Project and Jeremy Lin titled "The Last Pick," which can be viewed on Lin's personal YouTube channel.[18]

On November 2013, it was announced on Allkpop that Nguyen and Korean hip-hop artists, Tiger JK and Yoon Mi-rae, have collaborated on an animated music video for their single, "Turn It Up", which is featured on CHOPS' upcoming album, Strength In Numbers. The full version of the music video was released on January 15, 2014. [19]

Filmography

Year Film Role
2005 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Script coordinator
2005 Noah's Arc Editor, post-production coordinator
2005 Code Monkeys Writing assistant
2008 The Making of a Memoir Director, Producer
2009 Party Down Production coordinator
2010 Kill Joy, short film Director, Producer
2010 Dilated, short film Producer
2011 Love, Laugh, & Live, Megan Lee Director, Producer
2011 Diamond Bars, David A. Romero Director, Producer
2012 Haunted Producer
2012 Hibakusha, short film Director, Producer, Co-Writer
2012 Raskal Love Producer
2013 The Last Pick, short film Producer
2013 Hiroshima Revisited, short film Producer, Host
2014 Turn It Up, Tiger JK & Yoon Mi-rae Director, Producer

References

  1. ↑ ChannelAPA.com (April 17, 2008). "ChannelAPA.com crew". Retrieved April 17, 2008. 
  2. ↑ ChannelAPA.com (August 24, 2009). "I Love Yous are for White People: The Making of a Memoir". Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  3. ↑ Asakawa, Gil. "MEET LAC SU, AUTHOR OF "I LOVE YOUS ARE FOR WHITE PEOPLE"". Retrieved October 13, 2009. 
  4. ↑ "CNN Newsroom : CNN Official Interview: Lac Su: 'I love yous are for white people'". Retrieved January 20, 2011. 
  5. ↑ MARTIN, MICHAEL (February 21, 2011). "Author: 'I Love You's Are For White People'". 
  6. ↑ "Megan Lee reveals MV for new song "Love, Laugh & Live"". allkpop. Retrieved July 5, 2011. 
  7. ↑ Thought, Gifted. "What is "HIBAKUSHA"?". Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  8. ↑ Mainuddin, Waseem. "Hibakusha: Hope and Peace in the Aftermath of Nuclear Destruction". OurChinatown.org. Retrieved October 10, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Fukuda, Keiko. "Presenting HIBAKUSHA to the World: Animated film conveys the hibakusha experience". Retrieved November 28, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "'NORWEGIAN WOOD,' 'HIBAKUSHA' AT VIETNAMESE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". Rafu Shimpo. Retrieved April 4, 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Dragon Con Independent Film Festival – Hibakusha". Retrieved August 30, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Nahata, Harsha. "Harsha Nahata: Activate the 'quiet' generation". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved November 28, 2012. 
  13. ↑ Pham, Phuc. "Kaz Suyeishi Presents "Hibakusha"". New University. Retrieved November 20, 2012. 
  14. ↑ "ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB: HIROSHIMA REVISITED". angryasianman.com. Retrieved August 6, 2013. 
  15. ↑ Murakami-Tsuda, Vicky (September 3, 2013). "Hiroshima Revisited: Interview with Steve Nguyen". Discover Nikkei. Retrieved September 3, 2013. 
  16. ↑ Eun, Elizabeth. "In Blog We Trust: Part III of III". KoreAm. Retrieved November 10, 2010. 
  17. ↑ Pangilinan, Erin Jerri. "Top AAPI Unsung Hero 2009 – Steve Nguyen". Asian Pacific Americans for Progress. Retrieved January 5, 2010. 
  18. ↑ "Jeremy Lin's Youtube Page". YouTube. Retrieved February 5, 2013. 
  19. ↑ "MV for CHOPS' 'Turn It Up' ft. Tiger JK and Yoon Mi Rae released". Allkpop. Retrieved 17 January 2014. 

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