THE WASHINGTON POST
on RAISING DION the COMIC and SHORT FILM
This was the one of the national news articles that helped us go from indie web darling to international viral video sensation. What began as a passion project to help the film/tv business diversity became a success story with 3 diverse writers room, 8 diverse directors hired.
VARIETY
on RAISING DION greenlight to series
Mike wrote me a really nice email saying he wanted to be involved. After five years, he kept his word and was in it.
NBC News
ASIA AMERICA
on LING the comic
I’d never seen a live action + anime mash-up, and I wanted to try it. I think filmmaking is about making images you’ve never seen before - pushing the craft to its new limits both conceptually and in craft.
I also like that Angie (Ling) is wearing a BRUCE LEE t-shirt.
SHORT OF THE WEEK
PLURALITY INTERVIEW
In 2012 I made a short film on a 5D with some friends. We made it before the FREEDOM TOWER was built and I had an IPHONE 4. Ten years later, it’s fun to look back on a couple things we got conceptually right.
FAST COMPANY
on Raising Dion the comic
This is a cool article that talks about why I wrote Raising Dion.
MASHABLE
on THE MICHAEL JACKSON PROJECT
This was the ultimate crowdsourced video. My editor Remi spent several months processing all sorts of file formats. We tried to put everyone in!
ENGADGET
APPLE MAC MUSIC VIDEO INTERVIEW
I made this video with Larkin Clark and a budget of $100. I always try to tell discouraged filmmakers that it doesn’t take a lot to tell a great idea.