Shih-ting hung
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As a Student Academy Awards
http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/index.html winner, Shih-Ting Hung http://www.violathemovie.com/ is known as a film director with her distinguishable surreal visual styles.
, Taiwan, started painting at the age of four, Hung left hometown to pursue her fine art study at National Taiwan
Normal University in Taipei
and soon followed her MFA from the prestigious School of Cinema http://anim.usc.edu/, University of Southern California
in Los Angeles
, USA. Her first film “VIOLA : the Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395296/” grabbed her a Student Academy Awards and the cover of the Academy Report, swiping more than 10 awards and 20 nominations around 100 festivals globally up to date : the painterly, emotional coming-of-age quality of storytelling also attracts art museums ( Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
YouTube Play http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/interact/participate/youtube-play/the-take/play/3715-youtube-shortlist/, Singapore Art Museum
& Taipei MOCA) to showcase her works.
Hung continues working globally as a director and joined Ridley Scott
Associates (RSA Films Asia http://www.rsafilms.com/company/rsa-asia/director/shih-ting-hung---aeea) in 2009. Her commercial works includes music video "Imitation http://www.vimeo.com/7753902/" for Mêlée (band)
's http://www.meleerocks.com/ 2nd single in album "Devils and Angels", Warner Bros. Records
http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/, European PSP commercials (Harry Potter
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/ and Color Range) with Sony PlayStation http://uk.playstation.com/, and several others.
Student Academy Awards
The Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June...
http://www.oscars.org/awards/saa/index.html winner, Shih-Ting Hung http://www.violathemovie.com/ is known as a film director with her distinguishable surreal visual styles.
Background
Born and raised on a fisherman’s island PescadoresPescadores
The Penghu Islands, also known as Pescadores are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers....
, Taiwan, started painting at the age of four, Hung left hometown to pursue her fine art study at National Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
Normal University in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
and soon followed her MFA from the prestigious School of Cinema http://anim.usc.edu/, University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, USA. Her first film “VIOLA : the Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395296/” grabbed her a Student Academy Awards and the cover of the Academy Report, swiping more than 10 awards and 20 nominations around 100 festivals globally up to date : the painterly, emotional coming-of-age quality of storytelling also attracts art museums ( Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
YouTube Play http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/interact/participate/youtube-play/the-take/play/3715-youtube-shortlist/, Singapore Art Museum
Singapore Art Museum
The Singapore Art Museum contains the national art collection of Singapore. It has a collection of 7,750 pieces of Singaporean and Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art, and has an expanding collection of new Asian and international contemporary art.- History :Officially opened in 1996, it...
& Taipei MOCA) to showcase her works.
Hung continues working globally as a director and joined Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
Associates (RSA Films Asia http://www.rsafilms.com/company/rsa-asia/director/shih-ting-hung---aeea) in 2009. Her commercial works includes music video "Imitation http://www.vimeo.com/7753902/" for Mêlée (band)
Mêlée (band)
Mêlée is an American rock band from Orange County in California.-Band members:* Chris Cron * Ricky Sans * Ryan Malloy * Derek Lee Rock|Derek Lee -Studio Albums:-Extended Plays :...
's http://www.meleerocks.com/ 2nd single in album "Devils and Angels", Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/, European PSP commercials (Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/ and Color Range) with Sony PlayStation http://uk.playstation.com/, and several others.
Films
- VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395296/ (2008) (director)
Museum Exhibitions
- Official selection for YouTube Play http://www.youtube.com/play(2010), A collaboration between Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim MuseumThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
&YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
to showcase 125 excellent video works selected from more than 23,000 submissions from 91 countries. - Singapore Art MuseumSingapore Art MuseumThe Singapore Art Museum contains the national art collection of Singapore. It has a collection of 7,750 pieces of Singaporean and Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art, and has an expanding collection of new Asian and international contemporary art.- History :Officially opened in 1996, it...
(2010) : VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395296/ (2008) (video installation) - Museum of Contemporary Art TaipeiTaipeiTaipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
[MOCA TAIPEI] (2009) : VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1395296/ (2008) (video installation)
Film Festivals
- 15th Pusan International Film FestivalPusan International Film FestivalBusan International Film Festival , held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan , South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia...
(부산국제영화제 http://www.piff.org/kor/html/program/prog_view.asp?idx=15307&c_idx=16&sp_idx=sp6&QueryStep=2)/ Oct 07-15 /2010 / South Korea - Ann Arbor Film Festival http://www.aafilmfest.org/ / March 29 / 2009 / Michigan / USA
- St. Louise Film Festival http://www.cinemastlouis.org/index.html / Nov 13 / 2008 / USA
- Taipei Film Festival http://eng.taipeiff.org.tw/Default.aspx/ July 15 / 2010 / Taiwan
- Sedona Film Festival http://www.sedonafilmfestival.com// Feb 28 / 2010 / USA
- Golden Harvest Award http://blog.sina.com.tw/32gh// March 21 / 2010 / Taiwan
- 11th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF)http://www.miffindia.in/ / Feb 03 / 2010 / India
- 5th Singapore Short Film Festival http://www.substation.org/5SSFF// Sep 21 / 2009 / Singapore
- Brooklyn International Film Festival http://wbff.org/films/detail.asp?fid=988 / June 14 / 2009 / New York / USA
- Atlanta Film Festival http://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/ / April 16 / 2009 / Georgia / USA
- Sonoma International Film Festival http://sonoma.bside.com/2009 / April 1 / 2009 / USA
- Ashland Film Festival http://www.ashlandfilm.org/ / April 6 / 2009 / Oregon / USA
- Kustendorf Film Festival http://www.kustendorf-filmfestival.org/index.php?p=33 / Jan 08 / 2009 / Serbia
- San Diego Film Festival http://www.sdff.org/ / Sep 27 / 2008 / USA
- Cambridge Film Festival http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/ / Sep 18-28 / 2008 / UK
- Strasbourg International Film Festival http://strasbourgfilmfest.com/ / FRANCE / Aug 27 / 2010 En Corto IFF Mexico http://www.expresionencorto.com/web/ / July 18 / 2008 / Mexico
- Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival http://www.aviff.com/AVIFF/2008.html / May / 2008 / USA
- Student Academy AwardsAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
http://www.oscars.org/saa/2008/index.html/ June 7 / 2008 / USA
Music Videos
- Melee(the band) - " Imitation http://www.vimeo.com/7753902 " music videoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
- Katie HerzigKatie HerzigKatie Herzig is a Grammy award nominated singer-songwriter from Fort Collins, Colorado.-Early life:Katie Herzig was born in California to a musical family. When she was a year old her family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where she attended Rocky Mountain High School...
- " Free My Mind http://www.vimeo.com/28340845 " 1st single music video http://www.vimeo.com/28340845 in album "The Waking Sleep" - Katie HerzigKatie HerzigKatie Herzig is a Grammy award nominated singer-songwriter from Fort Collins, Colorado.-Early life:Katie Herzig was born in California to a musical family. When she was a year old her family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where she attended Rocky Mountain High School...
- " Waking Sleep " music video (2011)
Commercials
- PSP - Harry Potter (Europe)http://www.vimeo.com/7753358/
- PSP - Color Range (Europe)http://www.vimeo.com/7753086/
- Pond's - Bubbles (Pan Asia)
Other credits
- United Airline: Heart (USA) (compositor) - Annie AwardAnnie AwardThe Annie Awards have been presented by the Los Angeles, California branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972...
winner - Dear Fatty (USA) (2D animator)
- HondaHondais a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
Element (USA) (2D animator) - Norah JonesNorah JonesNorah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
: Sinkin' Soon (USA) (2D animator)
Recognition
- 2008, Student Academy AwardsStudent Academy AwardsThe Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June...
- "Gold Medal in Alternative category" - 2009, Kustendorf Film Festivall - "Bronze Award"
- 2009, 5th Singapore short Film Festival - "Voice Award"