Quentin Lee (Chinese name: Chinese: 李孟熙; pinyin: Lǐ Mèngxī; Cantonese Yale: Lei5 Maang6 Hei1; born 1971, Hong Kong) is a film writer and director. He is most notable for Ethan Mao (2004), Drift (2000), Flow (1996), and the film short To Ride a Cow (1993).^[1] Lee also co-directed Shopping For Fangs (1997) with Justin Lin, known for his controversial film Better Luck Tomorrow (2002).^[2] Lee's films are noticeable for containing male lead characters who are Asian and gay, two minority groups generally not seen as lead characters in mainstream Hollywood films.

Born in Hong Kong, Lee immigrated to Montreal, Canada, when he was 16. He attended UC Berkeley, Yale University and UCLA for his B.A. in English, M.A. in English and M.F.A. in Film Directing respectively.

Lee founded Margin Films in 1996 as a production company; Margin Films moved into film distribution starting with the film Bugis Street.^[3]

Lee's first foray into documentary film, 0506HK (2007),^[4] premiered July 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Centre Hong Kong Stories film series, commemorating the 10-year anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China. The film explored his personal and political perspectives on whether to return to Hong Kong, as well as the evolving cultural and social climate, through interviews with family members and friends living and working in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

In October 2009 Lee's graphic novel Campus Ghost Story, created in collaboration with artist John Hahn was published by Fresh Fear, an imprint of Margin Films.^[5]

Lee's film The People I've Slept With premiered in the United States at the 2009 Hawaii International Film Festival, internationally at the 2009 São Paulo International Film Festival, the 2010 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in Asia, and the 2010 Hamburg Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in Europe.^[6]

Filmography[link]

as director[link]

• Anxiety of Inexpression and the Otherness Machine (1992) (V)
• To Ride a Cow (1993) (V)
• Flow (1996)
• Shopping for Fangs (1997)
• Fall 1990 (1999)
• Drift (2000)
• Ethan Mao (2004)
• 0506HK (2007)
• The People I've Slept With (2009)
• Little Love (2010)
• White Frog (2012)

as cinematographer[link]

• Taky Kimura: The Dragon's Legacy(2000)

as actor[link]

• Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007) .... Bruce Lee Extra

References[link]

External links[link]

• Quentin Lee at the Internet Movie Database

Steve Nguyen
Steve Nguyen speaking at USC
Born	(1985-12-30) 30 December 1985 (age 26) Torrance, California, U.S.
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.

Film and television[link]

Since 2005, Nguyen has made appearances as a young actor on network television programs and films such as Las Vegas, Scrubs, Freaks and Geeks, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Jarhead, and The Man Show.

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.^[1][2] The documentary helped Su gain national exposure and has been featured on CNN,^[3] NPR,^[4] 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," which was featured at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.^[5]

Nguyen is directing and producing an animated film, Hibakusha, which chronicles the early life of Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, Kaz Suyeishi.^[6] The film stars Karin Anna Cheung, Daisuke Suzuki, Jane Lui and William Frederick Knight as the lead voice actors. The film is dedicated to the American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors for nuclear disarmament and will be released on the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, August 6, 2012.

Online Media[link]

Nguyen is the co-founder of ChannelAPA.com,^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• channelAPA's channel on YouTube
• SteveNguyenFlipHD's channel on YouTube
• Steve Nguyen at the Internet Movie Database
• Lam, Ray. "A-Profiler: Steve Nguyen". AArisings. http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/stevenguyen.htm. Retrieved March 16, 2009. 
• Shepherd, Wendy. "Steve Nguyen is Officialy Plugged In". officiallypluggedin.com.com. http://www.officiallypluggedin.com/producers/steve-nguyen.php. Retrieved June 23, 2010. 

Booboo Stewart
Booboo Stewart 2012
Born	(1994-01-21) January 21, 1994 (age 18) Beverly Hills, California, United States
Other names	Nils Allen Stewart Jr. Boo Boo Stewart Boo Boo Torra
Occupation	Actor, martial artist, stunt double, singer-songwriter, dancer, model and film producer
Years active	2004–present (actor) 2006–present (singer)

Booboo Stewart^[1] (born Nils Allen Stewart, Jr.; January 21, 1994) is an American singer, dancer, model, actor, and martial artist.

Career[link]

During 2004–2010 he appeared or starred in several independent, direct-to-video or TV films. He also hosted six episodes of the children's show Blue Dolphin Kids in Hawaii, and did stunt work on several films including the 2006 film Zoom and the 2007 film Beowulf. He has had roles on episodes of Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge, ER, Dante's Cove, and Everybody Hates Chris. Stewart toured with Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus in her Best of Both Worlds Tour featuring the Jonas Brothers and appeared in the Target commercials with the same band and Miley Cyrus Danimals, and also toured in the Camp Rock Freestyle Jam concert series. He recorded the opening theme for the Disney Channel Games 2008 titled "Let's Go!", and in 2010 "Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid)" for the Disney recompilation disc DisneyMania 7. He could also be seen appearing in various magazines and billboards promoting clothes, as well as promoting Wii Fit and Hot Wheels. In 2010, he appeared in the movie Logan.

During 2006–2008 he was a member of Disney's group T-Squad.

2010: Theatrical debut[link]

In 2010 he portrayed Seth Clearwater in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third installment of The Twilight Saga film series. Stewart's character is said to become more important in the 2011 and 2012 Breaking Dawn films The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.^[2]

Personal life[link]

Booboo & Fivel Stewart

Stewart is Japanese, Chinese, and Korean from his mother’s side and Scottish, Native American, and Russian from his father's side.^[3] Stewart was in a band named "Echoes of Angels" and toured with his two sisters Maegan and Fivel, who were known as "TSC" (The Stewart Clan). He is a fan of professional wrestling and has pictures of himself with various WWE stars on his official Facebook page. He also attended Summerslam 2009 and was featured heavily in video packages on WWE programming following the event. In October 2009, Stewart and his family attended Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Bound for Glory PPV which took place at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California.

Philanthropic events[link]

Stewart, along with other celebrities, helped at the Los Angeles Mission on Christmas Eve in 2009.^[4] In 2010, he was named a Celebrity Ambassador by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In his role, Stewart is helping raise awareness in the fight against muscle diseases. He is also part of MDA's "Make a Muscle, Make a Difference" PSA campaign, being featured in print and TV ads. He also traveled to Perth, Australia for the Channel 7 Telethon, raising money for children at Princess Margaret Hospital. Additionally, Stewart, along with Fivel, will host two Free Concerts to End Child Abuse on behalf of national non-profit organization, Childhelp. He appeared in a PETA ad campaign, encouraging people to adopt animals rather than to buy them from pet stores.^[5]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Booboo Stewart

• Booboo Stewart at the Internet Movie Database
• Everything Boo Boo Stewart
• Boo Boo Stewart at TV Guide

Spike Lee
Lee at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Shelton Jackson Lee (1957-03-20) March 20, 1957 (age 55) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Morehouse, NYUTisch School of the Arts
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Tonya Lewis (1993–present)

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.

Lee's movies have examined race relations, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues. Lee has won numerous awards, including an Emmy Award. He has also received two Academy Award nominations.

Early life[link]

Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer.^[1][2] Lee moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York when he was a small child. (The Fort Greene neighborhood is home to Lee's production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, and other Lee-owned or related businesses.) As a child, his mother nicknamed him "Spike." In Brooklyn, he attended John Dewey High School. Lee enrolled in Morehouse College where he made his first student film, Last Hustle in Brooklyn. He took film courses at Clark Atlanta University and graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communication from Morehouse College. He then enrolled in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television.^[3]

Film career[link]

Lee in 2007

Lee's thesis film, Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads, was the first student film to be showcased in Lincoln Center's New Directors New Films Festival.

In 1985, Lee began work on his first feature film, She's Gotta Have It. With a budget of $175,000, the film was shot in two weeks. When the film was released in 1986, it grossed over $7,000,000 at the U.S. box office.^[4] The reception of She's Gotta Have It led Lee down a second career avenue. Marketing executives from Nike^[5] offered Lee a job directing commercials for the company. They wanted to pair Lee's character from She's Gotta Have It, the Michael Jordan-loving Mars Blackmon, and Jordan himself in their marketing campaign for the Air Jordan line. Later, Lee would be a central figure in the controversy surrounding the inner-city rash of violence involving Air Jordans.^[6] Lee countered that instead of blaming manufacturers of apparel, "deal with the conditions that make a kid put so much importance on a pair of sneakers, a jacket and gold". Through the marketing wing of 40 Acres and a Mule, Lee has also directed commercials for Converse, Jaguar, Taco Bell and Ben & Jerry's.

Awards, honors and nominations[link]

Lee's film Do the Right Thing was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1989. Many people, including Hollywood's Kim Basinger (who announced her feelings live during that year's Oscar telecast), believed that Do the Right Thing also deserved a Best Picture nomination. Driving Miss Daisy won Best Picture that year and according to Lee in an April 7, 2006 interview with New York magazine, this hurt him more than his film not receiving the nomination.^[7]

His documentary 4 Little Girls was nominated for the Best Feature Documentary Academy Award in 1997.

On May 2, 2007, the 50th San Francisco International Film Festival honored Spike Lee with the San Francisco Film Society's Directing Award. He was the recipient of the 2008 Wexner Prize.^[8]

Use of actors[link]