Bruce Hwang Chen (陳良侯, born 1980 -
Los Angeles, California) is a
filmmaker who lived
the majority of his life in
Taiwan. His passion for art started ever since
drawing classes in elementary school. The passion led him back to
Los Angeles, studying visual arts in UCLA for undergraduate. While
in LA, he interned for
Madonna’s Maverick Films, and did paper translation
works among Asian stars
Jet
Li,
Hsu Chi and
their producer
Steven Chasman in Current Entertainment. The
internships provided great interest for Bruce to turn his passion
for arts towards film. His first experimental short “Mahjong to the
Grave” was a success in
UCLA
and accepted to 25th Asian American International Film Festival.
His following obscene film “Oral Abuse” won
UCLA’s best digital short of 2003, and is still
traveling around in festivals.
After graduation, Bruce was
invited back to Taiwan to become a post-production artist at
Digital Vision - editing and creating special effects on television
commercials and music videos. While at it, his strong vision for
art allowed him to step in and directed a few commercials by
himself. His anti-smoking commercials “Red Light” and “Kiss” won
the best non-profit health commercials of Taiwan 2004 and
2005.
The passion for Bruce to film a feature story made him quit
his role in Taiwan, and went to New York to study more about film
narrative in
Columbia University.
During 2003, he
started his brand of T-shirt company PPRconcept, using Doctor Sun
Yet San and myriad politician's image, in fusion with superheros,
to promote
Democracy. The shirts are favored by celebrities
and underground artists of Taiwan.
Bruce Hwang Chen's
contribution to the Film and Fashion industry is still yet to be
seen.
Partial filmography
Encounter (2006)Kiss
(2005)Red Light (2004)Oral Abuse (2003)Mahjong to the
Grave (2002)The Pikme-up (2005) - Assistant Director /
CameraPost Production Special Effects (2 of 200)Sony Viao
Taiwan Campaign (aka: Takeshi Kaneshiro’s No More
Bound)“Garden Party” Music Video (Singer: Jay Chou)External links
PPRCONCEPT Website Asian
Cinevision
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