I was able to escape to the San Juan mountains where I was the Artist in Residence for this year’s Ouray International Film Festival. It’s been a really dark, deathly…[more]
Leah Ferrer started brainstorming with me about ways to "die with dignity" on November 17, 2022 and she gave ALL of us until April 30, 2024 (today) to say goodbye. She was in Switzerland this morning when she passed and we were all over here on Zoom and, while we all agreed that it was an amazing opportunity to be able to say goodbye, it…[more]
I’m this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the 2024 Ouray International Film Festival! Excited to reconnect with Ouray alums and congratulations to this year’s Scholar-in-Residence, James Choi!...[more]
Here’s what Ouray International has to say:…[more]
UPDATE: recorded VIDEO from 3/12 POSTED BELOW
Hey everyone, so I didn’t have time to get a party together this year. My intention was to throw a party and catch up with folks now that I’m back in “real time”, but I at least want to share the song that I…[more]
This is such a weird and extraordinary circumstance. Leah Ferrer, a dear friend of mine who has been battling cancer for a while is now terminally ill and she made arrangements to fly to Switzerland where she can die with dignity. She tasked me with…[more]
Yesterday, we got to screen The Secret Art of Human Flight as part of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and they programmed us at The Castro Theatre, whaaaat?!? [more]
Whaaaat. The festival circuit’s just begun and Paul Raci’s received a Lifetime Achievement award AND has been nominated for a Solzy, and I won Best Director at OIFF23! I feel like every time I decide to shoot award ceremonies, I end up winning an award like I do HERE and HERE. Thank goodness for Maria Pankova (who had won TWO awards at Ouray) for grabbing the camera out of my hands so I could receive my award, as you can see here…[more]
What a trip! After four times trying to get into Tribeca, I finally get in with #5: The Secret Art of Human Flight. I got featured in Tribeca’s spotlight on Instagram for one of their photo essays, below.
And you can check out more of our Tribeca action at these Instagram sets: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/hptribeca/
But, here’s the “Quick Word”…[more]
The Complete ATTACK, DECAY, RELEASE happened last night, all 75 minutes of it - unabridged and LIVE! Check out these videos from last night’s performance. (Also, how many of you know the words to “Animated TV Show”?!? I swear, that made me choke up on stage to hear…[more]
It’s been three years since we’ve seen each other in person. You know where.
Over the past few weeks while we were finishing the sound mix for my new film, I posted some videos that I hashtagged #TheSecretArtOfHumanFlight, and now I’m playing all of them together on the same screen Attack, Decay, Release-style, hit play on the…[more]
I'm so honored to be featured/interviewed in SAN FRANCISCO Magazine for the month of October which is the intersection of #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth and #LGBTHistoryMonth. It…[more]
The uncut COLMA: THE MUSICAL (2006) is now available on The Criterion Channel as part of the Asian “American Filmmaking Collection” alongside luminary Asian-Am filmmakers from the same era, curated by eternal champions Brian Hu and Chi-hui Yang!
This is the festival cut which brings back scenes missing from the theatrical release, including a whole…[more]
Remember when one of the Kickstarter rewards for my last film, Bitter Melon, was that I’d write a song about you? Well, I’m finally done with all 18 and I’m performing them live on May 23rd as the Closing Night Party of CAAMFEST (formerly known as the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival) in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (#APAHM).