Eric Byler
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Eric Byler (born January 15, 1972) is an American
Personal life
Byler identifies as
Filmmaker
Byler's senior thesis film, Kenji's Faith, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995, went on to win six film festival awards, and was a regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards.
His first feature film,
Byler's second feature was the Charlotte Sometimes quasi-sequel, TRE which won the Special Jury Award at the 2007
His third feature,
He also directed the PBS / ITVS Television pilot, My Life Disoriented which starred Karin Anna Cheung.
His fourth feature film, 9500 Liberty (co-directed with Annabel Park), was a documentary about immigration and politics. "9500 Liberty" won the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award at the 2010 Phoenix Film Festival, the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Charlotte Film Festival, and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 St. Louis International Film Festival.[2]
Byler and Park are currently in post-production on a second documentary feature film Story of America: Journey Into the Divide about voting rights, politics, and race relations.[3]
Byler is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America.[4][5][6][7][8]
Netroots organizer
In the fall of 2006, Byler volunteered in the
In 2007, Byler volunteered and created YouTube videos for the "121 Coalition", a national grassroots organization that advocated passage of House Resolution 121, urging the Japanese government to acknowledge and apologize for military rape camps (comfort women) during World War II. The resolution passed on July 30, 2007.
During the 2008
In February 2010, Byler and his partner Annabel Park co-founded the Coffee Party USA.[14] Byler directed and edited the "How we Started" video for Coffee Party USA,[15] the "National Kick-off" video,[16] and other videos that appear on the Coffee Party YouTube channel.[17] Coffee Party USA is coalition that began with a fan page on Facebook.[18][19]
Byler also is a content producer for the interactive documentary "2010 Okinawa" exploring the controversy over U.S. bases in Okinawa.[20] In 2013, Byler and Park teamed up on the web series Story of America (StoryofAmerica.org) which helped to launch both the Moral Monday movement and the "Walking Mayor" Adam O'Neal and the fight for rural healthcare (SaveourHospital.org). In 2015, Byler and comedian Will Rice launched the satirical news channel, One Percent News (OnePercentNews.com) based in Washington, DC.
Filmography
- Kenji's Faith (1994) student thesis
- Charlotte Sometimes (2003) — director, writer, producer, editor
- My Life Disoriented (2006) — director, producer
- Americanese (2006) — director, screen-adaptation
- TRE (2008) — director, writer
- 9500 Liberty (2009) — director, writer, editor
- Story of America: Journey Into the Divide (working title, in post production)
- The Headless Klansman of Selma (2017)
References
- ^ 'Disoriented' Filmmaker Delves Inside The Outsider, Teresa Wiltz, The Washington Post, December 28, 2006
- ^ Arizona, Immigration, and the Coming Shake-Up Huffington Post; April 30, 2010
- ^ Storyofamerica.org
- ^ Harvey, Dennis (2007-03-21). "Tre Movie Review". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Americanese". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ 'Charlotte Sometimes' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
- ^ Howe, Desson (2003-08-22). "A Love Story in a New Light". The Washington Post.
- ^ YouTube - 9500Liberty's Channel
- ^ Democratic National Committee Website January 11, 2007
- ^ The Democratic Party | The Democratic Party | Huge APA Turnout for Webb
- ^ Archive.org
- ^ "AALDEF: What's New - "Asian-American Votes Influenced Many Important Races"". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ "Washington's source for compelling television and inspiring classical music". WETA. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ Good Question: What Is The Coffee Party?, April 20, 2011 11:40 PM.
- ^ "Coffee Party: How We Began". YouTube. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "March 13th COFFEE PARTY Nat'l Kick-off Day". YouTube. 2010-03-13. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Kanaal van coffeepartyusa". YouTube. 2010-09-25. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Coffeepartyusa.com". Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ "Kanaal van 2010okinawa". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
External links
- Eric Byler at IMDb
- Eric Byler at AllMovie
- Eric Byler on Myspace
- Story of America Facebook page
- Story of America website page
- 9500 Liberty website Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- 9500Liberty (2009)
- Charlotte Sometimes (2003) trailer
- Tre (2008)
- "Si Se Puede Cambiar" Obama Music Video on YouTube
- Through Our Lens Political Blog on AsianWeek.com
Film criticism
- Los Angeles Times review of Charlotte Sometimes (2003)
- Washington Post review of Charlotte Sometimes (2003)
- Roger Ebert review of Charlotte Sometimes (2003) Archived 2018-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Variety review of Tre (2007)
- eFilmCritic review of "Tre" (2007)
- Roger Ebert review of Americanese (2008)