Michael Kang (director)
Michael Kang (born May 3, 1970) is an American
Feature films
The Motel
His feature directorial debut was the
West 32nd
Kang also directed the Korean American feature and Jeong Jun Ho.
Knots aka Four Wedding Planners
Kang's third film was the Hawaii-set romantic comedy Knots which was written by Kimberly-Rose Wolter, and stars Kimberly-Rose Walter in addition to Sung Kang, who also starred in his first film, The Motel. The film also stars Illeana Douglas, Janel Parrish and Samantha Quon. It was re-released under the title "Four Wedding Planners."[1][2]
Short films, web series and music videos
Kang has also directed the short films A Waiter Tomorrow (1998), a spoof on John Woo's A Better Tomorrow but set within a restaurant (which he also stars in), as well as Japanese Cowboy (2000), starring John Fukuda. Kang has also directed multiple episodes of the web series Easy to Assemble starring Illeana Douglas (who he would later collaborate with again in 4 Wedding Planners) as well as the web series Suite 7. Kang has also co-written a short film directed by Charles Mehling entitled For The First Time (2010). Michael was also a participant in the 1998 “Say Something” Virgin Cola campaign in which mostly unscripted citizens stood on soap boxes and expressed personal views. Mike politicked for more Asian men to be featured dancing in music videos. (1998)[3][4]
Kang has also starred as "the Delivery Man" in Greg Pak's short film, Asian Pride Porn (2000).
Kang has also directed Emi Meyer's music video for her track, "Happy Song" in 2011.[5]
Accolades
Kang was honored with a
References
- ^ Chi-hui Yang, Cinema Asian America – Talking About ’4 Wedding Planners’ with Director Michael Kang, http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2012/09/19/cinema-asian-america-talking-about-4-wedding-planners-with-director-michael-kang Archived 2013-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Disgrasian Goes to the Movies: 4 Wedding Planners, http://disgrasian.com/2012/09/disgrasian-goes-to-the-movies-4-wedding-planners-review/ Archived 2017-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Virgin Cola's Renegade Branson Adds His Own Punch To Cola War, http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising/virgin-colas-renegade-branson-adds-his-own-punch-cola-war-45287
- ^ My life in the pictures, http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2010/10/655183/my-life-pictures?page=all
- ^ Happy Song, Emi Meyer, http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/Omj8eYFgvBY/search/emi