ENTERTAINMENT PROJECTS
Films, TV, and Other Entertainment Projects From Dave
I started Liucrative Media to create, produce, and finance top entertainment executives, Asian American filmmakers, and other underrepresented voices. I've been very fortunate to work with some of the best in the industry and have had projects that are Oscar®-qualified and have won awards at the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals.
I am a proud member of Sundance Catalyst and SF Film Invest, two of the premiere film financing programs whose goals are to build a culture of partnership between independent investors and filmmakers; to unlock funding for ambitious new independent films; and to grow the community of indie-film supporters.
Films
FORGE
In Miami, the resourceful Zhang siblings—Raymond and Coco—sell forged paintings to unsuspecting parties. As FBI Art Crimes agent Emily Lee investigates the Zhang siblings’ work, their lives converge to devastating effect in the Zhang family dim sum restaurant.
Director: Jing Ai Ng
Cinematographer/Editor: Leo Purman
Producer: Liz Daering-Glass, Gabrielle Cordero, Damian Bao
Accolades: Premiered Sunday opening weekend at SXSW.
DìDi (弟弟)
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
Director/Screenwriter: Sean Wang
Producer: Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush, Sean Wang
Cast: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua
Accolades: Winner of Sundance Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Competition and Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
EVERY DAY AFTER
The older sister of a neglected and traumatized cleft-affected boy raises him with her own small children. Her determination to care for her brother with unconditional love demonstrates the power of acceptance to heal even the deepest wounds.
Director: Elisa Gambino
Cinematographer/Editor: Neal Broffman
Producer: Elaine Jose Bobadilla
Accolades: Winner of Best Documentary Short at HollyShorts, Albuquerque, San Jose, Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest, and Paris International film festivals. Oscar®-qualified.
Links: www.EveryDayAfterFilm.com
SASQUATCH SUNSET
A year in the life of a singular family.
Director: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Screenwriter: David Zellner
Producers: Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, George Rush, Jesse Eisenberg, David Harari
Cast: Riley Keough, Jesse Eisenberg, Christophe Zajac-Denek, Nathan Zellner
Accolades: Premiered Friday opening night at Sundance.
Links: bleeckerstreetmedia.com/sasquatch-sunset
INHERITANCE
A feature documentary about a boy growing up in rural Appalachia in a home and community plagued by addiction and the chaos, loss, and powerful love that surrounds him.
Director: Amy Toensing, Matt Moyer
Producer: Amy Toensing, Matt Moyer
Accolades: Winner of Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary.
Links: www.InheritanceTheFilm.com
Production and Distribution Companies
STAMPEDE VENTURES
An independent entertainment media company that wholly focuses on creating the next generation of blockbuster franchises through its diversified media divisions: film, TV, alternative, kids & family, and international.
Founders: Greg Silverman, Gideon Yu, Jaeson Ma
Example Projects: Hidden Pigeon, Space Cadet, Ordinary Angels, K-POPS!
Links: www.StampedeVentures.com
UTOPIA
A film and distribution company that specializes in independent and documentary cinema.
Founders: Robert Coppola Schwartzman, Cole Harper
Example Projects: Sick of Myself, Meet Me in the Bathroom, Shiva Baby, Omen, Facing Nolan, Red Rooms, Holy Spider
Links: www.UtopiaDistribution.com
TEG+
Shifting the paradigm for music in entertainment—TEG+ is the only production company that focuses on collaborating with the music industry and celebrity artists to create narrative and/or deeply experiential entertainment.
Founder: Vivek Tiwary
Example Projects: Jagged Little Pill, The Fifth Beatle, A Contract with God, Harold and the Purple Crayon
Links: www.TiwaryEnt.com