Jeff Fong
On December 7th, 1985, Jeff Fong was brought into this world by his Italian mother, Lorna. Jeff’s Chinese father, Dexter, was standing by in full support of this birth.
Some say, Jeff sprouted out of the womb with a tennis racket in his left hand and a small roll of black and white film in his right… but this is not certain.
Jeff grew for approximately ten years, and in those years, learned how to become exceptionally shy, and particularly good at creating stories for his ninja turtles to step into. As a way to make himself feel cool, Jeff began typing these plotless stories on his father’s typewriter. Though this only lasted a few days, it inspired Jeff to continue writing, but with pen and paper.
At the prime age of sixteen, Jeff sat in a vacant movie theater with a small popcorn and a revelation. As he sat there, staring at the empty screen, he realized that people pay to sit and watch a filmmaker’s story, like a willing hostage. “This is how I can share all my stories with the world!” Jeff thought. That is when an animated light bulb popped up next to Jeff’s head, whispering into his ear, telling him that he would make films until the end of his days, and Jeff agreed.
For the next 14 years, Jeff would learn about every aspect of filmmaking in order to shape himself into the best filmmaker he could mold himself into. This worked, he thinks. He made a multitude of short films, a web-series, and then a feature in 2013. He wrote a couple more short scripts, and 4 feature scripts – none of which have been given life, as Jeff doesn’t quite know how to make that happen – but he would like to see them on the silver screen, soon, somehow.
Teleport to present day and you will find Jeff amidst organized chaos with his company, The Film Squad. They produce narrative commercial content for a wide variety of clients, and the members of the squad are also best friends – so that’s awesome.
One might also find Jeff writing his next feature script containing a myriad of scenes from his own life as a struggling introvert turned semi-extrovert who lives life as if he’s constantly in a multitude of film scenes.
Jeff likes how nice he is, and likes finding other nice people to be friends with. He is good at puzzles, guitar, and is an NCAA national tennis champion.
If you are nice, you should be friends with Jeff, and then the world will be a better place.
Relish (2009) short film
The Cut (2010) short film
Galen (2011) web-series
Unfiltered (2012) short film
Ru (2014) feature film
A Move to Say Goodbye (2015) short film
A Grain of White Rice in the Endless Yellow Sun (2017) short film
Baichi and the Three Blind Rats (2019) short film
I Sound Asian (2019) short film