When I was a student at UCLA I talked my way into the And 1 Mixtape tour at Venice Beach, CA.  I told them I was shooting for the public access show on campus.  Back then, the And 1 Mixtapes were only found on VHS and they were hot.  We never saw anything like that [...]

In the spirit of early Hip Hop sampling, “Hands Up” was created in the same spirit and homage.  To sample and access old footage while introducing it to the public in a new perspective are not new things in pop cultural arts.  Music, movies, and commercials have all “borrowed” from the past.  Anyways, we thought [...]

Finishing the Game was the follow up to Better Luck Tomorrow.  Satisfaction by FM worked as an almost perfect tonal collaboration between cinema and music.  Thematic to the 70s, yet incorporating the sampling of modern hip hop, Satisfaction is another great song by FM.
Director: Evan Jackson Leong
Editor: Greg Louie

We Furiously had Fun on this project.  Thanks to Mr. Lin, Fast And Furious 3 would not have been blessed with the Asian American perspective and great music accompanying it.  In honor of the Great Takeru Kobayashi, a hot dog eating contest climaxes this fast and furious finale. Early in their career, Round Round was [...]

Inspired by Infernal Affairs, Young And Dangerous, and other Hong Kong Cinema, Western portrays the Asian Criminal underworld in Los Angeles painting a visceral and imperial landscape.  Shot as a trailer for a movie that will never be made, Western was the first collaboration between FM and Arowana Films.
Director: Evan Jackson Leong
Producer: Carl Choi
Editor: Greg [...]

The first Ill Again music video ever created blends their smooth jazz hip hop funk with amusing visuals and a colorful palette. You might wonder why he’s wearing a karate outfit. Honestly I can’t remember why.
Director: Evan Jackson Leong
Producer: Anson Ho
Editor: Greg Louie

SF Bay Guardian “Best of the Bay 2009” comedian Ali Wong and comedian Chris Garcia entertains us with their vibrate original comedy sketch of the clothing line American Apparel. It’ll have you working out in no time.

In the Redwood mountains of Muir Woods in the Northern part of the Bay Area, we find a Lost Lyrics Born hiking in the mountains where he stumbles upon an abandoned haunted shack.   Why are the woods so scary?
Director: Evan Jackson Leong
Producer:
Editor: Greg Louie

The Last Trumpet is a composition of apocalypse and cellular chaos.  This was the first music video by Arowana Films.   The Last Trumpet refers to the biblical story of the Apocalypse when the end begins when the Last Trumpet blows.  This project still holds in its velocity and presence almost 10 years later.
Director: Evan Jackson [...]