Jim Choi

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY

http://www.everymansjourney.com/ Touring with a rock band is everyone’s adolescent dream, the screaming fans stadiums packed full of eager faces. What became apparent is the sacrifices that these performers and their support staff make to put these shows on. The story of Neal Schon’s discovery of Arnel Pineda is an amazing testament to the perseverance ofContinue reading “DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’: EVERYMAN’S JOURNEY”

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival – Woman on the Street

CAAM presented the 2010 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival in March of this year. Over the years they’ve asked me to shoot various things for them here is a selection of videos presented on their site. Check out their Youtube page as Well.

NOVA: Ocean Animal Emergency

PBS, NOVA will be re-airing Ocean Animal Emergency, May 26th, check your local listings or click on the link.

Brave New Voices

Brave New Voices will start airing on HBO, the first episode was this past Sunday, click the link to see some of the young artists. Working on this series was really a great opportunity. Spoken word is truly a movement.

Balut

As promised, the duck egg delight of the Philippines, Balut. Promising vitality and high protein content, Balut is probably best warm but we settled for room temp. Tastes like an egg but the texture is always what brings us back.

STINK, in the eye of the beholder

Durian is the litmus test of the culinarily brave. Andrew Zimmern couldn’t stomach it and truthfully most people cannot stomach it, including Ramona, director of a documentary about Journey, the band, that we’re shooting right now in the Philippines. I don’t give the “acquired taste” defense much credence—you only live once, you gots to tryContinue reading “STINK, in the eye of the beholder”

Welcome! And we are speeding…

Working in production is kind of like summer school and summer camp rolled into one—a truly educational, transformative and collaborative effort. On this page, I’ll try to give you a sense of the people, places and perspectives I’m currently discovering. Please refer to the camera, sound and design pages for respective crewing information. I canContinue reading “Welcome! And we are speeding…”