ABOUT
BACKGROUND -
Born in Shanghai, China
Lived and educated in Brazil, France, United States
Languages: Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, French
and English
Film Career began at Leacock-Pennebaker, NYC
EDUCATION -
Bachelor of Art, College of St. Elizabeth, New Jersey
Junior Year, Sorbonne, Paris, France
Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, Mass
Sotheby's one Year American Arts Course, NYC
FILM WORK -
DIRECTOR:
ANDY WARHOL
Portrait of artist
CHIANG CHING: A DANCE JOURNEY
Portrait of the dancer/choreographer
A QUIET MAN
Portrait of filmmaker's father, filmed in Brazil
MUSIC IN MOTION
Featuring musician/singer Susan Bunn
LARGE SCALE PROJECTS-CLAES OLDRNBURG and
COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN
Documentary of public space sculptures by the artists
LARRY RIVERS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
Portrait of the artist, his work and controversies
CHINESE HAND LAUNDRY AND FIELD OF WASTE
Background and installation works of two Chinese artists at New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
STRONG-CUEVAS SCULPTURE
Artist in her studio, foundries, working process and installation of large sculptures
STRONG-CUEVAS II - I LIKE TO BE AWED
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART- ARTISTS WORKING IN CHINA ( PART I)
CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ART COMES TO AMERICA (PART 2)
Films on the emerging art scene in China.
Filmed in China and USA, 2004
CHINA REVISITED
Journey back home of two sisters, 2000
CAMERA AND MIRROR
Film on artist Howard Kanovitz, 2007
A MOMENT IN TIME
Film on 12 artists in the Hamptons from impromptu visits in the 1990's
THE WAY IT GOES Film on artist Nathan Joseph and his body of work, 2017
KEITH SONNIER: NOT JUST NEON Film on the artist and his work from 2016 - 2019, 2019
HAL BUCKNER - ART IS HOW YOU SEE IT Film on the artist and his work in the Hamptons and Captive, FL, 2020
JANE WALENTAS TRIBUTE 2021
JANE WALENTAS MEMORIAL EVENT 2021
LANA - MEMORIES 2021
TIME REMEMBERED 2022
THREADING THE NEEDLE 2022
FIGURES TRANSFORMED 2022
CO-DIRECTOR and/or EDITOR:
THE NEW YORKERS
Film on ethnic groups in upper East Side, NYC
XIAN - "CITIES Of CHINA" SERIES
Documentary on the historical and archeological importance of Xian
LEE KRASNER
Documentary on the artist's life and work
TANYA GROSSMAN: A LIFE WITH PAINTERS AND POETS
Print making process at Universal Press Limited
AMERICAN ART IN THE THIRTIES
A look at the art scene during that period
RIO DAY AND NIGHT
Short film of the city
WHALES WEEP NOT
Film on sperm and blue whales in the Indian Ocean
SHADOWS AND FOOTPRINTS: GREAT WHALES OF SRI LANKA
Film on adventure of man's search for great whales
EDITOR OF FEATURE FILMS:
BEYOND THE LAW
A Norman Mailer film
MAIDSTONE
A Norman Mailer film starring Mailer and Rip Torn
YOU'VE GOT TO WALK IT LIKE YOU TALK IT
A Peter Locke comedy in 35mm
L'AMOUR
An Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey film
HEAT
A Paul Morrissey/ Warhol film featuring Sylvia Miles and Joe D'Alesandro
UNION CITY
A Mark Reichert/Kineses Production starring Blondie in 35mm
EDITOR OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS:
NEW MUSIC IN NEW YORK
Film about the avant-garde music scene in New York
EVOLUTION OF BLACK COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS IN AMERICA
FOOL'S PARADISE
Film about hunger in California, the land of dreams
THE LAST SHEPHERDS
A dying profession and a way of life, filmed in Greece and Scotland
GHOSTS OF CAPE HORN
A film on life at sea and shipwreck
EDITOR OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON ART:
THE NEW YORK SCHOOL
Film on Abstract Expressionist painters
AMERICAN ART IN THE SIXTIES
Film on Pop, Minimalist and Color Field paintings
ISAMU NOGUCHI
Portrait of Japanese American sculptor and his work
CLAES OLDENBURG
Documentary of the artist and his work
MARK DI SUVERO
Documentary on the sculptor's life and work
PRIZES: American Film Festival
San Francisco Film Festival
Hamptons Doc Fest
EXHIBITED:
Major museums in U.S.A.
Educational institutions
Cannes Film Festival
New York Film Festival
London Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Dallas Film Festival
American Film Festival
San Francisco Film Festival
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton
Hamptons Doc Fest
National Arts Club, NYC Norton Museum, West Palm Beach Southampton Arts Center Parrish Museum, Southampton Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor
BROADCASTS:
BBC London
PBS/WNET Channel 13
TED TURNER Cable TV
WDR West German TV
Swedish TV
Other European TV stations
U.S. Cable stations
VARIA:
Art Advisor for corporate and private collections in the 1980's
Producer of lacquer screens in limited editions by artists Ed Ruscha and Roy Lichtenstein
Curator of various exhibitions that included artists:
Larry Rivers, Howard Kanovitz, John Alexander,
Elizabeth Strong Cuevas, Jim Gingrich, Brian O'Leary,
Terry Elkins, Jonathan Morse, John Chamberlain, Donald Sultan, Loren Dunlap