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A Knock On My Door (10 min) South Korea/US |
Director: David Chai
Description:
Escaping a life of sadness and adversity, a young Korean boy moves to America and learns that even though life is full of hard knocks, the time does come when it's safe to answer the door. A Knock on My Door chronicles the life of the director, David Chai’s father who as a courageous teenager emigrates to the United States where he achieves extraordinary success until a buried past demands a reckoning.
Biography:
David Chai is an independent animation director and an instructor of animation at San Jose State University. He has worked on a variety of projects ranging from educational software, animation for television and video, commercial advertising, to independent films. Commercials directed for Thunderbean Animation received the Gold Award for best animated television commercials at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International. To date, his independent films have screened in over 220 film festivals internationally, including Sundance, Cinequest, Ann Arbor, and Annecy; been broadcast on Atom Films, MTV-2, G4TV, PBS, and ZeD in Canada; featured in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation; and nominated twice for Best Short Subject at the Annie Awards. His filmography includes 25 Ways to Die, Flames of Passion, Neighborhood Roots, Stoopid Movie, Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot, Cole Needs Women, Aletta Out of Water, Life on a Limb, Ninjas vs. Guilt, Enrique Wrecks the World, Why Do We Put Up With Them?, A Knock on My Door and Behind My Behind.
Contact Information:
e: davechai@earthlink.net
w: www.houseofchai.net
