New website up www.edwardgunawan.com
Still working on it, so be sure to check back to see new pages and stuff! =)
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Press Opportunities + Campus Visits
The filmmakers and cast of JUST and LAUNDROMAT are available for press opportunities + campus visits. For inquiries, please contact me at: edwardgunawan(at)gmail(dot)com .
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Radio interview at KUCI.fm -- Subversity
Very pleased to be invited to be on Dan Tsang's program . The beginning half of the interview has b.g. music since Dan forgot to turn it down... but it's still fun though! =)
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" Just " -- a short film starring KEO WOOLFORD + EDWARD GUNAWAN
Synopsis: "Just" is about the after-sex acquaintance of two strangers who met online. As the two men learn more about each other, they discover that a casual hook-up is anything but. This is the second of the gay shorts collection produced by AdelanteTV+Film and ADDWORD Productions.
Written by Edward Gunawan and directed by David Maurice Gil
Produced by Edward Gunawan + David Maurice Gil
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And check out my directorial debut " Laundromat " -- a short film starring KEO WOOLFORD , PRINCE GOMOLVILAS and JACK ONG .
Synopsis: Set in a neighborhood laundromat, this dramedy follows a young gay couple who, after a chance encounter with an older man, realize that the little things mean nothing and everything when it comes to love. This is the first in a collection of gay shorts produced by AdelanteTV+Film and ADDWORD Productions.
Written + Directed by Edward Gunawan
Produced by Edward Gunawan + David Maurice Gil
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I am an artist with an M.B.A.
As an actor, I made my screen debut with STILL , a short film that I also co-wrote and co-produced. After being screened in over 30 international film festivals, STILL is now distributed by Frameline Releasing.
Recipient of the 2006 East West Players Beulah Quo Acting Scholarship, I started performing as an intercollegiate debater and award-winning oratory speaker, before venturing as a spoken word artist. Under the direction of veteran stage performers Dan Kwong and Tim Miller , I eventually transitioned into the theater as a monologist. Since then, I can be seen in various independent shorts and TV commercials.
I am realizing my long-time dream to stage "XY" -- a solo play that I've been developing for years. Previous excerpt readings of the play have been conducted in various venues in California: Highways Theater , East West Players , The Village -- LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Theater of Note and Foothill Community College .
As a writer, I won the Script Development Competition at the 2006 Jakarta International Film Festival and awarded the Hubert Bals Fund sponsored by the Rotterdam International Film Festival for a feature-length screenplay "Miss Indonesia" (O/T: "Nona Indonesia"). My articles and columns have been featured on fridae.com and chopblock.com .
As a professional model, I have appeared in national print ads -- most notably for Honda and Nokia, TV commercials, magazine editorials and runways for up-and-coming Los Angeles designers.
In the spirit of continuous evolution as an artist and enterpreneur, I am making my debut as a filmmaker -- directing and producing short films with collaboration partner David Maurice Gil. Since completing marketing intership at the East West Players and creative development internship at Ironpond (with producer Teddy Zee ) in 2007, I plan to complete an original gay shorts collection with Gil, entitled "Strangers, Friends + Lovers."
Born in Indonesia and raised in Singapore, I am now based in Los Angeles, where I recently earned my MBA at Loyola Marymount University and completed a filmmaking fellowship at the Film Independent ’s signature diversity program Project:Involve , with Academy Award winner Chris Tashima as my mentor.
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Some of you may know me as Jason Woo . I have outgrown that pseudonym/stage name and since discontinued using it. Please allow me to re-introduce myself.
