I live in Honolulu, Hawaii and I make films for Local Productions at www.localproductions.comMy lifelong goal is to have a film that I direct get viewed at a major film festival. I am determined to never stop until I have come to the end and achieved my purpose. In order to do this I need the finest music that I can find. Music makes the biggest difference in a movie making it into a film festival or not. If you make music, I would like to meet you and use your best work in one of my films soundtrack. In 2007 I am going to finish my PhD.
Billy Mills is one of my running heros. In the biggest upset in all sports history, on a tracked soaked by more than 24 hours of rain, Mills had set a new Olympic record of 28:24.4 in October 1964, shattering his previous best time by 46 seconds. Mills also competed in the 1964 Olympic marathon and placed 14th. To date, no other American has won a gold medal in the 10,000 meters. Billy Mills qualified in the USA Trials, placing a distant second to Gerry Lindgren, a teenage phenomenon, in the 10,000-meter trial. Billy Mills imagined winning the gold medal and did it!!
Steve Prefontaine is one of my heros. "Pre" was unstoppable on the track and at the height of his career, he held every American track and field record from the 2,000 to the 10,000 meters. Pre competed in the 5,000 meters at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. He took the lead with a mile to go and held on until Finland's Lasse Viren passed him with 600 meters left in the race. Pre finished fourth.
Lance Armstrong is one of my heros. He recovered from testicular cancer to subsequently win the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times—1999 to 2005. The Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. It has been held annually since 1903, interrupted only by World War I and World War II.
Bruce Lee is one of my heros. In Oakland, California in 1965, several months after he begins teaching, he is challenged by, Wong Jack Man, a leadin Gung-Fu practitioner in the Chinatown Community. They agree: If Bruce looses, he will close his school and stop teaching Caucasians. Wong tries to put limitations on techniques. Bruce refuses "rules" and the two go no holds barred. Bruce begins to pound his opponent in only a couple of seconds. As Bruce is winning, Wong attempts to flee, but is caught by Bruce. Bruce begins to beat him on the ground. Students of the other teacher attempted to step in and help their teacher, James Lee, Bruce's good friend prevent this. Later he is bothered on why the fight took so long and begins to re-evaluate his style. He is determined that he is not in his top physical condition. Thus, the early concepts of Jeet Kune Do (JKD), "The art of the intercepting fist" is created. JKD is an art including techniques of all types of fighting. (i.e. American Boxing, Thai Kick Boxing, Japanese Karate, etc.) His style is no style.
Jet Li is one of my heros. He was born in Beijing and enrolled in the Beijing Amateur Sports School for wushu training at the age of eight. Li demonstrated the natural talent and perseverance required for wushu training. After three years of intensive instruction, Li won his first national championship for the Beijing Wushu Team. For the next four years, Li remained the All-Around National Wushu Champion. He was discovered for films by Director Hsin Yen and offered the starring role in the historical epic Shaolin Temple, about a young monk whose father is killed by the Emperor’s nephew. The film was an enormous success that spawned two sequels and propelled Li to instant stardom. Later he starred in one of my favorite films "The One".
Stephen Chow is one of my heros. He stared and directed Kung Fu Hustle, one of the best movies I have ever seen. His films often followed a similar template: portraying an underachiever who beats the odds or an arrogant overachiever who is humbled and learns a lesson. Kung Fu Hustle (2004) in February 2005 went on to surpass Shaolin Soccer as the highest grossing domestic movie in Hong Kong. He is the master of his destiny now to create the type of films that he wants to make!
Bobby Fischer is one of my heros. He won the world chess championship in Reykjavik in 1972. His remarkable defeat of Boris Spassky in the "chess match of the century" after a run of 20 consecutive tournament victories is still hailed as the longest winning streak in world chess. He had the highest rating in chess when he quit playing. His style of playing was never flashy for the sake of showing off. It was clean, logical, ruthless and efficient. It was beautiful, elegant and harmonious, because he played to win the game.
Jacques Cousteau is one of my heros. He made it possible for me to be a PADI scuba instructor today. Cousteau's invention of the Aqualung, in 1943, revolutionized diving. It allowed people to dive fairly deep into the sea for comparatively long periods of time with the ease of a fish. As a forerunner to our modern scuba gear (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), the Aqualung gave man the key to unlock the long-guarded mysteries of the sea.
John Kennedy is one of my heros. On August 2, 1943, Kennedy's boat, the PT-109, was cruising west of New Georgia (near the Solomon Islands) when it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy was thrown across the deck, injuring his already troubled back. Still, Kennedy somehow towed a wounded man three miles through the ocean, arriving on an island where his crew was subsequently rescued. For these actions, Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. In 1954, Kennedy supported racial integration and civil rights, and called the jailed Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s wife during the 1960 campaign, which drew much black support to his candidacy. In 1963 Kennedy proposed a tax reform that included income tax cuts, but this was not passed by the Congress until after his death in 1964. It is one of the largest tax cuts in modern U.S. history, surpassing the Reagan tax cut of 1981. Kennedy was eager for the United States to lead the way in the space race. The Soviet Union was ahead of the United States in its knowledge of space exploration and Kennedy was determined that the U.S. could catch up. He said, "No nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for space" and "We choose to go to the Moon and to do other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard". Kennedy asked Congress to approve more than twenty two billion dollars for Project Apollo, which had the goal of landing an American man on the Moon before the end of the decade. In 1969, six years after Kennedy's death, this goal was finally realized when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon.
Steve Jobs is one of my heros. He is the co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer and was the CEO of Pixar until their acquisition by Disney. He is considered to be a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. His work driving forward the development of products that are both functional and elegant has earned him a devoted cult following. Together with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Jobs helped popularize the concept of the personal computer in the late '70s. In the early '80s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of the mouse-driven GUI. If it were not for this man,...we may not all be on MySpace enjoying networking with friends. I look up to Steve Jobs cause he has vision and pursues excellence. He has made a difference in my life and others!!
Albert Einstein is one of my heros. He is quoted as saying "Concern for man himself must always constitute the chief objective of all technological effort -- concern for the big, unsolved problems of how to organize human work and the distribution of commodities in such a manner as to assure that the results of our scientific thinking may be a blessing to mankind, and not a curse. Intelligence does not rule the world,..CREATIVITY does"
Nicola Tesla is one of my heros. He was one of the most brilliant scientists of all time. In 1884, he sold all rights for his alternating current system to George Westinghouse. Tesla then established a laboratory where he created many inventions including a teleautomatic boat, a system of arc lighting that didn't require wire, and the invention that bears his name: "the Tesla Coil." The Tesla coil is a high-frequency induction coil that is still used for long-distance radio and television transmission. With age, Tesla became more eccentric and controversial and proposed many highly ambitious and controversial projects such as a world-wide communications system and a death ray.
