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Film Salon and Industry Conversations
Guest Profile of the International Forum on Film Sound Creation
1. Jeff Kleiser, famous Hollywood master of special effects, vice chairman of Visual Effects Society and one of the judges of Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
Films with Jeff as the visual effects director include: Stargate, Genesis, Judge Dredd, Clear and Present Danger, X-Men, Fantastic Four and The Mask 2: Son of the Mask etc.
2. Nathan Wang, well-known Hollywood ethnic Chinese composer and film scorer. As the best Emmy Awards arranger, Professor Nathan Wang graduated from University of Oxford and granted the Dramalogue Award for best music and sound effects for seven times.
Nathan Wang’s original music has been used in more than 80 film works and he has also composed for Hollywood super famous director Stephen Spielberg in his documentaries, cartoons, operas and symphonies. The film score fields he has involved include television, films, operas and dramas. He is one of the few film scorers who take an active role both in Hollywood and Chinese film markets. In recent years, invited by the Chinese film industry, Wang has made his original music in such films as Detective China Town, Brotherhood of Blades, Guns and Roses as well as No Man’s Land.
3. Roc Chen, famous Chinese composer for film and television music, music producer
Master Works: original music score in 3D animation film Qin’s Moon and the documentary A Bite of China
In recent years, achievements Roc Chen has made in film and television music in the mainland have also attracted the attention of Hollywood film industry. As a result, Dreamworks has hired him as the Chinese music consultant for the film Kung Fu Panda 3 and he has also engaged in the film music production process for this film.
The Rockman Studio founded and owned by Roc Chen is well-known in China for the production of film and television music as well as video game music. More than 150 programs have been accomplished in his studio including the Hollywood independently-produced Eyeborgs, Kissinthe Ancient Castle that has been produced by the US and China as well as theater-chain films including Chinese Zodiac, The Old Cinderella, Legendary Amazons and All About Women since it was established, of which music scores of programs by many famous directors both at home and abroad and well-known game developers as well as films independently produced by Hollywood are included.
4. Tom Marks, master for sound mixing
Tom Marks has engaged in the sound mixing of 156 film and television programs. He was granted the Indian Movie Producer Association Award Apsara Award for best recording in 2009.
Tom Marks has once worked in Warner Bros. He has founded his own sound production studio- BLACKROCK AUDIO in Los Angeles.
Well-known Works:
The Resident in 2011
In Search of A Midnight Kiss in 2007
Vishwaroopam in 2013
Draftday in 2014
Shameless in 2011
Longmire in 2012
