films + resume
stephanie crafts words and images together into film in playing primarily with super8, 8mm and HD. she also has extensive experience working with SD and analog video, and will be shooting her first film on 16mm this summer.
IMDB: STEPHANIE YANG and SYD YANG
FILMOGRAPHY:
WRITER/DIRECTOR
“wish you were here”
video art installation (looped projection)
Art Clash: Fun-A-Day
Gallery show, Jan 2009
“Dream”
short experimental
super8, miniDV and other found footage
2009
“New Bike”
short narrative experimental
super8
2008
Official Selection Frameline Film Festival 2009, San Francisco
Official Selection image + nation 2009, Montreal, QC
Official Selection Mix Milano 2010, Milan, Italy
“Pigeon Wings”
short experimental
miniDV
2008
Official Selection, APAture Festival 2008, San Francisco
“Water on Rock: the Asian Women’s Shelter”
short documentary
miniDV
2008
“Beach Time”
stop motion animated short
2008
“Forgiveness”
short narrative
HD and super8
2007
“Both/And”
short documentary
HD
2006
Official Selection for gallery show, Off the Wall at Galeria de la Raza, 2008
screened nationally
“A Promise Broken Is…”
short narrative experimental
HD
2006
“A Tiger’s Tale”
short narrative
miniDV
2004
screened nationally
“Mixed Messages”
short narrative
miniDV
2003
“Frogs and Flowers”
short narrative experimental
analog video
1993
GRIP/ELECTRIC/LIGHTING DESIGN (select productions)
“Lucha”, short narrative
DP: EllieAnn Fenton // Director: Hernan Cazares
Position: gaffer
“Inside West Coast Customs”, TV series // opening sequence, Discovery Channel, 2010
DP: Kara Stephens // Director: Rory McKellar
Position: gaffer
“Séance” – feature film, 2010
DP: John Tarver // Director: Alex Wright
Position: gaffer
“Cross Lines” – narrative short, 2010
DP: Jeff Peters // Director: Justin Duval
Position: gaffer
“Fly Away” – narrative feature, 2010
DP: Sandra Valde // Director: Janet Grillo
Position: best boy electric
“Tonight is the Night” – narrative short, 2010
DP: Alex Dillon // Director: Sati Kaur
Position: gaffer
“Slip Away” – narrative short, 2010
DP: Hilda Mercado // Director: TM Scarzofava
Position: gaffer
“Broken Mirrors” – narrative short, 2010
DP: Hilda Mercado // Director: TM Scarzofava
Position: gaffer
“Paradise Lost” – narrative short, 2010
DP: Hilary Elder // Director: Andrea Wheeler
Position: best boy electric
“Triple Standard” – narrative short, 2010
DP: Sandra Valde // Director: Branden Blinn
Position: best boy electric
“GirlTrash: All Night Long” – narrative feature, 2009/2010, in post-production
DP: Sandra Valde // Director: Alex Kondracke
Position: electric
“The Violent Kind” – narrative feature, 2009
DP: James Laxton // Directors: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores
Position: electric/grip
“On the Edge of Black and White” – feature documentary, 2008
DP://Director: Sean Laskey
Position: lighting technician
“Mechanics Daydream” – short narrative, HD, 2007
Director: Mary Guzman
Position: gaffer/lighting design
“Around June” – narrative feature, 2007
Director: James Savoca
Position: electric/grip
Nickel Tour Productions
corporate, independent film, new media
Position(s): gaffer, camera
Fog City Pictures
corporate, independent film
Position: gaffer
Left Coast Productions
corporate
Position: gaffer
Jog9 Productions
music videos
Position: lighting assistant/electric
Fulcrum Film
corporate, industrials
Position: gaffer
Amerigo Films
corporate, commercial
Position: gaffer
CAMERA
“Getting Off” – short narrative, HD 2009
Directors: Jeanette Aguilar, Meliza Banales
“Worst Case Scenario – Butch Edition” – short narrative, super8, 2006
Director: Mary Guzmán
“Worst Case Scenario – Femme Edition” – short narrative, super8, 2008
Director: Mary Guzmán
“Without Fail” – short narrative, miniDV, 2004
Director: Kristin Wygal
“Between the Lines” – short narrative, miniDV, 2004
Director: Laurie Koh
VG Productions
corporate, independent film
Position: camera
EDUCATION
SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF DIGITAL FILMMAKING, San Francisco, CA
Film Directing, Editing and Production, April 2007
TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA
Master of Arts in French Literature, May 1998
Areas of Concentration: 19th and 20th Centuries, Film Theory
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA at LOS ANGELES, CA
Bachelor of Arts in French Literature, June 1994
Cum Laude
GOETHE INSTITUT, Freiburg, GERMANY
German Language Studies Certificate, December 1991
if you are interested in screening any of the films or hiring me for crew/teaching positions, I can be reached at:
bunnystar23 (at) gmail . com
