Getting To Know The Accomplishments Of Tony Kern

By Beryl Dalton


If you have a passion for film, making sure that you pursue this passion and not give out in this dream is very important. All too many times, people have these aspirations that they were hoping to achieve, yet they do not seem to have the necessary motivation to push them forward and to take the next steps to get it achieved. Faltering along the way is part of the process, but succeeding is never possible unless you try.

Many aspiring directors nowadays are always trying to come up with ways that they can showcase their art to the rest of the public, they want to be able to establish their creativity in the kinds of films that they are trying to produce. This is how American director based in Singapore Tony Kern pursue his passion. Now only is he an accomplished motion picture artist, he is a screen writer, as well as a film producer too.

Kern attended Gibsonburg High school when he was still in Ohio, United States. He was born in 1969. He then continued to attend Bowling Green State University and graduated from there. His exposure to the film world began when he was in Northwester University. From the years 1996 to 2002, he was a film editor which made his passion for the film industry even more cemented in the process.

He was involved with AOL-Time Warner from 2003 to 2005. During these years, he worked for the company as both an editor and producer. Afterward, he also was able to establish Mythopolis Pictures. This he established with Singaporean news presenter Genevieve Woo. Later on, he also established his own time lapse company, TK time lapse that specializes in time lapse footage.

The debut film he made was A Month of Hungry Ghosts. This was released in Singapore on August 7 of 2008. This feature was nominated as Best Film at the Singapore Film Awards. This was part of the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival. The second film he helmet was Afterimages. This was released on September 11, 2004 in Singapore. This is coproduced by Genevieve Woo.

The second film that he successfully directed, Afterimages, was successfully funded through crowd sourcing, as well as crowd funding. It is to be noted though that is was able to secure the Media Development Authority production assistance grant. In the Network of Asian Fantastic Films, an awards competition that took place in Busan, South Korea, the film's script bagged the award.

The accomplishments that he was able to establish over the short time that he has been involved in the film industry is enough proof that he does have the skills, the raw talent to come up with the right products. With the right materials to work on, making something worthy of watching on the screen is something he has the forte of. This is even so despite tight funds to utilize.

Many filmmakers today tend to forget the fact that they're making these productions not only for the sake of profit, but for the sake of their chosen art. Some tend to get their ideals be muddled by the desire to earn more. Still, there are the ones that have stayed true to what filmmakers should be- come up with those films that will provoke the thinking of the viewers and at the same time, entertain them too.




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