Festival Talk: Filmmaking in the Bay Area and “Dìdi (弟弟)”
Biographies
Among Fremont native Sean Wang‘s films is his latest short Nai Nai and Wài Pó (Festival 2023), which was nominated for a Best Documentary Short Film Academy Award®. His debut feature, Dìdi, won the Sundance Film Festival’s US Dramatic audience award and a US Special Jury Award for its ensemble. It is the recipient of support from SFFILM Rainin Grant, SFFILM Invest, and SFFILM Dolby Institute Fellowship.
Reinaldo Marcus Green is a writer, director and producer. He most recently directed and wrote Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love, which premiered on February 14. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, the film garnered a whopping $146 million worldwide and debuted number one at the box office. Green is best known for directing the critically acclaimed Warner Bros. film King Richard starring Will Smith. Green helmed the film, which was named one of the Top 10 Films of the Year by both AFI and the National Board of Review and earned many accolades, including six Academy Awards nominations including Best Picture, four Golden Globes nominations and four BAFTA nominations. The film earned Smith his first Oscar win for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to his Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG wins.
