Objectifs Residency & Lab for Photography and FilmObjectifs is proud to announce our filmmakers-in-residence:
- Victric Thng, Singapore
- David Schmoeller, USA
- Grace Lee. USA
Victric Thng
A graduate of Temasek Polytechnic, Victric’s short films have been well received at both local and international film festivals. He is most known for his experimental narrative work.
“Lamentation” won 2nd prize at the SAE Digital Short Film Competition and was selected as a finalist for the Asian New Force Category in the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards, while another short film “Locust” received the Renault Samsung Award at the Pusan Asian Short Film Festival 2004. In 2005, his film “Closer Apart” took 2nd Prize (Professional Category) at the Panasonic-MDA Digital Film Fiesta in Singapore. In 2006, Victric was selected to enter the prestigious Asian Film Academy in Pusan, Korea and was also a finalist for the Panasonic-MDA Digital Film Fiesta 2006 to shoot a short film on HD format.
Victric will be producing a series of experimental short films during his residency.
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David Schmoeller
David Schmoeller has written over fifty screenplays and directed nine feature films as well as programmes for television. He began his career as a young playwright and was awarded the Texas Good Neighbour Scholarship for studies in Mexico where he mentored under the legendary Luis Bunuel. David later returned to Texas to complete a Masters in Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas where his thesis film received an Academy Award Student Film Nomination in 1974. In 1994, Schmoeller founded The Directors’ Workshop, an organization that sponsors a variety of events and workshops exposing the work of professional directors such as Joel Schumacher and Ron Underwood. His recent feature film, “Mysterious Museum”, a children’s film, was shot in Romania and New Orleans. Currently David is an Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he is also founder and director of the UNLV Short Film Archive. His next feature. “Summer Love” is a teenage love story set in Cuba. David is also currently writing a book on directing.
David will be directing a short film during his residency.
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Grace Lee
A graduate from UCLA, Grace holds a Master of Fine Arts in Film Directing and Production. Her short film, “Barrier Device”, which starred Sandra Oh, received a Student Academy Award and a Directors Guild of America Student Award. In 2005, she made a feature documentary called “The Grace Lee Project” which went on to win the Rockerfeller Foundation Media Arts Grant, Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Digital Media and the Emerging Director Award at the Asian American International Film Festival. Grace is also a recipient of the Pusan Prize for “Smells Like Butter” from the Pusan Promotion Plan and has produced the independent feature film, “Alcatraz Avenue” directed by Tom Edgar in 2000. She has given several lectures and talks on independent producing and ethnocommunications at universities and art centres.
Grace will be developing a feature film script during her residency.
