Members - Class No5

Thomas Yong

Producer

Scharlingsvej 20, st. tv, 2500 Valby
Tlf: (+45) 61 60 41 87



Thomas Yong was born in Seoul, but grew up in Denmark. After studying at Tel Aviv University, he returned to Denmark where he worked for TDC for a number of years. After earning his graduate degree in International Business at Copenhagen Business School, Thomas moved to New York. In New York he founded Shouting Cow Productions - an independent film and TV production company. And with Shouting Cow Productions, Thomas produced a number of short films and TV projects.

It was also in New York, where Thomas produced his first feature film TIE A YELLOW RIBBON directed by Joy Dietrich which later won 4 awards for Best Film at international film festivals and was shown at over 30 international film festivals.

When Thomas returned to Denmark in 2008, he continued to produce and produced the short film A CHILD. When he got accepted as a producer at Super16, he produced both YOU’RE THE BEST directed by Ask Hasselbalch and MEGAHEAVY directed by Fenar Ahmad.

MEGAHEAVY won a Robert award for Best Short Fiction and was also selected for the Generation 14plus competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.

At present Thomas is working on his thesis film with Ask Hasselbalch, and develops several feature films projects for his Shouting Cow Productions.

Thomas Yong’s Filmography (selected films):

2009  MEGAHEAVY (short film, 19min, 35mm)

      - Berlin Internationale Film Festival, Generation 14Plus 2010

      - Robert award Best Short Fiction, 2010

2009  EN SIKKER VINDER aka YOU’RE THE BEST (short film, 13min,

      HDCAM)

2009  ET BARN aka A CHILD (short film, 38min, DV)

2007  TIE A YELLOW RIBBON (feature film, 86min, HDCAM)

      - 4 Best Film awards at international film festivals

      - Official Selection at over 30 international film festivals

2006  THE WILLIAMSBURGERS (TV pilot, 25min, DV)

2005  COLOR OF A DOUBT: AN URBAN FABLE (short film, 18min,  DV)

2004  BASIC EMOTIONS (short film, 30min, DV)

      - Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2004

2004  DIAGNOSIS (short film, 4min, DV) – associate producer

2004  HOPSCOTCH (short film, 7min, DV) – associate producer

      - Hamptons International Film Festival 2004

2004 THE GOOD LIFE (short film, 14min, DV) – associate producer