Jennifer Thym is an American writer, film director and producer currently based in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. Thym's award winning films include "Bloodtraffic" and "Jasmine".
Early life
Thym was born in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
, New York. Thym is of Cantonese and Taiwanese heritage. Thym grew up in the rural South in U.S.
Career
Under her banner RockGinger, Thym has written, directed and produced a short film entitled "Bloodtraffick" starring
Grace Huang and Kirt Kishita. The film won a "Best Actress" award for
Grace Huang at the
HollyShorts Film Festival
The HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual Academy Awards-qualifying independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California.
History
Founded in 2005, the yearly festival programmes feature an eclectic mixture of short films of various ge ...
, received Best Short Film, Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards at the Salty Horror International Film Festival, an excellence in directing, cinematography and original screenplay at the Stiletto Film Fest, Best Cinematography at the Viscera Film Festival, and has screened at film festivals such as the
San Diego Asian Film Festival
The San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) is an annual film festival in San Diego
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, the
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, the Gen Con Indy Film Festivala, the
Action On Film International Film Festival and more.
A feature film produced by Thym and directed by Dax Phelan entitled ''Jasmine'' was released in 2011, is set in Hong Kong and which also stars
Jason Tobin,
Grace Huang,
Eugenia Yuan
Eugenia Yuan is an American actress and former rhythmic gymnast who has won a Hong Kong Film Award.
Early life
On January 22, 1976, Yuan was born in Inglewood, California, Inglewood, Los Angeles county, California. Yuan's mother is Cheng Pei ...
,
Sarah Lian and
Byron Mann.
Web series
Thym has also directed, written and created an award-winning and nominated web series, ''Lumina.'' The web series has also been nominated for best editing from the
Webby Awards
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as well as best cinematography from the
Streamy Awards
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, and best directing and writing nominations for Thym from the Indie Soap Awards and best actor nominations for Michael Chan and
JuJu Chan from the American Soap World Awards.
Thym has also directed, written and created a comedy web series entitled ''Mister French Taste'' starring
Osric Chau,
Sarah Lian and Oliver Malet. With over 1.4 million views worldwide, ''Mister French Taste'' takes a hilarious look at the practice of etiquette coaching in Hong Kong.
Filmography
Film
* 2015 Jasmine
Television
* 2009 Lumina - as writer, director, producer.
* 2012 Mister French Taste. Season 1 episode "Chateau Decadence" - as director.
References
External links
*
Jen Thym on TwitterRock Ginger Official Site
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Hong Kong film directors
Hong Kong film producers
Hong Kong women artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Hong Kong women film directors