deeprootfilm
Brian Oh
I make films. I take photographs. I write songs.
Education
BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2009
emphasis on film, video and new media / photography
Award and Grants
2009 Best Arthouse Feature Film for Perhaps, somewhere, New York International Independent Film, Video Festival, NY
Official Selection for Perhaps, Somewhere, INDIEFEST!, 2009 Celebration, FL
2008 Official Selection for The Fish with Two Legs, 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Winner of the 3rd Annual Juried Photography Exhibit for Photograph 'Smoker', Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006-2009 SAIC Recognition Merit Scholarship, Chicago, IL
Screenings and Exhibition
2009 Perhaps, Somewhere - New York International Independent Film, Video Festival, Village East Cinema, New York, NY
Perhaps, Somewhere - SAIC Time Arts Event, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
The Fish with Two Legs - Experimental ExTV CANtv, Chicago, IL
The Fish with Two Legs - Undergraduate Film/Video Festival, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2008 The Fish with Two Legs - 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
The Box and The Camera - Currents, Screening of Films and Videos by Half Elephant, Singapore
Y - Undergraduate Film/Video Festival, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Group Photography Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
3rd Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Middle East by Middle East, Film and Video Showcase (curating), Busker, Chicago, IL
2004 Un_forget_t_able (photography), Hong-Dae Street Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
Publication
2009 Photographs of APTA Rail conference - Passenger Transport (June 22) American Public Transportation Association
2008 Photograph 'Smoker' - Time Out chicago, Critic's picks, August 21-27
Photograph 'Smoker' - Chicago Reader, Gallery & Museum section, August 14
Technical Skills
Film Production Skill : Camera operating - HDV (Panasonic HVX200A), DV (Canon GL), 16mm (Bolex, ARRI), Super 8mm
Basic knowledge of production(Grip, Gaffer, Lighting, Boom operating)
Software : Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, After Effects), DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Logic Pro
Photography Skill : DSLR, SLR, 35mm, B&W printing, C-prints, Imacon drum scanning
Musical Skill : Sound Recording (Device 722), Composing, MIDI, playing Violin, Piano, Drum, Guitar
Film Experiences
Directing
2009 Perhaps, Somewhere (87 min, HDV)
2008 The Box and The Camera (7 min, 16mm B&W)
Y (11 min, 16mm Color)
2007 The Fish with Two Legs (9 min, 16mm B&W)
Wired (5min, 16mm Color)
Her Need (4min, Video)
Red Thing (3min, Video)
Hand (3min, Video)
2006 Claustrophobia (3min, Video)
And = End (9min, Video)
Obsession (5min, Video)
Thrum (4min, 16mm B&W)
Cinematography
2010 Saturday, Jonathan Bonelli Film
Snow Story (working title), Sabina Kurz Film
Subway Symphony, William Johnson Project (Work-in-progress)
2009 Out of the Silence, Ice Water Pictures
Perhaps, Somewhere, Deeprootfilm Productions
2008 Photograph, Jonah Rubash Film
Ennem, Eman Nader Film
Illness in the Family, Ebony Coward Film
In Need, Ebony Coward Film
2006 Here Comes the Dreamer, Sang-Ah Jang Film
Editor
2009 I AM, Kaleng Ko Film
The Beautiful People, Coincidence Films
Assistant Editor
2009 American Promises, Rada Film
Gaffer
2009 Murder Dance, Ruby Red Film
Sound
2009 Mind Dance, Ya-Ting Hsu Film
2008 How I learned to Fly, Kaleng Ko Film
The Book, Angela Kim Film
Production Assistant
2008 Big Deahl, Chicago, IL (food commercial company)
2007 Backstar Creative Media, Chicago, IL (multimedia assisting)
Best Wishes, Kaleng Ko Film
Vigilante, Jonah Rubash Film
Nowhere Island, Ya-Ting Hsu Film
Was Mt. Fuji really there?, Misa Lee Film
Actor
2008 The Visiting, Tulapop Saenjaroen Film
