Eric Byler (born January 15, 1972) is an American film director , screenwriter and political activist .
21-456: Byler is name of Swiss-German origin and may refer to: Eric Byler (born 1972), an American film director, screenwriter and political activist Byler Road , the oldest public road in Alabama still in use today Byler Amish , an Amish subgroup, founded in 1849 Bankston, Alabama , formerly called Byler See also [ edit ] Beiler ,
42-786: A Best Supporting Actress award for Jacqueline Kim . The film was called "fascinating and illuminating" by film critic Roger Ebert , and won the Audience Award at South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), the Special Jury Award at the Florida Film Festival, and the Best Dramatic Feature at the San Diego Asian Film Festival . The film was distributed theatrically by Visionbox Media and Small Planet Pictures before being released on DVD. Byler's second feature
63-525: A Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast, which includes Chris Tashima , Allison Sie, Joan Chen and Kelly Hu . It was acquired by IFC First Take . He also directed the PBS / ITVS Television pilot , My Life Disoriented which starred Karin Anna Cheung . His fourth feature film, 9500 Liberty (co-directed with Annabel Park ), was a documentary about immigration and politics. "9500 Liberty" won
84-594: A half-hour television special for PBS , produced by Lisa Onodera , which received a Regional Emmy Nomination from the NATAS San Francisco/Northern California Chapter, in the category of Historical/Cultural — Program/Special. His stage directing credits include the world premiere of Dan Kwong 's Be Like Water produced by East West Players, in association with Cedar Grove OnStage, in September 2008. He has directed several shows with
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126-408: Is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage . Tashima directed, co-wrote, and starred in the 26-minute film Visas and Virtue for which he and producer Chris Donahue won the 1998 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film . Tashima was born on
147-687: Is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America . In the fall of 2006, Byler volunteered in the Virginia U.S. Senate election . In response to incumbent Senator George Allen 's use of the term " Macaca " on the campaign trail, referring to an Indian American student from the University of Virginia , Byler and others formed "Real Virginians for Webb", a group that campaigned for Allen's Democratic opponent, Jim Webb , among
168-417: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Eric Byler Byler identifies as hapa biracial , born to a Chinese American mother and a white American father. He grew up in Virginia , Hawaii (where he attended Moanalua High School ), and California . He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1994, majoring in film. He recently returned to
189-819: Is the son of U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima . He currently resides in Los Angeles, California . Tashima stars as the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen in Eric Byler 's Americanese , an unreleased feature from IFC First Take . The film won two awards after its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival , including a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast . He has also appeared in Sherwood Hu 's Lani Loa - The Passage (1998) with Angus Macfadyen , and Rea Tajiri 's Strawberry Fields (1997) with Suzy Nakamura . He starred opposite Tamlyn Tomita in
210-619: The Coffee Party USA . Byler directed and edited the "How we Started" video for Coffee Party USA, the "National Kick-off" video, and other videos that appear on the Coffee Party YouTube channel. Coffee Party USA is coalition that began with a fan page on Facebook. Byler also is a content producer for the interactive documentary "2010 Okinawa" exploring the controversy over U.S. bases in Okinawa. In 2013, Byler and Park teamed up on
231-787: The East Coast , while his father ( Judge A. Wallace Tashima ) attended Harvard Law School , but grew up in California. He lived in Pasadena , where he began Suzuki Method violin at age 6. His family moved to Berkeley , where he lived for nine years, attending The College Preparatory School . He returned to Southern California, graduating from John Marshall High School (1978). He attended UC Santa Cruz ( Porter College ), where he studied film production. He also attended UCLA , and took additional filmmaking courses at Visual Communications (VC) . He started his acting career at East West Players in 1985. He
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#1732854704740252-739: The Grateful Crane Ensemble , including the world premiere of Soji Kashiwagi 's Nihonmachi : The Place To Be , presented in San Francisco in 2006. Tashima is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , in the Short Films Branch, and was elected Branch Governor in June, 2024. He belongs to the Directors Guild of America , Screen Actors Guild , American Federation of Television and Radio Artists , Actors' Equity Association and
273-458: The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society . He is also a stage set designer . He won a 1995 Ovation Award for Best Set Design in a Smaller Theater, for Sweeney Todd , and a 1992 Drama-Logue Award for Scenic Design (shared with Christopher Komuro) for Into The Woods , both at East West Players. Tashima served as producer of the 1990 world premiere of Maui, December 7, 1941 ,
294-995: The 1995 AFI short, Requiem , directed by actress Elizabeth Sung . Tashima also played the real-life historical figure, journalist and civil rights advocate Sei Fujii in George Shaw 's and Jeffrey Gee Chin's short film, Lil Tokyo Reporter . He also played GameKeeper (Mr. Chan) in the film RPG . His stage credits include originating roles in Ken Narasaki 's No-No Boy , Chay Yew ’s A Language of Their Own ( LA Weekly Theater Award for Ensemble Performance , shared with Noel Alumit , Anthony David and Dennis Dun ) at Celebration Theatre , Laurence Yep 's Dragonwings at Berkeley Repertory Theatre – on Tour and at Zellerbach Playhouse , (reprised at Intiman Playhouse by Seattle Children's Theatre , Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, and Syracuse Stage ), Tim Toyama 's Visas and Virtue , at
315-405: The 2008 presidential primaries , Byler volunteered as co-director (along with Warren Fu) of a music video of a song written and performed by artist Andres Useche , entitled " Si Se Puede Cambiar ", in support of Barack Obama . The video was released on YouTube on February 22, 2008, and was viewed more than half a million times. In February 2010, Byler and his partner Annabel Park co-founded
336-600: The Breakthrough Filmmaker Award at the 2010 Phoenix Film Festival, the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Charlotte Film Festival, and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 St. Louis International Film Festival. Byler and Park are currently in post-production on a second documentary feature film Story of America: Journey Into the Divide about voting rights, politics, and race relations. Byler
357-577: The Road Theatre Company, and Wakako Yamauchi 's The Memento at East West Players. Tashima won an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film with producer Chris Donahue , for Visas and Virtue (1997), which he directed, co-wrote (adapting the one-act play by Toyama), and starred in. To produce Visas and Virtue , he co-founded Cedar Grove Productions in 1996, with Toyama and Donahue. Tashima directed, co-wrote and acted in Day of Independence (2003),
378-666: The United States from Australia . Byler's senior thesis film, Kenji's Faith , premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995, went on to win six film festival awards, and was a regional finalist in the Student Academy Awards . His first feature film, Charlotte Sometimes was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards in 2003, including the John Cassavetes Award for Best Feature under $ 500,000, and
399-642: The state's Asian and Pacific Islander voters. The Democratic National Committee said that outreach efforts to these voters played a major role in Webb's victory, which he won by less than 9,000 votes. In 2007, Byler volunteered and created YouTube videos for the "121 Coalition", a national grassroots organization that advocated passage of House Resolution 121 , urging the Japanese government to acknowledge and apologize for military rape camps ( comfort women ) during World War II . The resolution passed on July 30, 2007. During
420-656: The web series Story of America (StoryofAmerica.org) which helped to launch both the Moral Monday movement and the "Walking Mayor" Adam O'Neal and the fight for rural healthcare (SaveourHospital.org). In 2015, Byler and comedian Will Rice launched the satirical news channel, One Percent News (OnePercentNews.com) based in Washington, DC. Chris Tashima Regional – Northern California Area Historical / Cultural – Program / Special Nominated 2006: Day of Independence Christopher Inadomi Tashima (born March 24, 1960)
441-503: Was the Charlotte Sometimes quasi-sequel, TRE which won the Special Jury Award at the 2007 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival . TRE was distributed in theaters and on DVD (May 6, 2008) by Cinema Libre Studio. His third feature, Americanese , was an adaptation of Shawn Wong 's seminal Asian American novel, " American Knees ." It won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW, in addition to
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