Bios

Tran Quoc Bao Writer, Director

Nick Risinger Producer

Media and Articles

• Thirteen Minutes "Concise, Precise, and a Persistence of Vision" - Issue #3 Fall 06

• International Examiner "Bao Tran persists in his vision for BOOKIE" - 09.08.07

• 2008 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival "Nominated for the Golden Reel Best Short Award" - 04.27.08

• OnScreen Magazine "Bold Ante: Tran Quoc Bao digs deep into Seattle's past for BOOKIE" - 05.08

• Asia Pacific Arts "Filmic Ode to Music: Tran Quoc Bao's BOOKIE and Jerry Chan's DJ:LA" - 09.08

• 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival "Interview with BOOKIE Filmmaker" - 10.08

• Beloit Daily News "BIFFY awards honor top films" - 02.09

• Twitch Film "Watch Bao Tran's Short Film BOOKIE!" - 08.27.09

• Cinencuentro "'BOOKIE', un film noir de 18 minutos" - 08.27.09

• "SIFF Fly Films" - Seattle City Arts Magazine 5.09

• "Battling Through SIFF 2009's 'Fly Filmmaking Challenge'" - Film Threat 8.03.09

• Seattle Magazine "2009 Spotlight Award Winner: Filmmaker Bao Tran" - 09.09

• Aric with an A "the friday cinco 9 - bao tran [movie maker]" - 04.14.10

• Twitch Film "A little gem of a film...flawlessly realized" - 10.22.07

• JimmyO "It's a beautiful thing to see something like this, a damn fine watch." - 01.11.08

• Blogcritics "Remarkable! Its pacing is perfect, and its timing elegant...not a wasted moment." - 02.16.08

• Film Threat "Stands out from minute one...expert look and feel sucks you into 1963." - 02.20.08

• Entertainmentopia "Impressive technical work, a beautiful blend of music and cinematography" - 02.25.08

• Rogue Cinema "Four out of four cigars...a fun movie that leaves you wanting more." - 03.01.08

• Cinema Crazed "Clever writing paired with tight performances" - 03.01.08

• The Spinning Image "A very fine work of promise with a sweet romantic side" - 03.10.08

• Angry Asian Man "One of my favorite shorts on this year's film festival circuit." - 07.23.08

• Hyphen Blog "Really elegant work" - 08.12.08

• JustPressPlay "Recalls early Scorsese/Spike Lee...very precisely executed." - 09.01.09

• Cinema Crazed "One of the sharper short thrillers I've seen in a while."

• Rogue Cinema "Highly entertaining and fraught with tension."