Tell about yourself and your background! *
I have been a filmmaker since 1998, I also have been a trained martial artist from family styled system since a kid. A native Clevelander raised in Central America, Johnny K. Wu is, a veteran award-winning producer, director, editor (over 22 years) with an MBA (from Cleveland State University) specialization in branding. Fluent in Chinese, Spanish and English, Johnny is well known and respected within the Asian Pacific American community in Ohio, he is one of the co-founder of the Cleveland Asian Festival, as well as recognized by ethnic cultural groups as the Producer for Cleveland Cultural Gardens’ One World Day since 2015 (over 35 years in event producing).Wu is one of the few pioneers in engaging talents/skills in Cleveland’s independent filmmakers’ industry. In October 2003, he founded the monthly Cleveland IndieClub to provide a voice for local visual artists to showcase their work and visions, IndieClub was a national movement with meet up at numerous cities, and Cleveland is now the oldest running group. Owner of Media Design Imaging (mdifilm.com), Johnny has been working providing video and event producing to corporates and independent filmmaking community since 1998. He also has numerous feature films successfully distributed worldwide since 2005. He has given workshops and talk about filmmaking, marketing, producing and distribution at several conventions including Wizard World Cleveland for 5 years, Horror Hotel Film Festival and Convention (since its inception), IndieGathering Film Festival and Convention for over 10 years, and at CES and NAB in Las Vegas. Recently due to the Covid-19 restrictions, he has started a weekly live chat interview with filmmakers on his YouTube channel (youtube.com/mdifilm)Johnny’s latest feature Wu Lin The Society, a scifi action film is now completed and signed for distribution. He is currently production of a documentary about Chinese Americans in Cleveland and pre-production of several short films. His spare time, he loves to watch movies, eat different cuisines and sleep. Wu currently sits as an executive board member of St. Clair Superior Development Corp, member of the International Task Force for Cleveland Museum of Art, WKYC Community Council Member, City of Cleveland Consumer Affairs Community Board, VP of Organizations Relation for OCA Cleveland Chapter, to name a few. He is an inductee to two Martial Arts Hall of Fames, and an inductee of the International Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
What inspired you to become a stunt performer?
not a stunt performer, but more a fight choreographer and director, so by knowing how to fight it helps me understand how to edit correction
Anything else you'd like to tell the community about?
As a filmmaker, it's always good to know a bit of everything so you understand particularly how it works, for example, knowing a bit of editing helps you become less 'spending time on takes' but more understand how to 'edit it together'.
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Please include any links to stunt reels or videos you'd like to share!
Here's the trailer of our latest feature film now on VOD. https://youtu.be/AqqCOhpx11Y
