Michael Kang(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Michael Kang is a Korean American filmmaker based in New York. He was
born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island but has been in New York
since attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts' Dramatic
Writing Program where he was a Founder's Day Honors Scholar. His
feature film directorial debut The Motel (2005) which was produced by Indie
veteran director Miguel Arteta premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in
January 2005. "The Motel" is the recipient of the Humanitas Prize as
well as Best Narrative Feature from the San Francisco International
Asian American Film Festival 2005 and The Best Dramatic Narrative
Feature Award from the San Diego Asian Film Festival 2005. The film was
also awarded the 2003 Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award. In
addition, Michael was a fellow at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in 2002.
He also received the 2002 Geri Ashur Award in screen writing through
the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 2001, he won the 24th Annual
Asian American International Film Festival screenplay competition. His
short film A Waiter Tomorrow (1998) received both the FilmCore Post-Production Grant
1998 and the Freaky Film Festival Audience Choice Award 1999. His film
_Japanese Cowboy (2000 short)_ was a co-recipient of the Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant
1999 and the Special Jury Prize at Film Fest New Haven 2000. Michael
worked as second unit director for Wayne Wang on the film, Because of Winn-Dixie (2005) (where
he got to direct a live bear).