Teddy Zee

Teddy Zee
Occupation Producer
Website http://www.teddyzee.com/
Teddy Zee
Traditional Chinese 徐俠昌
Simplified Chinese 徐侠昌

Teddy Zee is one of the most visible champions of Asians in Hollywood. The films Zee produced and supervised have amassed over $2.5 billion in revenue. He served as Executive Vice President at Columbia Pictures, Senior Vice President at Paramount Pictures, President of Sony-based Overbrook Films, President of Fox-based Davis Entertainment, and now under the banner of Teddy Zee Productions. In addition to film and entertainment, Zee has built an active consulting and advisory practice that spans media, technology and commerce while bridging Hollywood with China and Asia.

Zee serves as Consultant for Novitaz, a company with patented software that enables in-store ad networks for retailers; Advisor for Channel Factory, an ad tech start-up that helps brands and content owners reach, build and engage target audiences; Advisor for ThinOptics, a startup that delivers lightweight and durable reading glasses that store on the back of smartphone cases; Advisor for mobile app template developer Veam; Advisor for Ooyala, a leading online video platform company acquired by Telstra; and Mentor/Advisor for startups associated with the Korean incubator SparkLabs. Zee served as Head of Creative, Mobile Technologies Division for Rambus. They acquired Silicon Valley interactive media start-up Mozaik Multimedia, where Zee held the post of Chief Creative Officer.

Zee was Executive Producer of The Pursuit of Happyness, a Columbia Pictures film starring Will Smith. The film has earned $300 million in worldwide ticket sales. Zee produced West 32nd, a CJ Entertainment film starring John Cho, Grace Park and Jeong Jun-Ho. It was one of 18 films selected for World Narrative Competition at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2005, Zee produced Hitch, a Columbia Pictures release starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes and Kevin James that earned over $365 million in worldwide ticket sales. He also produced Saving Face starring Joan Chen, official selections of the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals. It won the 2005 Golden Horse Audience Award, Taiwan's Oscar equivalent. Previously, as President of Davis Entertainment, Zee was the Executive Producer of Life or Something Like It, a New Regency release starring Angelina Jolie.

Zee is the Executive Producer of the annual Asian Excellence Awards broadcast on E! and AZN-TV to 100 million homes in the US. He also was the Executive Producer of the talk show DIM SUM WITH TEDDY ZEE and IVY DREAMS, a documentary that follows four Asian-American high school seniors pursuing Ivy League college admissions. Both were for AZN-TV. Zee executed produced Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, a computer animated, 3D, large format movie that for Taiwan's Digimax. The film was made in cooperation with NASA and Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).

As Executive Vice President of Production at Columbia Pictures, Zee oversaw such films as Charlie's Angels, The Replacement Killers, Anaconda, Fools Rush In, The Devil's Own, The Cable Guy, First Knight, My Girl, Mo' Money, Hero, and Sleepwalkers. He championed Chow Yun Fat's Hollywood debut. His project Charlie's Angels was a feature film springboard for Lucy Liu. He worked with Hong Kong filmmakers John Woo, Stephen Chow and Ringo Lam. As Senior VP of Productions at Paramount Pictures, he shepherded such films as Indecent Proposal, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Cousins and The Presidio.

Zee has an M.B.A. from Harvard University and a B.S. from Cornell University. He is a longtime member of AMPAS (the Executive branch of the Academy Awards), a former member of the Executive Board of the Asian American Policy Review at Harvard's JFK School of Government, a board member of Coalition for Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE), a member of the Producers Guild of America and a member of the Television Academy and a board member of Koreatown Youth + Community Center in Los Angeles.

The Asian Professional Exchange (APEX) honored Zee with the 2007 Award for Excellence in the Arts and Entertainment and KCET, PBS' Los Angeles affiliate named him "Local Hero" in 2005 for his contributions to the Asian American community. Goldsea, the Asian American Supersite, recognized his efforts in creating positive film roles for Asian actors in Hollywood by placing him No. 54 on "The 120 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".[1]

In 2010, under the Teddy Zee Productions banner, Zee produced a series of charity PSA videos alongside Don Le, George Wang, Adrian Zaw, and APEX and invitation-only social network Privy.net founder Stephen Liu.[2] He executive produced the 20+ clips that featured Asian American celebrities like John Cho, Sandra Oh, Kaba Modern Legacy, Justin Chon, David Choi, and 100+ talents in a campaign to win $1 million for the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF).[3][4] The charity ended up in the top 20 out of 100 charities competing for the top prize, and ended up creating awareness for the widespread but generally unspoken issues of sexual assault and domestic violence.[5] |[6] |[7] |[8] In September 2010, he also served as Executive Producer for the video coverage on the first ever AAPI Rock the Vote 2010 campaign with doctor Paul Song, Roy Choi, George Wang, Don Le, and Adrian Zaw.[9] In May 2012, Zee produced an interactive news magazine show called MashBox for Asian American cable network Myx TV.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "The 120 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ http://www.sixthreesix.org/gossips/cpaf-international-psa-celebrities-united-against-violence.html
  4. ↑ Silver, Curtis (January 19, 2010). "Twilight Star Justin Chon Talks Charity, Eclipse". Wired.
  5. ↑ "Youtube All Stars United Against Violence". 8Asians. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  6. ↑ "CPAF Press Kit". Teddy Zee. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Asian Celebrities Are United Against Violence". AllKPop. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ "LAST DAY – Vote for CPAF NOW – make a difference!". AllKPop. January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  9. ↑ http://iamkoream.com/author/kai/
  10. ↑ "MashBox premieres on Myx TV". Angry Asian Man. May 23, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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