Episode #67 Interview With Quoc Bao Tran the Writer-Director of The Paper Tigers

*Note The audio starts rough on my mic, but it gets better.
Promise.


My guest this week is writer, director, and film editor Tran Quoc
Bao. His first directorial feature the Paper Tigers is one of my
favorite movies I saw this year. It is a hilarious and super fun
Kungfu comedy that is perfect for fans of Cobra Kai or No Retreat
No Surrender. I loved the hell out of the movie. I reached out to
Bao to let him know I loved the movie and he was kind enough to
come on the podcast. This is great because we had a fun
conversation about filmmaking, growing a first-generation
immigrant in Olympia Washington, Growing up making skate and
fight videos, making Paper Tigers, and the community that has
sprung up around the movie. It is a great movie, and this is a
fun and inspiring conversation.


There is lots of fun stuff here. Bao was mentored by master
action director Corey Yuen. He has written and directed a short
film called BOOKIE. His editing credits include CHO LON, one of
Southeast Asia’s highest-budgeted action blockbusters, and
JACKPOT, a heartfelt comedy selected as Vietnam’s official entry
to the 2016 Oscars for Best Foreign Film.


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