William Hsieh

Películas

A Father's Son
Sound Designer
A Father’s Son is story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series featuring NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early '90s when local street gangs terrorized Manhattan’s Chinatown, our story centers on Detective Jack Yu investigating the murder of a teenage boy involved in a turf war. Amidst the broad distrust and racial divide between the Chinatown community and NYPD, our lone lawman searches for a nondescript immigrant family to deliver a shattering message that also brings forth his own conflicted relationship with Jack’s father.
Sometime Other Than Now
Supervising Sound Editor
Sam, quien después de que su motocicleta resultase dañada en un aparente choque en el océano, queda varado en un pequeño pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra. Allí encuentra refugio en un motel en ruinas administrado por Kate, un alma perdida igualmente quemada. El misterio en torno a la presencia de Sam en la ciudad se desvela cuando se descubre que su hija Audrey, de la que está separado, vive allí, la hija a la que no ha visto en 25 años. Mientras intenta cerrar la brecha entre la niña que dejó hace mucho tiempo y la mujer que creció sin su padre, Sam descubre que nunca fue hecho para estar conectado emocionalmente con nadie, a menos que se enamore de otra alma al igual que solitaria.
Turtle Rock
Sound Designer
Filmed in beautiful black and white, this slow cinema piece spends four seasons with a family in Turtle Rock, a remote village in China named after a local rock formation that resembles a giant turtle. For nearly a century now, the village has been home to just seven families who have only four surnames. They once moved to this mountainous region fleeing war, and have eked out a simple life there ever since. Filmmaker Xiao Xiao’s grandmother was one of the first people to be born in Turtle Rock, and it's also the place where he grew up. This allows Xiao to get very close to the residents, whom he observes lovingly as they chop spices or firewood, carry huge trunks of bamboo on their shoulders or unhurriedly fashion an iron pipe from an old tube—here, everything is recycled. The rustling trees and cackling chickens create a natural soundtrack to this rhythmic, beautifully framed documentary, which doesn't shy away from the harsher aspects of this life, far from the madding crowd.
The Last Tip
Supervising Sound Editor
During the course of his meal, a loyal patron reminisces about his past at his favorite restaurant one last time at 69 Bayard Street.
The Last Tip
Sound Designer
During the course of his meal, a loyal patron reminisces about his past at his favorite restaurant one last time at 69 Bayard Street.