Jerrold Chong

약력

Director/animator Jerrold Chong graduated in 2016 with a BFA in Animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). An avid lover of cinema, he is fascinated by the power of animated cinema as abstract visual metaphor and is driven by a desire to tell sincere stories that examines the depths of everyday life and the complexities of the human experience. Currently based in Singapore, Jerrold has interned at Zhao Wei Films, assisting on live-action feature films including Eric Khoo’s In The Room and Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice. He also worked as an animation intern in Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop-motion feature Anomalisa. His films have screened at numerous international film festivals, including the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol, Animatricks Animation Festival in Helsinski, Short Shorts Film Festival in Tokyo, Singapore International Film Festival, Bucheon International Animation Festival in Korea. In 2015, his film “Nascent” was awarded the Best Animation Award at Singapore Short Film Awards. He also participated in the CalArts-Doc’s Kingdom International Seminar on Documentary Film in Azores, Portugal.

참여 작품

The Visit
Animation
THE VISIT is an intimate stop-motion short film about a young girl’s growing-up years and her relationship with her incarcerated father.
The Visit
Producer
THE VISIT is an intimate stop-motion short film about a young girl’s growing-up years and her relationship with her incarcerated father.
행복캠프
Animation
서른이 된 아비는 엄마와 함께 단조로운 삶을 살고 있다. 회사에서도 잘리고 주변에서도 인정받지 못한 삶을 정리하고 스스로 미래를 개척하고자 행복캠프에 입소하게 된다. 이곳은 기술과 행복에 이상하리만치 열광적인 사람들에게 대단히 인기 있는 곳으로 빅데이터를 기반으로 해야 할 일을 정해주고 여자친구까지 매칭시켜주는 곳이다. 캠프에 입소한 아비는 고양이를 끔찍이도 아끼는 한 아주머니를 돌보라는 과업을 받게 된다. 그는 자신이 이용당하는 상황 속에서도 성실하게 맡은 바 역할을 수행한다. 하지만 시간이 흐를수록 뭔가가 잘못되어가고 있음을 깨닫게 된다.
Piece of Meat
Screenplay
Enslaved in a surreal world of living objects, a lamb cutlet does whatever it takes to make ends meet.
Piece of Meat
Director
Enslaved in a surreal world of living objects, a lamb cutlet does whatever it takes to make ends meet.
Automatonomy
Animation
In a dystopian sci-fi society amidst social unrest between Humans and Automatons, an orphan rescues an injured girl from the rumble of violence. As they hide out together in a bunker-like room, their burgeoning friendship gets tested as external forces threaten to fracture how one sees the Other.
Automatonomy
Writer
In a dystopian sci-fi society amidst social unrest between Humans and Automatons, an orphan rescues an injured girl from the rumble of violence. As they hide out together in a bunker-like room, their burgeoning friendship gets tested as external forces threaten to fracture how one sees the Other.
Automatonomy
Director
In a dystopian sci-fi society amidst social unrest between Humans and Automatons, an orphan rescues an injured girl from the rumble of violence. As they hide out together in a bunker-like room, their burgeoning friendship gets tested as external forces threaten to fracture how one sees the Other.
Ways Of Seeing
Writer
Rumble of train rails; Crashing of ocean waves; Soft caress of distant wind. Two people. Two ways of perceiving the world.
Ways Of Seeing
Animation
Rumble of train rails; Crashing of ocean waves; Soft caress of distant wind. Two people. Two ways of perceiving the world.
Ways Of Seeing
Director
Rumble of train rails; Crashing of ocean waves; Soft caress of distant wind. Two people. Two ways of perceiving the world.