Wuhan Driver

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6 ай бұрын

WUHAN DRIVER (2021) by Tiger Ji
At the onset of the pandemic, a Chinese Uber driver in New York struggles to make ends meet as he picks up his nightly passengers.
Executive Produced by Academy Award-winning producer Jonathan Sanger (Elephant Man)
FESTIVALS
(Oscar qualifying) 24th Rhode Island Int. Film Festival - Winner, Filmmaker of the Future Award
(Oscar qualifying) 25th LA Shorts Festival - Official Selection
24th Sidewalk International Film Festival - Official Selection
45th Asian American International Film Festival - Official Selection
9th Chelsea Film Festival - Official Selection
20th San Diego Int. Film Festival - Official Selection
10th NY Shorts Festival - Official Selection
17th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival - Official Selection
15th National Film Festival for Talented Youth - Winner, Audience Award
25th American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at Cannes - Official Selection
26th Kansas City International Film Festival - Winner, Best Short of the Festival
CAST
Wayne Chang - Zhang
Michael Kishon - Young Man
Laura Lee Anderson - The Blonde
Ariel Ash - The Brunette
Maria Peyramaure - The Mother
Mark Quiles - The Priest
Jeffrey Grover - The Businessman
Lee Baptiste - SUV Driver
CREW
Writer / Director: Tiger Ji
Producer: Alena Svyatova
Executive Producer: Jonathan Sanger
Director of Photography: Stefan Nachmann
1st AD: Eva Minemar
Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
Associate Producer: Britney Ngaw
COVID Compliance Officer: Alena Svyatova
Gaffer: Andy Wenyu
Key Grip: John Zeng
Swing: Emmet Luciano and Rodrigo Obregon
Sound Mixer: Matthew Bunker
Editor: Nikolai Metin
Re-recording Mixer: John Nathans
Supervising Sound Editor: Vinny Alfano
Visual FX: Alex Noble and Dulany Foster IV (Wild Union Post)
Colorist: Jeffrey Chance
Production Assistants: Borna Nematti, Kelvin Li, and Antonio Gonzalez
Poster Design: Aleksander Walijewski
Produced with the participation of PLURAL IMAGE FILMS, WILD UNION Post, Screen Actors Guild of America, and ARRI.

Пікірлер: 85

@jameswluby203 5 ай бұрын

Wow! Came here from Death and Ramen, this is so incredible too. I can't wait to see more work you do!

@anneboostrom2810 5 ай бұрын

Same here!

@Habitphc69 5 ай бұрын

same man bobby's talented

@GoofyJunior0703 5 ай бұрын

Where can you watch Death And Ramen? Can't find it on KZfaq. Isn't it out for all countries?

@KelbyFB 5 ай бұрын

Same here!!! I absolutely love these!!

@TBStudios 5 ай бұрын

Same here

@clumsiii 2 ай бұрын

the utter indifference very well paced, this is excellent the consistent february lighting and rain. the sweet hint of life far away. even the priest doesn't care. wow

@StereoChimps 4 ай бұрын

no soundtrack, just ambient and dialogue sound, man what a perfect shortfilm, made me so emotional!! amazing, u just got a big fan here!

@writemishal 5 ай бұрын

5 minutes in and I am all teared up and I do not know why. This is art

@MarayaGavin5839 5 ай бұрын

….came here straight from death & ramen ❤️💯

@Skinnamarink. 5 ай бұрын

Damn, Wayne Chang & Mark Quiles acting, 🤌

@rakeemcook1022 2 ай бұрын

he didn’t get to call his mom back😢

@joeydecko6791 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful film! needs much more recognition.

@Andyelmanman 5 ай бұрын

Excellent all around. Relief.

@murkwell17 5 ай бұрын

Bobby lee introduced me...and man am I thankful. Looking forward to seeing what comes next

@chasexchaos9392 5 ай бұрын

Sad… but true. Very often, people don’t care enough to take any risk for a fellow human being anymore it seems. It feels so different from 10-15 years ago. I have felt the same as this character many times recently. Hopefully things get better though.

@paulinedocherty6541 5 ай бұрын

I'm really sorry that you're having a tough time. I hope things did get better for you

@Xxanner 5 ай бұрын

We've turned into porcupines, we all want connection, but are all afraid of getting poked by each other if we get too close

@DrJimmyBob 5 ай бұрын

Wow, I haven't even made it to a full minute. The mother's phone call is immediately powerful. Then, I restart from 55 seconds, and catch on the second listen that the voicemail is an "old message," from February 9, 2020. I remember where I was, and how much things would change.

@DrJimmyBob 5 ай бұрын

This went differently than I expected. This feels like an omen, a reminder to change while it's still possible

@828_Nate 5 ай бұрын

😢 this hit the feelings hard.

@onedogtwowheels 6 ай бұрын

Damn, too real. Loved it!

@franciscosierra7193 6 ай бұрын

Master Ji

@vintagestairwellproduction2049 6 ай бұрын

Great short film!

@Lazyoaf00 4 ай бұрын

short but strong! wow!

@nickeypipi5281 5 ай бұрын

really enjoy the stuff you are putting out Tiger Ji.

@aotphixion 5 ай бұрын

so happy people are going to be seeing this too because of Death and Ramen (me included) both AMAZING!

@cms83100 5 ай бұрын

I don’t want to sound to high and mighty. I’m a white American. All Americans need to do better. I’m just speaking on what I see in every day life. The whole Palestine genocide thing as well . I got nothing to gain from this. Would be nice if we untied on class and humanism. Well done move really hit my soul. Looking forward to more work.

@tenorjosh 5 ай бұрын

More! These are absolutely beautiful.

@meikai0917 6 ай бұрын

i was born in wuhan

@gixxo 6 ай бұрын

this was fire

@Drawingtillthecasketdrops 5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to more of your work Tiger Ji

@sammi_lynn 5 ай бұрын

Wow this is such a sad film! You have an amazing talent, I’m so happy to have come across your channel! I look forward to more ❤❤❤

@user-rd8jo7xo5n 3 ай бұрын

WTF bobby! I didn't come here to cry!

@pondertheorb2304 5 ай бұрын

this was absolutely gripping story telling! incredible.

@mar.c1 5 ай бұрын

Good job Mr.Tiger. Nice film. Credit to the actors as well

@johnedwards9290 5 ай бұрын

Great heartfelt video I love it.

@maverickduarte5473 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic!!!

@dave99887 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant my friend.

@nolanjohnson7401 5 ай бұрын

jfc, v hard hitting. love the shots too, incredibly cinematic

@poorgilmore 5 ай бұрын

This is art my friend. You're well on your way in doing some very big, special things. I just subscribed. 💀

@seanbaldwin5301 5 ай бұрын

Very powerful👏

@buckyohare4341 3 ай бұрын

Very thought provoking and interesting keep it coming

@JonathanGarcia-jw9dt 5 ай бұрын

You have your vision the talent and hard work to execute it can’t wait to see everything you can achieve.

@wilsonstrong5597 5 ай бұрын

Torn on the ending but Very cool I enjoyed it. kinda reminds me of ideas iv had for shorts, keep it up !

@MaxCastles 5 ай бұрын

Another banger.

@Youngnothing 5 ай бұрын

Wow the pope scene showed a glimpse of humanity then ripped from it from us

@wagz420 5 ай бұрын

Amazing

@hannahraedobre 5 ай бұрын

Loved this. Americans are so self serving and you illustrated perfectly

@chasexchaos9392 5 ай бұрын

Yea…. It’s all just Americans. Clearly you have no worldly view. Just a small 🧠, close minded, self serving view yourself. I have been all over the world and people are like this everywhere. I’m not sure if you actually live in U.S. or not… but especially if not… stop being so close minded. There are many of us that would give anything to help another. Personally, I try to help and be nice to everyone I come in contact with. Probably too much to the detriment of myself according to some people that have told me that. You sound like you have a lot of hatred towards Americans and you should maybe try to deal with that somehow. Good luck.

@JakeAsUsual 5 ай бұрын

This was great

@juice2620 5 ай бұрын

Lol sounds like this dude needs to get a better job.

@marktwain562 5 ай бұрын

Same

@ShadoWalker2562 4 ай бұрын

This was really good, except for the ending, only because the last two actors were dreadful lol

@KfmPodcast 3 ай бұрын

More ppl needs to see this...I knew it was bad, but this is wild. The ignorance of ppl.

@Khanwae 5 ай бұрын

I’m not crying your crying

@xDEATHbySTEREOxX 5 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@ambassador8524 3 ай бұрын

Only in American.

@boymiyagi 5 ай бұрын

another W

@williamwalls9768 5 ай бұрын

Mr.Tiger sir,your films while incredibly captivating and emotion stirring, this is awful but like a good awful

@dave99887 5 ай бұрын

Family immigrated to Canada from HK in the 80s... my life as an Asian man changed considerably after the plandemic. In many aspects. Can't trust anything we see or hear anymore.

@MrJohnprouzos 5 ай бұрын

That's sad, but the true side of being a driver .. Many people have driven for many years.. I hope we don't have the same ending like your movie 😢😢😢..sorry man, but you touched a soft spot.

@Teah8cbdude 5 ай бұрын

It's not really about being a driver dude , it's racism and humanity falling apart. We want equality for all, but it's not gonna happen, when we have tyrants everywhere

@user-lq5jl8fy5o 3 ай бұрын

If your looking for any help id love to sign up! I can learn equipment very fast. Thankyou

@stevensalazar2713 2 ай бұрын

Crazy this one gets less views

@Teah8cbdude 5 ай бұрын

SPOILERS AHEAD Was hoping for a slightly happy ending at least, not just him dying suddenly. But, it was the sad truth during those times. Me being Asian as well, I noticed things, but it seemed to dim down. However, racism will always exist. There will always be one person, who thinks they are better than you, and look down on you. I the end, we're all the same. We live different lives, but it ends the same (death) They were more concerned over catching something that they could have probably survived so what, all because they assumed the guy was, sick (or probably was sick who knows). But a heart attack instantly, just ending that way I don't know. I wish it could have been a little light hearted 😊

@lastisfirst5618 5 ай бұрын

I remember not to long ago . I not going to mention which country but if you injured someone with a car it would be your responsibility to pay for their medical bills and possibly for the rest of their life if need be . It's been known that some drivers would back up on to the person injured to finish them off . Because of the strict laws and the insurance companies in this country doesn't want to pay for the medical bills it would seem the best option. It cost the drivers character to much energy to believe in God . A true believer would not discard his faith because of financial hardships . For some people there is no hope. In heaven the first will be last and the last will be first . In heaven lays the true treasure.

@foxmcqueen872 5 ай бұрын

Is this a fever dream?

@jtcattanio 5 ай бұрын

Keep it up, Bobby!! This is great work as well as the death ramen!!

@TheOnlyLeel 5 ай бұрын

This is made by Tiger Ji and doesn't have Bobby Lee in it. You're giving cedit to the wrong person.

@jtcattanio 5 ай бұрын

@TheOnlyLeel not this video but death ramen? You telling me that wasn't Bobby Lee? You smoking crack, baby boy. 🤣🤣🤣

@FoucaultEffect 5 ай бұрын

Tell me how to make a character more interesting in under 15 minutes than most Hollywood Productions without telling me how to make a character more interesting in under 15 minutes than most Hollywood Productions.

@chrisfriend2 5 ай бұрын

While I get what this film is trying to say- it's doing it through the guise of "all americans bad" which is a bit disingenuous I feel. The black guy not helping a guy having a literal heart attack because hes asian is about the least american thing that could have been depicted- Americans can be vile, bigoted and racist, but that does not mean we are all evil; nor does it mean we are incapable of good. There are extremely few that would forsake a man to death because of his ethnicity, even in high tension times like during the highs of covid.