JON CHEN director of photography
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR / AGENCY AARP “Summer Sweeps” Cordy Wagner / Ataboy Foot Locker “Play My Tweet” Lawrence Chen / BBDO General Electric “My Mom Makes” Lawrence Chen / BBDO Comedy Central Central Jared Lapidus / C. Central & Papa John’s Coca-Cola “Burn- The 25/7 Life” Dennis Liu / Radical Shanghai Oreo “Cookie Balls” Jared Lapidus / 360i Verison “Grandma Haul” Jared Lapidus / mcgarybowen Halo/CoverGirl “Becky G” Dennis Liu / Radical Media Pepsi “Raised Here” Dennis Liu / Radical Media Microsoft “Windows 8- Get it Done” Dennis Liu/ RGA Rogosin Institute “Kris Humphries” Phil Buccelato / Greener Media Farm Sanctuary “What to Eat” Phil Buccelato / Greener Media Greenpeace “Dirty Banks” Phil Buccelato / Greener Media
TELEVISION/ORIGINAL SERIES DIRECTOR / COMPANY Dave & Ethan’s Lovemakers Jared Lapidus / Seeso & Above Average Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street (Sn1) Funny or Die / FuseTV Subtext (Sn1) Ali Vingiano & Ben Weinstein / Glamour Mag 90’s Sleepover (Season 1) Ben Weinstein / Above Average Commentary On: Undatable Reverse Cowboys / Above Average & NBC Commentary On (Season 1&2) Reverse Cowboys / Above Average Thingstarter (Season 2) Ben Weinstein / Above Average Paul Rudd Pitches Harvey Weinstein Funny or Die
MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR /LABEL Justin Timberlake “Not a Bad Thing” Dennis Liu/ RCA B.o.B. “All I Want” Dennis Liu/ Atlantic Buckwheat Groats “Tom Hanks” Jay Lap/ Fatty Eisenhower Mac Miller “Party on 5th Ave” Rex Arrow/ Rostrum Records Mac Miller “Smile Back” Rex Arrow/ Rostrum Records Mac Miller “Frick Park Market” Rex Arrow/ Rostrum Records YC ft. Nelly, B.o.B. “Racks Remix” Rex Arrow/ Universal Republic The Roots ft. Wale “Rising Up” Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group The Roots “Birthday Girl” w/Sasha Grey Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group The Roots “Get Busy” Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group The Roots “75 Bars” Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group Busta Rhymes “Arab Money” Rik Cordero/ Universal Music Group NaS “Be A N****r Too” Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group MUSIC VIDEO (cont’d) DIRECTOR /LABEL Busta Rhymes “Arab Money Remix 1” Rik Cordero/ Flipmode Entertainment Busta Rhymes “Arab Money Remix 2” Rik Cordero/ Flipmode Entertainment Q-Tip “Move” Rik Cordero/ Universal Music Group Q-Tip “Manwomanboogie” Rik Cordero/ Universal Music Group Charles Bradley “The World” Poull Brien/ WOB Producitons Ann Sophie “Get Over Yourself” Jay Lap/ Independant Billy Eichner “I Can Say Queef” Jamie Salka/ FuseTV Laurent Konrad “Noize Pollution” Dennis Liu/ Radical Media Bo Burnham “Words, Words, Words” Duncan Skiles/ Comedy Central Bo Burnham “Oh, Bo” Jay Lap/ Comedy Central Serani “Searching” Power Quevado/ JVC Ent. Yo Gotti “5 Star” Rik Cordero/ Sony Music Group Marina Chello “Sideline” Rik Cordero/ Bad Boy Wale “Family Affair” Rik Cordero/ Three21 Daddy Yankee “Prende” Lou Alers/ El Cartel Zion I “Geek to the Beat” M.A.Y.O./ Gold Dust Media Dujeous “Break Bread” Andy Bui & Winnie Ng Royce da 5’9 “Part of Me” Rik Cordero/ Amalgam Digital Consequence “Disperse” Rik Cordero/ GOOD Music Jadakiss “Who Run This?” Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group Army of Me “Perfect” Bryan Riesberg/Doghouse Rcrds Joe Budden “Touch & Go” James Platinum/ Amalgam Digital Tally Hall “Ruler of Everything” Sean Donnelly/ Atlantic Records Snoop Dogg “Neva Have 2 Worry” Rik Cordero/ Def Jam Music Group Saturday Looks Good to Me “Money…” M.A.Y.O / K Records Sofia Strati “This Can’t Be Love” Harry Mavromichalis / Sony Greece We The Kings “Skyway Avenue” Sean Donnelly / S-Curve Records Sam Champion “Can’t Stop” Sean Donnelly/ North Street Records Ben Jelen “Where do we go?” Sean Donnelly/ Fearless Records Blood of Abraham “Calling All Citizens” Sean Donnelly/ Basement Records
NARRATIVE DIRECTOR / COMPANY TUTRLE ISLAND David Wexler / Endless Picnic PONY (short) Stephen Hopkins / APK PLURALITY (short) Dennis Liu / Traffik Filmworks HOW TO GREET THE DEAD (short) Aldous Davidson / Invasion Films *WINNER, Justin Lin & Toyota’s 2010 Interpretations Film Contest INSIDE A CHANGE Rik Cordero / Three21 Films *WINNER, Best Picture – HBO’s NY Int Latino Film Fest, 2009 HOLD ON (short) Jackie Julio / Do Not Panic Prod. UNLOCKED (short) Daryl Wein *CAST: Olivia Thirlby (Dredd, Juno)
EDUCATION New York University BFA Film & TV Production, 2004