SCAD Hong Kong, official education partner of Social Media Week, is
pleased to present a panel discussion of "Gaming and the
Consequences of Living in an Alternate Reality".
Moderated by multidisciplinary artist, digital media practitioner
and SCAD professor of interactive design and game development Winnie
Soon, the panel will include one of North America's top creative
forces in the comic industry and head of Secret Lab Limited, Pat Lee,
who creates IPs for television, feature films and video games and is
widely credited for bringing anime influence to the West via his comic
series Transformers; Lloyd Chao, former vice president and producer at
Golden Harvest, director of business development for Shaw Studios,
current director of All Sports Network and founding partner of Secret
Lab Limited; and James Whittle, one of the foremost gaming journalists
and authorities on gaming in Hong Kong and acclaimed photojournalist
whose interest in gaming began in the Pac-Man days and continues into
the current Wii era, discussing the field of gaming and the pros and
cons of dedicated gaming as a lifestyle.
Language: English
Speakers Biographies:
Pat Lee
Recognized as one of the North American comic industry’s top
creative forces, and was the #1 artist on the top ten hottest artist
list as compiled by Wizard Magazine. He has sold over one
million comics worldwide, and drawn over 400 covers and comics for DC,
Marvel, Extreme Studios-Image Comics and Jim Lee, including
Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Ironman, X-Men/Fantastic Four,
Wolverine and Punisher. Pat is credited with bringing
anime-influence to the West in a big way when he launched the monster
hit comic series Transformers in America. His original
IP’s have been licensed to the major Hollywood studios.
Today, through his new company SECRET LAB, Pat continues with his
unbridled creative energy to create IP’s – ranging from
children’s stories to darker, more adult franchises – for
television, feature films and videogames. He spends his
time between North America and the rapidly expanding markets in China,
Korea and Japan.
Lloyd Chao
Lloyd has served tenures at two of Asia’s most celebrated
film studios, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. Vice President
and Producer at Golden Harvest (credited with launching the careers of
such icons as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li and the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles) between 1985-1998, and from both Hong
Kong and Beverly Hills offices, Lloyd supervised production and
distribution on over 30 films, including ten of Jackie
Chan’s. Other executive responsibilities included
heading a theme park concept design and feasibility study group in
Venice, California, oversight of Golden Village cineplex developments
across Asia (up to 300 screens at its height), and heading up Panasia
Films, the Golden Harvest subsidiary responsible for Hong Kong
distribution and marketing of United International Pictures
(Universal, Paramount, MGM-UA films at that time).
Lloyd left Golden Harvest in 1999 and formed Pacific FilmWorks, a
production and management company based in Los Angeles representing
top Asian directors and talent from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.
More recently, Lloyd set up a new company SECRET LAB LIMITED with
top DC, Marvel and Transformers comic artist Pat Lee.
The company creates new intellectual properties, and is currently
producing a science fiction/action film and game with a major Japanese
company, and two animated features with Chinese and Korean
partners. Secret Lab takes a multi-platform approach to all its
properties, collaborating with publishing, film, television and game
producers simultaneously.
Lloyd is a director of the All Sports Network (ASN), a Hong
Kong-based HD television channel broadcasting exclusively North
American sports content such as the NFL, NHL, Nascar, NCAA and
UFC. ASN is seen in over 14 countries in Asia on major cable and
IPTV networks.
Winnie Soon
A native of Hong Kong, Winnie Soon is a multidisciplinary artist,
researcher and digital media practitioner. Her projects often explore
the intersection of art and technology through multimedia experiments
in communication technologies, with a particular interest in the
interplay of media, culture and communication.
She is the co-founder of InNoPO, a collective based in Hong Kong
and the United Kingdom that is dedicated to the research, development,
production and experimentation of contemporary art. In addition to
showing her work internationally in Korean, Chinese, British,
American, Bulgarian and German exhibitions, Soon has extensive
professional experience in creative media industries, having served
with companies such as now TV, China Mobile Hong Kong, Hong Kong CSL
and SINA. While with these companies, she managed a number of
entertainment and lifestyle commercial projects such as online search
campaigns, multimedia content downloads, instant messaging,
interactive infotainment applications, video streaming and
high-definition TV. Soon earned a Master of Science degree in digital
art and technology from the University of Plymouth in Plymouth,
England, a Master of Arts degree in media cultures from the City
University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Business Administration
degree in information systems with a minor in computing from the City
University of Hong Kong.
