Freddie Wong

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Freddie Wong
Freddie Wong (14352161350) (cropped) .jpg
(2014)
Player information
Full name Freddie Wong
Nickname freddiew
Date of birth September 13, 1985
country code United StatesUnited States United States
game Guitar Hero 2 , Portal 2

Frederick "Freddie" Wong (born September 13, 1985 ) is a Sino-American filmmaker, VFX artist and e-athlete who lives in Los Angeles. Together with Brandon Laatsch, he founded the successful YouTube channel freddiew , which is now called RocketJump .

life and career

Freddie Wong grew up in Seattle with his younger brother, YouTuber and actor Jimmy Wong, and graduated from Lakeside School . From 2004 to 2008 he attended the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California and received a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Production.

Wong took part in the 2007 World Series of Video Games competition in Dallas. He won first place in the Guitar Hero 2 competition with the song "Less Talk More Rokk" by Freezepop .

From 2008 to 2009, Wong worked as a production coordinator at 20th Century Fox . He also worked as a freelance VFX artist, film editor and film producer .

In 2009, Freddie Wong and his brother Jimmy Wong founded Overcrank Media , a Los Angeles-based media production company specializing in the production of feature films and Internet videos. In 2010, Freddie Wong produced the low-budget film Bear with Overcrank Media .

Wong made a few appearances on television, including performing with Brandon Laatsch on the late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! on. In 2011, Freddie Wong had a cameo as computer expert Freddie on an episode of the television series Chuck . In 2013 he appeared in an episode of the Comedy Central television series Key & Peele .

YouTube career

Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch have been regularly posting videos on the YouTube channel freddiew since 2010, and the channel became a YouTube partner in the same year. With over 1.1 billion views and 7.3 million subscribers, freddiew is one of the most famous YouTube channels. Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch became known for their weekly, action-heavy YouTube short films, mostly inspired by video games, which feature high-quality special effects despite relatively little time and money. The second channel, freddiew2 , which has existed since 2010 and was created for making-ofs , has over 1.2 million subscribers and over 150 million views.

Several Hollywood stars made guest appearances in Freddie Wong's films: Andy Whitfield appeared in a Time Crisis tribute video, Kevin Pollak in a hypnosis video, Shenae Grimes in a romantic firearms scene , Eliza Dushku in an action scene. Jon Favreau was featured in a video made based on Cowboys & Aliens , the glam metal band Steel Panther appeared in a video based on the Crossfire board game. Several companies, especially from the computer games industry, financed his videos or commissioned him to do commercials. In 2011 he directed a Battlefield 3 TV commercial on behalf of Electronic Arts . Furthermore, YouTube videos were shot on behalf of 20th Century Fox and Universal .

RocketJump

In 2012, Freddie Wong founded the RocketJump website with Brandon Laatsch, among others. On this the three seasons were his most have crowdfunding funded web series Video Game High School (short VGHS ) as well as on YouTube released. In total, the series has over 100 million views. The web series was well received by viewers and the press. The series was available on Netflix in both the US and Germany , and in April 2019 the series was removed from Netflix. RocketJump not only shows videos from Wong, but also videos from other content creators .

After Rocketjump was founded, the main channel was renamed RocketJump , Brandon Laatsch took over the second channel under the name BrandonJLa to pursue his own projects. The regular production of short films was suspended during the production of the web series VGHS. In addition to the short films, Wong also works on other channels, for example, together with his friend CorridorDigital, he developed the gaming YouTube channel Node , which now has over a million subscribers.

In April 2014, RocketJump and Lionsgate announced a multi-year contract to produce television-length series and develop feature-length films. RocketJump retains full creative control.

reception

Freddie Wong became known for his work on VFX-heavy short films, some of which were also picked up by the press. Promotional productions with a viral character that were commissioned by large companies received special attention. His fame grew by working on the Video Game High School web series , which received several nominations and awards. Wong is known for direct contact with and involvement with his target audience, for example through his successful crowdfunding campaigns, as well as for his knowledge of social Internet structures. According to the Hollywood Reporter, he is one of Los Angeles’s leading players in digital media. In 2014, Wong was named Webby Film & Video Person of the Year at the Webby Awards . In 2015 Forbes featured in the “30 under 30” column in the “Hollywood & Entertainment” section.

literature

Web links

Commons : Freddie Wong  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amy Rolph: Seattle's 'Hero' struts into rock stardom. In: seattlepi.com. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 16, 2007, accessed December 16, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b c Freddie Wong. In: linkedin.com. LinkedIn , accessed December 16, 2012 .
  3. ↑ FreddieW Wong: World Series of Video Games. In: freddiew.com. frddiew's blog, July 16, 2007, archived from the original on July 11, 2011 ; accessed on December 16, 2012 (English).
  4. ↑ Freddie Wong. In: kickstarter.com. Kickstarter.com , archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on December 16, 2012 (English).
  5. ↑ jfwong.com: About me (English), Author: Jimmy Wong ( Memento from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Marc Hustvedt: Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch on Jimmy Kimmel Tonight. In: Tubefilter.com. Tubefilter, September 9, 2011, accessed December 16, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Rooster Teeth: RTX 2013 Panel: Freddie W- Video Game High School Season 2. In: YouTube. July 15, 2013, accessed October 4, 2013 .
  8. ↑ freddiew: I'm a YouTube Partner now! In: youtube.com. YouTube , March 19, 2010, accessed December 16, 2012 .
  9. ↑ freddiew / BrandonJLa. In: youtube.com. YouTube , accessed December 19, 2014 .
  10. ↑ freddiew / BrandonJLa (two). In: youtube.com. YouTube , accessed December 19, 2014 .
  11. ↑ The Art of Brand Integration: FreddieW and Its Position as Video Game / Entertainment Marketers Secret Weapon. In: austin2013.sched.org. South by Southwest , March 10, 2013, accessed March 19, 2013 .
  12. ↑ Kai Biermann : YouTube: Fighting at the "Video Game High School". In: zeit.de. Zeit Online , June 13, 2012, accessed December 16, 2012 .
  13. ^ Jacob Siegal: Everything leaving Netflix in April 2019. In: BGR. March 19, 2019, accessed May 25, 2019 .
  14. ↑ About Rocket Jump. In: rocketjump.com. Rocket Jump, archived from the original on October 22, 2013 ; accessed on December 16, 2012 (English).
  15. ^ Freddie Wong: What's next. In: rocketjump.com. RocketJump, May 9, 2014, accessed May 12, 2014 .
  16. ^ Lionsgate Forges Innovative Content Partnership With RocketJump Studios. In: lionsgate.com. Lionsgate , April 14, 2014, accessed May 12, 2014 .
  17. ↑ Freddie Wong. Silicon Beach Power 25: A Ranking of LA's Top Digital Media Players. In: hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter , May 28, 2014, archived from the original on January 2, 2015 ; accessed on December 9, 2014 .
  18. ↑ Freddie Wong. The Webby Awards. In: webbyawards.com. Webby Awards , 2014, accessed December 9, 2014 .
  19. ↑ Dorothy Pomerantz, Kate Pierce: Forbes' 30 Under 30 2015: Hollywood & Entertainment. In: Forbes.com. Forbes Magazine , accessed January 10, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Wong, Freddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wong, Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American filmmaker and esportsman
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1985