Zach King

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Zach King (2013)

Zachary King or Zach King (born February 4, 1990 in Portland , Oregon , USA ) is an American artist and actor. He gained notoriety for his professionally edited YouTube and Vine videos.

Life

King grew up in Portland, Oregon. At the age of seven he filmed for the first time with a "home video camera". At the age of 14 he began filming and editing videos with semi-professional video equipment. He graduated from Biola University with a Cinema and Media Arts Major in December 2012 .

On December 28, 2014, he married his partner Rachel Holm .

development

King launched his website, FinalCutKing.com, in 2008, selling training and tips on Final Cut Pro video editing software . At the same time he gave further tutorials on the software on his YouTube channel. After gaining a wider audience there, he began to offer seminars for money.

YouTube

King received the Vidcon Golden Poop Award in 2012 .

In 2011 he posted a Star Wars- inspired video called Jedi Kittens on YouTube that he co-produced. Within a few days, it was accessed a million times. The subsequent sequel Jedi Kittens Strike Back was also viewed a million times.

YouTube recognized him as one of the most promising filmmakers in the US in 2013.

Vines

In September 2013, King joined the video portal Vine as a user. He decided to make intensive use of this for a short time by creating the characteristic 6-second Vine clips . After the increasing response to his "vines", he stuck to the intensive use. Gaining popularity, he performed at Ellen DeGeneres in January 2014, creating several vines in the process. Since 2014 he has been producing his video clips commercially in order to finance a living. In an interview with Independent he said that he would continue to work in the filmmaking profession in the future.

King's short films allowed him to appear on various multi-media platforms.

TikTok

King has been publishing videos on the TikTok platform since 2018 . At the beginning of 2020, with over 43 million subscribers, he took second place when comparing the number of subscribers, even though his videos differ greatly from the usual videos.

Awards and honors

  • 2009 - First Place London Film Festival for HP advertisement
  • 2009 - Critics' Choice Award at Bridgestone Tires's Safety Scholars Teen Driver Video Contest.
  • 2010 - First place London Film Festival: Heartbrand Ad
  • 2010 - Bridgestone Safety Scholar Winner
  • 2012 - Vidcon Golden Poop Award
  • 2013 - YouTube's NextUp Creators Contest

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zach King - Biography - IMDb
  2. ↑ La impresionante magia de los vídeos de Zach King . Teinteresa. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b c Student Filmmaker Wins YouTube Contest . Biola Magazine. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b Zach King becomes YouTube sensation with Jedi Kittens video . The Biola University Chimes. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Zach King e creatorul de virale: îţi arată cum să tai un măr cu o carte de joc sau să scoţi o pisică dintr-un ecran . Adevărul . Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  6. ^ Zach King Brings Visual Effects To Vine . Social Daily News. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ YouTube Filmmakers stop in Oceanside . The Coast News. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 8, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / thecoastnews.com
  8. ↑ a b Zach King of Vine: 6-second tricks and illusions show the magic of 'digital sleight of hand' . The Independent. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Vine Star Dazzles Users With Awesome Six-Second Video Tricks . Digital trends. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  10. ↑ a b Top Viner Zach King . Ellen TV. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  11. ^ Vine at One: A Creative Tool That's Changing Lives . Mashable. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  12. ↑ Zach King's Magic Vines Will Blow Your Mind . CBC. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  13. ↑ Is It Possible to Jump Through Walls? . The Telegraph. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
  14. ↑ Alex Rayner: TikTok's first author: Zach King on his madcap micro movies. The Guardian , accessed June 7, 2020 .
  15. ^ Film Students Win Ad Contest Featuring HP Products . Biola News. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  16. ^ London Film Festival 2010: Video Contest . Mofilm. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ Bridgestone Americas Launches Fifth Annual Safety Scholars Video Contest . Bridgestone. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved on February 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ 10 Bizarre Things We Saw at Vidcon, YouTube's Annual Convention . LA Weekly. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME King, Zach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES King, Zachary (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon , USA