*Note The audio starts rough on my mic, but it gets better. Promise.

My guest this week is writer, director, and film editor Tran Quoc Bao. His first directorial feature the Paper Tigers is one of my favorite movies I saw this year. It is a hilarious and super fun Kungfu comedy that is perfect for fans of Cobra Kai or No Retreat No Surrender. I loved the hell out of the movie. I reached out to Bao to let him know I loved the movie and he was kind enough to come on the podcast. This is great because we had a fun conversation about filmmaking, growing a first-generation immigrant in Olympia Washington, Growing up making skate and fight videos, making Paper Tigers, and the community that has sprung up around the movie. It is a great movie, and this is a fun and inspiring conversation.

There is lots of fun stuff here. Bao was mentored by master action director Corey Yuen. He has written and directed a short film called BOOKIE. His editing credits include CHO LON, one of Southeast Asia’s highest-budgeted action blockbusters, and JACKPOT, a heartfelt comedy selected as Vietnam’s official entry to the 2016 Oscars for Best Foreign Film.

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