Awardwinning documentary film about chinese american pioneering artist, hollywood. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. If you like movies, you will enjoy this film, simply because there is more to learn beyond wongs threeyear career at disney. Tyrus is a 2015 featurelength documentary directed by pamela tom about pioneering chinese american artist tyrus wong who overcame a life of poverty, racism, and discrimination to become a renowned painter and hollywood sketch artist. Toms film makes meticulous use of tyrus wongs exquisite art, archival footage. So tom did some research and found wong had a fascinating life. Award winning documentary film about chinese american pioneering artist, hollywood. Tyrus celebrates the life of bambi animator tyrus wong. Ultimately, she made the film tyrus, which will be the latest documentary in the on screenin person film series at the ware. Artist tyrus wong, who worked on the disney classic bambi and had a long career as a fine artist and hollywood storyboard designer, is the focus of pamela toms documentary tyrus. Public broadcaster pbs will premiere a new documentary next month about the life and art of chineseamerican artist and bambi production designer tyrus wong, who passed away last year at the age. Animator tyrus wong, who died last year at the age of 106, was inducted into the disney legends awards hall of fame in 2001 for his work on bambi. Pbs to air documentary about bambi production designer.
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The film makes a critical contribution to the documentary tradition and to. It was produced by tom, tamara khalaf, and gwen wynne. A documentary on tyrus wong, a longignored illustrator. Previously unseen art and interviews with wong, movie clips and archival footage illustrate how his unique style melding chinese calligraphic. Awardwinning documentary film about chinese american pioneering artist, hollywood illustrator, and disney legend, tyrus wong. The quiet beauty of his easterninfluenced paintings had a pioneering impact on american art and popular culture. Tyrus dvd, tyrus is an awardwinning documentary film about the inspiring life, art, and enduring impact of chineseamerican artist and disney legend, tyrus wong. Tyrus wong documentary premieres on pbs september 8. Artist, disney animator tyrus wong is subject of sundays. Fox news stands by fox nation host tyrus after sexual.
Tyrus kicks off roswells southern circuit film tour. In the awardwinning documentary tyrus, wong opened up about racism within the industry, something tom said the artist didn. Tyrus wong, artist whose paintings inspired disneys. Tyrus is a production of new moon pictures, apricot films, lux mundi productions, and stone circle pictures in association with the center for asian american media caam and.
Tyrus is a featurelength documentary film and the first indepth portrait of the art, life and enduring impact of tyrus wong. Tyrus, the first dedicated documentary on pioneering chineseamerican artist tyrus wong who made an indelible impact on the history of animation with his work on walt disneys bambi will. A documentary on tyrus wong, a longignored illustrator for disney and warner bros wong spent 30 years in the film industry, though racial attitudes of the time kept his contributions. As one of the most revered chineseamerican artist, wongs art, life and legacy was captured in the 2015, independent documentary film tyrus. Tyrus a documentary film february 27, 2019 paper son. Tyrus is featurelength documentary film and the first indepth portrait of the art, life and enduring impact of tyrus wong. Tyrus is a 2015 featurelength documentary directed by pamela tom about pioneering chinese american artist tyrus wong who overcame a life of poverty. Until his death at the age of 106, tyrus wong was americas oldest living chinese american artist and one of the last remaining artists from the golden age of disney animation. The film will show how the quiet beauty of tyruss eastern influenced paintings caught the eye of walt disney and became the inspiration for the classic animated feature bambi. Tyrus is a documentary for disney fans as well as nondisney fans. Allegations of sexual harassment are staining fox news channel once again as former pro wrestler and fox nation host tyrus has been the subject of.
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