User:Jeff solema

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Jeff Solema
' An actor, writer, producer and film director.

 BIOGRAPHY 

Born March 21st, 1974 in Manila, Philippines.

He is an up and coming Indie Film-Maker based out of Los Angeles.

He has been an actor since 1994. He has written and directed numerous shorts, videos and currently working on features. He started his own production company in 2007 called Green Sun Productions in which all of his projects are produced under.

He is the Founder and Festival Director for the first ever Filipino International Film Festival Los Angeles FIFFLA that will take place in October 2009. The purpose of the Festival is to bridge Philippine Cinema with Hollywood and showcase Filipino talent and their achievements in film. He hopes that one day FIFFLA will be synonymous with the Filipino community and be revered as a prominent Film Festival in Hollywood.

His first feature that he wrote and directed called "Adjusting Honor" is about a US soldier coming back from Iraq dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD)and has a difficult time adjusting back to civilian life. Currently in post-production and slated release date is December 2009.

His next two projects coming up are both features that he has written and will be directing. The first one is titled “Wilshire Blvd” to be shot in Los Angeles with an all Asian-American cast that follow the lives of 8 characters in their mid 20s' dealing with everyday life in LA. The second is his first Filipino project titled “Ameripino” to be shot in the Philippines about a man who rediscovers himself and his forgotten culture. Currently in pre-production and casting for both films.

Jeff Solema went to film school at Hollywood Film & Acting Academy.

FILMOGRAPHY

As Writer
 * Everyday Since (feature 2009) (currently in production)
 * Wilshire Blvd (feature 2009) (pre-production)
 * Ameripino (feature 2009) (pre-production)
 * Conspiracy (feature 2009) (pre-production)
 * Playa Playa (short 2009) (post-production)
 * Adjusting Honor (feature 2009) (post-production)
 * Redemption (short 2009) (post-production)
 * Damaged (short 2009)
 * 22 Tomorrows (short 2008)
 * Wreckless Love (short 2008)

As Director
 * Michelito (documentary 2009) (post production)
 * Ameripino (feature 2009) (pre-production)
 * Wilshire Blvd (feature 2009) (pre-production)
 * Adjusting Honor (feature 2009) (post-production)
 * Bahay (Documentary 2008) (currently in production)
 * Damaged (short 2009)
 * Redemption (short 2009) (post-production)
 * 22 Tomorrows (short 2008)

As Actor
 * Everyday Since (feature 2009) (currently in production)
 * Ameripino (feature 2009) (pre-production)
 * Redemption (short 2009) (post-production)
 * Wreckless Love (short 2008)