Teddy Zee
| Teddy Zee | |
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| Occupation | Producer |
| Website | http://www.teddyzee.com/ |
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| Traditional Chinese | 徐俠昌 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 徐侠昌 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xú Xiáchāng |
Teddy Zee is one of the most visible champions of Asians in Hollywood. The films Zee produced and supervised have amassed over $2.5 billion in revenue. He served as Executive Vice President at Columbia Pictures, Senior Vice President at Paramount Pictures, President of Sony-based Overbrook Films, President of Fox-based Davis Entertainment, and now under the banner of Teddy Zee Productions. In addition to film and entertainment, Zee has built an active consulting and advisory practice that spans media, technology and commerce while bridging Hollywood with China and Asia.
Zee serves as Consultant for Novitaz, a company with patented software that enables in-store ad networks for retailers; Advisor for Channel Factory, an ad tech start-up that helps brands and content owners reach, build and engage target audiences; Advisor for ThinOptics, a startup that delivers lightweight and durable reading glasses that store on the back of smartphone cases; Advisor for mobile app template developer Veam; Advisor for Ooyala, a leading online video platform company acquired by Telstra; and Mentor/Advisor for startups associated with the Korean incubator SparkLabs. Zee served as Head of Creative, Mobile Technologies Division for Rambus. They acquired Silicon Valley interactive media start-up Mozaik Multimedia, where Zee held the post of Chief Creative Officer.
Zee was Executive Producer of The Pursuit of Happyness, a Columbia Pictures film starring Will Smith. The film has earned $300 million in worldwide ticket sales. Zee produced West 32nd, a CJ Entertainment film starring John Cho, Grace Park and Jeong Jun-Ho. It was one of 18 films selected for World Narrative Competition at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2005, Zee produced Hitch, a Columbia Pictures release starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes and Kevin James that earned over $365 million in worldwide ticket sales. He also produced Saving Face starring Joan Chen, official selections of the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals. It won the 2005 Golden Horse Audience Award, Taiwan's Oscar equivalent. Previously, as President of Davis Entertainment, Zee was the Executive Producer of Life or Something Like It, a New Regency release starring Angelina Jolie.
Zee is the Executive Producer of the annual Asian Excellence Awards broadcast on E! and AZN-TV to 100 million homes in the US. He also was the Executive Producer of the talk show DIM SUM WITH TEDDY ZEE and IVY DREAMS, a documentary that follows four Asian-American high school seniors pursuing Ivy League college admissions. Both were for AZN-TV. Zee executed produced Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey, a computer animated, 3D, large format movie that for Taiwan's Digimax. The film was made in cooperation with NASA and Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL).
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