Sun Chan

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Sun Chan is an U.S. educated Hong Kong writer/director. [1] Chan graduated with a MA degree in Economics from Yale University. [2]

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Sun Chan, who is also the vice president of Palette Pictures holds a MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California film school. Before starting his film career, he worked as a brand management specialist at Burson-Marsteller.

Career

Sun is a writer and producer of the feature film, Day of Redemption (Zao Jian Wan Ai), starring Zhou Yumin (aka Zai Zai, a member of the hugely popular Taiwanese group F4). Shortly after the theatrical release of his first feature film, Day of Redemption , more theaters had to be arranged to play the film in order to accommodate the audience. [3]

Sun Chan also wrote and directed IQIYI's original series The Substitute . The show aired on November 29, 2015, on the Chinese streaming service iQIYI. It received 4,320,000 hits within 4 hours of release, and 200 million hits by the time episode 15 was released. [4]

Prior to his creative ventures, Sun had studied economics at Yale University and worked as a brand management specialist at Burson-Marsteller.

Chan is the Head of Development and Production at Palette Pictures. [5]

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References

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