SYNOPSIS:
A tale of on-again, off-again modern love.
BIO:
Phillip Van is an MFA candidate in NYU's Graduate Film Program, Tisch School of the Arts and was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and Portland, Oregon by his father, a Vietnamese refugee and his mother, a Greek American.
Phillip's films have screened around the world and won over a dozen awards in festivals including the Berlin International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen Shortsfest and Gen Art Film Festival, among others.
He has also won a Worldstudio Foundation Scholarship, First-Run Awards for Best Screenwriting and Best Ensemble Cast and the 1st Place Eastman Scholarship for excellence in filmmaking .
Based on his work, Phillip was chosen out of three thousand applicants to direct a short narrative film sponsored by the Berlin International Film Festival.
520 filmmakers from 101 countries voted on three finalists in the largest jury vote in the festival and Phillip's genre-bending film, "High Maintenance", won the competition.
Next, ten thousand passengers on Delta Airlines flights voted on five award-winning films and "High Maintenance" was their top pick, garnering Phillip an awards package that included a screening and celebration in honor of his work at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
The film went on to win Grand Jury and Audience awards at numerous festivals, a BAFTA/LA honorable mention and is currently nominated for a Student Academy Award. It is also the US winning entry and one of 4 films selected to screen in Kodak's filmmaker program at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Phillip is currently developing a feature adaptation of "High Maintenance" about sleep anomalies. He is represented by Endeavor.
MAIN CREDITS:
Cast/Featuring: Nicolette Krebitz, Wanja Mues, Judith Rohde, Anna Schenk-Rollman, Lisa Zlotnick
Producer(s): Cordula Kablitz-Post Director(s): Phillip Van Screenwriter(s): Simon Biggs Cinematographer(s): Felix Novo De Oliveira Editor(s): Dorothee Brockelmann Composer(s)/Music: Daniel Dickmeis
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