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Hobbies
Chinese Internal Martial Arts
Areas of Expertise
Director, DoP, Editor
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Dean Harrington has been professionally involved in film and video production for over 30 years. He was a stuntman and actor in the Hong Kong film
industry in the 1980s and worked with John Woo and Ringo Lam along with
other notable directors and actors in the Hong Kong film scene of that era. He
has also worked in US, European and Japanese films most notably "Returner"
directed by Takashi Yamazaki. His voice work is noted in the Japanese game
industry where he has been involved since the beginning of that industry … and has voiced commercials, documentaries and corporate videos for over the last 15 years.
He became involved in the technical side of film making while working as an
assistant sound-FX editor with William Oliver on the Hong Kong feature "Big
Heat" in the 1980s. That was followed by involvement with independent film
maker Karl Neubert and his award winning "Turns of the Wheel" and he
produced his first documentary "In the World of Acupuncture" shot in China
and Japan on Hi-8 video in the 1990s. He was one of the founding directors of
"Tokyo International Film Shorts" in the late 1990s that was conducted at the
fabulous Blue Note Jazz Club in Tokyo.
He brings a wealth of experience and vision to video production that
encompasses work in front of the camera and as well as behind the scenes.
He is a noted practitioner and teacher of the internal arts of China which he as
been involved with for over 35 years. He teaches Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi
Chuan in Tokyo.
Specialties: film actor, voice actor, producer, director, camera operator, editor, writer, Guang Ping Yang Taichi teacher