In EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY, filmmaker Theresa Loong explores her father's time as a POW in WWII Japan, his subsequent quest to become an American, and the birth of his optimistic philosophy.
Theresa is a director and producer who brings stories to life through film, games and apps. Theresa produced popular online audience experiences for AMC’s The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. Theresa’s feature-length documentary film, Every Day Is a Holiday, premiered on public television and was featured at the Montclair and Black Maria film festivals. She has also worked with New York Magazine, Food & Wine, the NYC Department of Education, Time Warner and Dewar’s. Theresa is a recipient of two Media Arts grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for interactive projects; her documentary film and interactive work have exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Teriennale di Milano, Círculo de Bellas Artes and the Asia Society in Hong Kong. Theresa has consulted on numerous transmedia projects and has served as a mentor during the POV Hackathon. Theresa is chairperson of the board of The Filmshop collective. She is an honors graduate of Harvard University, where she studied social anthropology. She has lectured on film and multimedia at NYU, Hunter and The New School. Current projects include Feed Me a Story, Bought/Broken, and Game On.
