CREATE YOUR OWN SPACE
navigating the entertainment industry as a mixed Asian actor
TYLER HAM PONG
chinese and euro american
Tyler is a hapa actor and film producer living in LA where he’s hustling to pursue his passion of bringing diversity to the main screen. Tyler also has his own film company, Kill the Pig Productions. And he is the 72 Hour Shootout coordinator for Asian American Film Lab, a nonprofit organization in New York devoted to the promotion and support of gender and ethnic parity in film, television and online entertainment media programming. Tyler’s story is about navigating an Asian mixed-race identity in the entertainment industry and working hard to go after what you’re passionate about.
“Once I moved to the states, I realized that a lot of roles written for popular TV shows or film weren’t geared towards my type. ”
“I think the misconception is that I have the best of both worlds, which is true. But what people forget is that there’s also this feeling you don’t belong in either group.”
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