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Wong Fu Productions〔by Wong Fu Productions prior to the group's graduation from the University of California, San Diego, included a logo with the Chinese characters for "Wong Fu" (). The last film to feature this logo was ''License Plate'', released on August 18, 2006. Films produced after the group's move to Los Angeles did not feature this logo.〕 is an American filmmaking group composed of Wesley Chan (born April 27, 1984), Ted Fu (born October 26, 1981), and Philip Wang (born October 28, 1984). The trio met at the University of California, San Diego in 2004 and produced a number of music videos and short films released on their website and later YouTube before establishing a professional media company, Sketchbook Media, after their graduation. Their works have been featured at a number of national and international film festivals, including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival. As of August 31, 2015, Wong Fu Productions' YouTube channel has over 2.5 million subscribers and over 384 million video views.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = https://www.youtube.com/user/WongFuProductions/about )〕 ==History== According to Philip Wang, Wong Fu Productions was unofficially established in 2001 during his high school junior year at Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California). Wang mainly utilized his family's digital camcorder to film school projects in collaboration with classmates. The name Wong Fu is a nickname that Philip was given when he was in the seventh grade. In his first year as an undeclared freshman at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Wang and his friends released a music video of Justin Timberlake's song "Señorita".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://wongfuproductions.com/WFvideos/2003/06/justin-timberlake-senorita-6-8-2003/ )〕 It was the first music video produced by Wang and, although he did not actively promote it, the video was quickly circulated among other fellow college students.〔 〕 The video was circulated in its original computer file format because it was released prior to the advent of the video sharing website YouTube. In 2004, Wang met classmates Wesley Chan (graduated from Mills High School in 2002) and Ted Fu through a school production, and the trio began working on small scale projects in their spare time and for class assignments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://wongfuproductions.com/about-us/about-us/ )〕 They did not originally consider filmmaking as a career when they entered university; Chan explored an interest in animation, Fu had been a student in electrical engineering and Wang considered a career in economics. After graduation in 2006, the three moved to the Los Angeles area and continued their venture under the professional name Sketchbook Media.〔〔 After approximately five years of hard work, Wong Fu Productions finally hit 1 million subscribers in 2011. On June 8, 2013, Wong Fu Productions reached their 10 year anniversary and as a result, Christine Chen and the surrounding cast of Wong Fu made a 13 minute short on June 29 with many familiar faces appear, including Ryan Higa, Dominic Sandoval (D-Trix), Kevin Wu (KevJumba), Freddie Wong, Brandon Laatsch, Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan) and the Fung Brothers commemorating the special achievement by Wong Fu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Wong Fu Productions hits 1 million subscribers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wong Fu Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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