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Timothy Tau is an American writer and filmmaker. Tau won the 2011 Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest for his short story, "The Understudy", which was published in the Winter 2011 issue of ''Hyphen'' magazine, Issue No. 24, the "Survival Issue." Tau also won Second Prize in the 2010 ''Playboy'' College Fiction Contest for his short story, "Land of Origin" (See the October 2010 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine). He has also directed a number of short films and music videos that have screened at various film festivals worldwide and on YouTube. ==Writing== Tau's short story ("The Understudy" ) is a comic-surrealist story about an Asian American actor named Jack Chang struggling in Los Angeles who must deal with the sudden emergence of a mysterious new understudy named Hyde on a production of a play (Eugène Ionesco's ''Rhinoceros'') he is working on.〔The Understudy by Timothy Tau, Issue 24: Survival, Fiction, http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-24-survival/understudy〕 It is told in the second-person narrative. The story was published in the Winter 2011 Issue of ''Hyphen'' magazine and won Grand Prize in the 2011 Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest, sponsored by the Asian American Writers Workshop and the only national Pan-Asian American Writing Competition of its kind.〔Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest, http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/shortstory〕〔Meng Fang, Chinese Dazzle the Short Story Writing Contest, WorldJournal.com, http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/16652654/article-%E7%9F%AD%E7%AF%87%E6%95%85%E4%BA%8B%E5%AF%AB%E4%BD%9C%E8%B3%BD-%E8%8F%AF%E8%A3%94%E8%80%80%E7%9C%BC?instance=news_pics〕 Award-winning novelist Porochista Khakpour, one of the judges, called the story a "psychological thriller successfully pulled off in second person -- alone a feat worthy of mention -- and () cautionary tale about what happens when you entirely live for and therefore ultimately lose everything but your art. At surface glance, it can make one think 'Chinese thespian ''Black Swan'',' but the wild, brainy, dark and dazzling prose is in a league of its own." MacArthur Fellow and award-winning novelist Yiyun Li said: "Full of vibrating energy, ‘The Understudy’ is an exciting story to read; better, the excitement does not fizz off but makes a reader think afterward."〔Caroline Kim-Brown, Timothy Tau Wins Fourth-Annual Asian American Short Story Contest, http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2011/11/timothy-tau-wins-fourth-annual-asian-american-short-story-contest〕 Tau's short story "Land of Origin" is a love-crime and neo-noir story about a Taiwanese American professional/ex-pat named Dante Wu who lives an empty and jaded life in Los Angeles, and who goes back to Kaohsiung, Taiwan to get mixed up with betel nut girls (falling in love with one in the process) and a gang known as "The Heavenly Alliance." The story tracks his descent, like the Dante of The Divine Comedy and The Inferno, into the sprawling neon-lit criminal underworld of urban Taiwan. The story won Second Prize in the 2010 Playboy College Fiction Contest.〔Arit John, "Playboy Features Collegiate Feats", UCLA Daily Bruin, Oct. 25, 2010, http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2010/10/playboy_features_collegiate_feats〕〔2010 Playboy College Fiction Contest Winners, http://glassmountain.edublogs.org/files/2010/11/DOC-2ep0n81.PDF (Archived version of http://www.playboy.com/articles/playboys-college-fiction-contest-2011)〕〔Angry Asian Man, Timothy Tau Wins 2nd Prize in Playboy's College Fiction Contest, http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/10/timothy-tau-wins-2nd-prize-in-playboys.html〕 Tau has also written a play entitled "Yellow Shakespeare" and is developing it as part of the David Henry Hwang Writer's Institute (DHHWI) at East West Players. The play concerns the discovery of a long-lost Shakespeare play that is the first and only Shakespeare play to feature Asian characters, and is set in the same universe as his short story, "The Understudy," as it revolves around the same fictional theater company from the short story, the Exit Ghost Repertory (the name taken from a stage direction in ''Hamlet''). A staged reading of an early version of the play was held at the DHHWI New Works Festival at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Los Angeles.〔Kelvin Han Yee Directed, and the reading starred Elaine Kao as Exit Ghost Manager/Director Audrey Chang, Art Hsu as Truman Lin, an Exit Ghost Actor, Jessika Van as Daphne Lee, another Exit Ghost Actor, Mike Ginn as Marcus Sanada, Ph.D., a British Academic and Shakespeare Scholar who makes the discovery of the play, Britt Prentice as Martin Cain, an Entertainment Executive, Edward Hong as the Narrator, and with Music by Mike Kobayashi.〕〔Rafu Shimpo, Yellow Shakespeare Poster, http://rafu.com/news/2012/06/new-works-festival-at-east-west-players/yellow-shakespeare-poster/〕〔Yellow Shakespeare Poster Image, Rafu Shimpo, http://www.rafu.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/yellow-shakespeare-poster.jpg〕〔East West Players Blog, DHHWI New Works Festival Coming Soon, http://eastwestplayers.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/dhhwi-new-works-festival-coming-soon/〕〔Rafu Shimpo, New Works Festival at East West Players, http://rafu.com/news/2012/06/new-works-festival-at-east-west-players/〕 In 2013, another reading of the play was staged at the DHHWI New Works Festival.〔The 2013 reading was directed by Andy Lowe, Gareth Yuen played the role of Marcus, Art Hsu reprised his role as Truman, Cyndee San Luis played Daphne, Becky Wu played Audrey, Kelvin Han Yee played Shakespeare and Chadd Stoops played Martin Cain.〕〔East West Players, David Henry Hwang Writers Institute New Works Festival Returns June 28!, http://eastwestplayers.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/david-henry-hwang-writers-institute-new-works-festival-returns-june-28/〕 In 2013, Tau also held a reading of another play entitled ''Bros/Hos/Foes'' at the DHHWI New Works Festival about two Asian American actors from different backgrounds trapped in a timeless space.〔The reading starred Edward Hong as Jackson Lee, Victor Chi as Troy Yoshida and Adrian Zaw as the omniscient "boxing announcer" Narrator.〕〔Where Event, Bros/Hos/Foes at the David Henry Hwang Writer's Institute New Works Festival, http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Timothy-Tau-BROS-HOS-FOES-at-David-Henry-Hwang-Writer-s-Institute-New-Works-Festival〕〔Eventot, Bros/Hos/Foes at the David Henry Hwang Writer's Institute New Works Festival, http://eventot.com/bros-hos-foes-at-david-henry-hwang-writer-s-institute-new-works-festival/2043839〕 Tau is also a contributing writer to indieWire's The Playlist and writes film reviews〔Timothy Tau, LAFF Review: Viet Nguyen's Award Winning 'Crush The Skull' Is A Bone Chillingly Good Time Full Of Laughs and Thrills, The Playlist, http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/laff-review-viet-nguyens-award-winning-crush-the-skull-is-a-bone-chillingly-good-time-full-of-laughs-and-thrills-20150618〕〔Timothy Tau, LAFF Review: Hilarious And Heartfelt 'Seoul Searching' Is A Throwback To '80s Coming Of Age Films, http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/laff-review-hilarious-and-heartfelt-seoul-searching-is-a-throwback-to-80s-coming-of-age-films-20150620〕 and news articles〔Timothy Tau, Watch: 9-Minute Look At The Sound Design Of 'Jurassic World' Plus Clip Of Jimmy Fallon's Cameo, The Playlist, http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-9-minute-look-at-the-sound-design-of-jurassic-world-plus-clip-of-jimmy-fallons-cameo-20150622〕〔Timothy Tau, Watch: Trailer And 3 Clips For 'American Heist' Starring Adrien Brody, The Playlist, http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-trailer-and-3-clips-for-american-heist-starring-adrien-brody-20150617〕 for the site. He also has an online column at ''Hyphen'' magazine entitled "The Talks", where he conducts Q&A interviews with leading Asian American film directors, actors, musicians, writers and artists and has them discuss their latest projects.〔http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/872〕 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「Timothy Tau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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