Kiki Yeung - Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Actress

Kiki Yeung is a versatile and multi-talented artist who works in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, San Diego and Seattle.  She is a producer, comedian, actress, writer, director and host.  Her passion to create opportunities for her fellow Asian American comedians and artists led her to create “Crazy Woke Asians” the always sold out comedy show featuring some of the funniest Asian American comedians in SoCal. As a stand up comedian, Kiki performed at the Ice House Comedy Club, Flappers Comedy Club, Tao Comedy Studio, The World Famous Comedy Store (where Kiki opened for Darrell Hammond and Kevin Nealon of SNL), The Three Clubs, The Comedy Palace and more.  

Born in Hong Kong, Kiki’s family immigrated to Seattle, Washington when she was 12. At 15, she was diagnosed with two auto-immune diseases resulting her battle with severe depression and an eating disorder. She also survived both her parents’ cancer which led Kiki to heal herself with a holistic approach. Through her award winning one woman show, "Second Chances" she shares a message of empowerment and never giving up on your dreams by transforming into over a dozen characters live onstage. The San Diego Reader calls it “A Moving & Joyous Portrait!”  Kiki was invited to present "Second Chances" at the San Diego Lunar New Year Tet Festival at Qualcomm Stadium, Metropolitan Correctional Center, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum, San Diego International Fringe Festival, New Americans Museum, Asian Cultural Festival, a benefit performance for Pacific Arts Movement Founder's Fund at the Comedy Palace, was selected to be produced at the Santa Monica Playhouse Benefit Series in 2017, by Pan Asian Repertory Theater’s Nu Works Festival in New York and recently at the Crazy Woke Asians Solo Performance Festival and won the Comedian's Pick Award.

Kiki earned a B.A. in Drama at the University of Washington, then studied Shakespeare at the Mira Costa's Actors Academy. She was awarded the diversity scholarship at Freehold Studio Theatre where she completed the Ensemble Training Intensive Professional Certificate. Kiki wrote and produced original plays at the University of Washington's Ethnic Cultural Theater and the historic Pike Place Market Theater in Seattle.  She was a contributor and video blog host for the International Examiner. In Seattle, Kiki performed with Unexpected Productions, the Pork Filled Players, Freehold Studio's Engaged Theatre, Wing Luke Museum's Bridges Project and many more. In San Diego she worked with Asian Story Theater and was co-host & segment producer for Asian Voices on COX, Time Warner Cable and tvK2. Kiki has appeared in commercials, industrials, voiceover and print for Super Supplement, Edison Utility, Bank of America, Nintendo, Valley View Casino, Cymer, Intel, Microsoft and the California Grape Commission among others . She produced, co-directed and acted in the short films "Fung Family Feast" for HBO's Visionaries Contest and“Sweet and Sour Chicks” for NBC Universal Short Fest, an official selection at the Portland Comedy Film Festival nominated for the Best Comedy Series Episode Award.  Kiki is a proud mom and SAG/AFTRA member, she is fluent in Cantonese. For upcoming shows, follow Kiki on Instagram! www.kikifunnymama.com

Rich Cranor - Producer, Director of Photography, Editor

Richard Cranor was born in rural Alabama but spent most of his childhood growing up on the west coast. He eventually moved to Seattle where he spent some time homeless, attempting to earn enough money doing odd-jobs to pay for tuition into the Art Institute of Seattle. Eventually, he came up with the money and began attending classes.

After completing the multimedia program, Richard went on to direct several feature and short films that played in film festivals worldwide and secured national DVD distribution deals. "Katana", a web series about a retired ninja who must complete one last kill to save his daughter's life, was his Hollywood debut. It premiered on Strike.TV's Internet television network in the summer of 2008. It is the first martial arts based Internet television series to ever debut on the world wide web. It was produced and co-written by his friend and mentor, Yuji Okumoto, who also starred in the web pilot. Yuji Okumoto played the villain in "Karate Kid 2" and has starred in hundreds of film and TV episodes since. The two collaborated on the show while hanging out a Yuji's restaurant in Seattle, the Kona Kitchen.

Richard has also worked for a number of years with Martin Design LLC, an advertising and marketing execution firm in the Pacific Northwest, shooting viral video campaigns for Microsoft and other clients and helping pioneer the "Viral Ecosystem", a concept that involves internet videos being seeded in a number of different blog and social media outlets to help sustain its presence and life cycle on the internet.

He continues to write and direct feature films as well as develop new technologies and marketing strategies that combine Hollywood movie-making with the internet's interactive capability and potential. His sci-fi feature Star Leaf was executive produced by Robert Leeshock (Star of Gene Roddenberry’s TV show Earth Final Conflict) is available on Amazon Prime. www.cranormedia.com

Heidi Luo - Assistant Producer, Social Media Producer, Actress

Heidi Luo is a Clean Comedian, Actress, and Educator. She was born in Shanghai, China. She performs at the World Famous Comedy Store in Hollywood and La Jolla, Flappers Comedy Club, The Comedy Palace San Diego, The Three Clubs, Tao Comedy Studio, and corporate events. In the pass 12 months she has been cast in 10 films for variety of roles. She competed in the US Comedy Contest, San Diego Comedy Festival and Palm Spring Comedy Festival. She is 2018 LA Pride Comedy Festival Finalist and The Final 1 winner at Megestar -- First and largest world online talent competition.

She earned her master's degree in Global Economics in US. Heidi was the Assistant Director of Asian Pacific Business Institute. She has conducted extensive executive management training programs for government officials and CEO's from Asian and Germany.

She has pledged to Make World a Lighter Place using humor and laughter. She has worked with many charities. https://yilanluo.wixsite.com/heidiluo

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Joe Corzo - Assistant Producer, Social Media Producer, Actor

Joe Corzo moved to Los Angeles from the Bay Area in 2017 as many of his predecessors before him to continue furthering his journey of becoming a working professional entertainer in the industry. If stand-up comedy wasn’t enough, he’s currently expanding his attributes as an actor which is a dream come true for himself. Proving that once again no matter how far-fetched a dream may be, it is all about continuing to put in the work to refine one’s craft as well as oneself. With strong faith, work ethic & support system of family, friends & fans he is well on his way of becoming an established member of the entertainment industry he whole-heartedly loves.

He has performed as a host, opener & feature for multiple national headliners such as Tommy Davidson, Sinbad, Bobby Collins, John Whitherspoon, Rex Navarett to name a few, building a name for himself as a rising star in the Northern California stand-up scene. As well as a producer of his own comedy showcase called JOEtime Comedy Presents that features talent from all over. Not to mention winning first place at The One Mic Comedy Competition in 2014. He also performs in numerous showcases at many well-known establishments with his stage presence, high energy, witty personality, comedic timing, situational humor, clever word play, hilarious analogies, & much more.

Chinese in Entertainment (CIE) - Community Partner is a Los Angeles based non-profit organization that supports and promotes Chinese talent and culture in the United States. CIE members are mostly young professionals working in entertainment, media and the arts.

CIE hosts monthly LA China mixers, screenings, bilingual writers' workshop and special gatherings for young professionals working in the industry as well as anyone who is interested in learning more about China.

All LA China mixers are FREE, and all are welcome to attend. www.lacff.org