Freddie Wong

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Freddie Wong
freddiew
Freddie Wong in Portland.jpg
Wong in October 2010
Date of birth (1985-09-13) September 13, 1985 (age 27)
Hometown Seattle, Washington
Nationality United States
Games Guitar Hero 2, Portal 2

Freddie Wong (born September 13, 1985)[1] is an American filmmaker, musician, VFX technician and competitive gamer. He is a major part in three popular YouTube channels, "freddiew", "freddiew2", and "Node". He is the older brother of fellow YouTuber Jimmy Wong.[2][3]

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Biography[edit]

Wong graduated from Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington.[4] He then attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[4] Wong owns and manages Overcrank Media, a Los Angeles based media production company specializing in feature film and online video content, having produced an independent film titled Bear. Wong met his future collaborator Brandon Laatsch in college. They have collaborated with various Hollywood artists, and with video game development companies.

Notable accomplishments[edit]

Wong competed in the World Series of Video Games in Dallas in July 2007. He won first prize in the Guitar Hero 2 competition, playing the song "Less Talk More Rokk" by Freezepop.[5][6]

During MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as a guest on Total Request Live.[7] Participating in the program with his newly-formed band Hellanor Brozevelt, Wong was part of a country-wide search to find the best Rock Band ensemble. After receiving tutelage from well-known rockers Good Charlotte, Brozevelt performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York against Chicago-based Carrie Me Home.[citation needed]

For the release of Rock Band, the band Hellanor Brozevelt was commissioned to play at the Best Buy in Hollywood, California for the midnight release of the game.[8]

Freddie Wong performed at the first (and only) YouTube Live in San Francisco on November 22, 2008.

Wong has attracted mainstream attention as well, with Andy Whitfield appearing in a Time Crisis tribute video, Kevin Pollak appearing in a Hypnotism stunt, Shenae Grimes in a romantic gun action scene, Ray William Johnson in a troll infestation video, Eliza Dushku appearing in an action scene, Jon Favreau featuring in his video based on Cowboys & Aliens, the glam metal band Steel Panther appearing in his video based on the Crossfire board game, and Smosh appearing in his video "Huge Guns (with Smosh)".[9]

In 2010 he helped Joe Penna, known as MysteryGuitarMan on YouTube, shoot a commercial for McDonald's,[10] and assisted Wong Fu Productions in actions scenes of Agents of Secret Stuff.[11] In 2011 Wong produced, co-directed, and acted in a TV commercial for Battlefield 3 at the request of Electronic Arts.[12][13]

In 2011 he, along with his partners, formed Rocket Jump, a YouTube network. Since then, they have worked on the webseries Video Game High School, which began releasing episodes on May 11, 2012, the second season is in production.

Wong participates in at least three YouTube channels, with "freddiew" having over 5.6 million subscribers,[14] "freddiew2" with over 1.1 million subscribers,[15] and "Node" with over 500 thousand subscribers.[16] Wong also participates in other channels associated with Rocket Jump.

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Other notes
2010 Bear Producer Film
2011 Chuck Freddie TV Series, Guest appearance in "Chuck Versus the Hack Off"
2012–present Video Game High School Co-Director, Co-Creater, Himself Webseries

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Wong, Freddie (September 13, 2012). "Hitting 27 today – thanks everyone!". Twitter. Retrieved September 13, 2012. 
  2. ^ Roderick, Kevin (March 24, 2011). "Jimmy Wong as Internet savior". LA Observed. Retrieved May 9, 2012. 
  3. ^ ""Never stop working. If you’re doing something you love, then it shouldn’t be a problem."". The Other Asians. July 7, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2012. 
  4. ^ a b Rolph, Amy (July 16, 2007). "Seattle's 'Hero' struts into rock stardom". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved July 23, 2010. 
  5. ^ Freddie Wong 10 on STYLE -Less Talk More Rokk – YouTube video of the second half of Freddie's winning performance
  6. ^ World Series of Video Games- Freddiew's blog post dated July 16, 2007.
  7. ^ http://www.freddiew.com/2007/11/13/the-going-thing/
  8. ^ YouTube Sensation Freddie Wong officially rocks The Rock-A-Thon! – The Rock-A-Thon. September 15, 2009.
  9. ^ FreddieW (January 13, 2011). "Huge Guns (with Smosh!)". YouTube. Retrieved August 6, 2012. 
  10. ^ Freddie Wong Twitter Update – Twitter, 2011.
  11. ^ Nigahiga (November 24, 2010). ""Agents of Secret Stuff"". YouTube. Retrieved July 1, 2012. 
  12. ^ Battlefield 3 – FreddieW TV Commercial – YouTube, 2011
  13. ^ 10 Days to Air – -BF3 TV commercial Behind the Scenes – YouTube, 2011.
  14. ^ Statistics retrieved on June 3, 2013 at http://www.youtube.com/freddiew
  15. ^ Statistics retrieved on June 3, 2013, at http://www.youtube.com/freddiew2
  16. ^ Statistics retrieved on June 3, 2013, at http://www.youtube.com/Node

Further reading[edit]

  • Slater, Grant (July 7, 2007), "Mild-mannered gamers become rock stars for a day", Associated Press Newswires 
  • Sperounes, Sandra (February 23, 2008), "Internet phenomenon a Guitar Hero for hire", Winnipeg Free Press: c13 

External links[edit]

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