Freddie Wong
| Freddie Wong | |
|---|---|
| freddiew | |
 Wong in October 2010 |
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| Date of birth | 1985/1986 (age 25–26)[1] |
| Hometown | Seattle, Washington |
| Nationality | United States |
| Games | Guitar Hero 2, Portal 2 |
Freddie Wong is an American filmmaker, musician, VFX technician and e-Sports player. He maintains two popular YouTube channels, "freddiew" and "freddiew2". He is the older brother of fellow YouTuber Jimmy Wong.
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[edit] Biography
Wong graduated from Lakeside School.[2] He then attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[2] 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 videogame development companies.
[edit] Notable accomplishments
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.[3][4]
During MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as a guest on Total Request Live.[5] 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, CA for the midnight release of the game.[6]
Freddie Wong performed at the first (and only) YouTube Live in San Francisco on November 22, 2008.
He maintains two YouTube channels,[7][8] with the main channel having a total of 561 million video views and over 2.9 million subscribers.[9] Wong has successfully 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, and the glam metal band Steel Panther appearing in his video based on the Crossfire board game.
In 2010 he helped Joe Penna, known as MysteryGuitarMan on YouTube, shoot a commercial for McDonald's.[10] In 2011 Wong produced, co-directed, and acted in a TV commercial for Battlefield 3 at the request of Electronic Arts.[11][12]
[edit] Filmography
| TV Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Other Notes |
| 2011 | Chuck | Freddie | Guest appearance in "Chuck Versus the Hack Off" |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Slater, Grant (July 9, 2007). "Mild-mannered gamers become rock stars for a day". Victoria Advocate: p. B2. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qaA_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=HFYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5794%2C4978352. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
- ^ a b Rolph, Amy (2007-07-16). "Seattle's 'Hero' struts into rock stardom". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/323860_hero17.html. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Freddie Wong 10 on STYLE -Less Talk More Rokk - YouTube video of the second half of Freddie's winning performance
- ^ World Series of Video Games- Freddiew's blog post dated July 16, 2007.
- ^ http://www.freddiew.com/2007/11/13/the-going-thing/
- ^ YouTube Sensation Freddie Wong officially rocks The Rock-A-Thon! - The Rock-A-Thon. September 15, 2009.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/freddiew
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew2
- ^ Statistics retrieved on March 4, 2012 at http://www.youtube.com/freddiew
- ^ Freddie Wong Twitter Update - Twitter, 2011.
- ^ Battlefield 3 - FreddieW TV Commercial - YouTube, 2011
- ^ 10 Days to Air - -BF3 TV commercial Behind the Scenes - YouTube, 2011.
[edit] Further reading
- Slater, Grant (7 July 2007), "Mild-mannered gamers become rock stars for a day", Associated Press Newswires
- Sperounes, Sandra (23 February 2008), "Internet phenomenon a Guitar Hero for hire", Winnipeg Free Press: p. c13
[edit] External links
- http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew - Freddiew's YouTube Channel
- http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew2 - Freddiew's Second YouTube Channel
- http://www.freddiew.com - Freddiew's Blog
- http://www.facerocker.com - Freddiew's website
- New York Times article with a mis-captioned picture of Freddie.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3087799/
