Freddie Wong
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| Personal information | |
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| Nickname(s) | freddiew |
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| Games | Guitar Hero 2 |
Freddie Wong is an aspiring American film-maker and electronic sports player.
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 Rock" by Freezepop.[1]
Biography
Wong graduated from the Lakeside School.[2]. He then attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[2] He now owns a film production company, having produced the independent film Bear. His primary film interest right now is for Youtube.com, with his channel "freddiew".
Notable accomplishments
During MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as a guest on Total Request Live.[citation needed] 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]
Recently, 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.[citation needed]
Most recently, Freddie Wong performed at the first annual YouTube Live in San Francisco on 11/22/08.
He maintains his own critically acclaimed YouTube video channel, with over 500,000 subscribers (#45 most subscribed of all time), and has successfully attracted mainstream attention with Andy Whitfield appearing in a Time Crisis tribute video, Kevin Pollak in a Hypnotism stunt and Shenae Grimes in a romantic gun action scene.
Guitar Hero 2
- 1st World Series of Video Games ($2,625)[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ [1], You Tube video of the second half of Freddie's winning performance
- ^ a b Rolph, Amy (2007-07-16). "Seattle's 'Hero' struts into rock stardom". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- New York Times article with a mis-captioned picture of Freddie.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3087799/