Freddie Wong
| Freddie Wong | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname(s) | freddiew |
| Born | 1985 or 1986 (age 38–39) |
| Career information | |
| Games | Guitar Hero 2, Portal 2 |
Frederick "Freddie" Wong (born c. 1985-86), also known as freddiew and freddiew2, is an American filmmaker, musician, VFX expert and e-Sports player. He is the older brother of fellow YouTuber Jimmy Wong.
Biography
Wong graduated from Lakeside School.[1] He then attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.[1] He now owns and runs Overcrank Media, a Los Angeles based media production company specializing in feature film and online video content, having produced an independent film titled Bear. Before Youtube, Wong and his college friend Brandon Laatsch were making straight-to-DVD movies. Their Youtube career took off and that is what they are currently working on. They have collaborated with various artists from Hollywood, and with many major Game Development Companies.
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.[2][3]
During MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as a guest on Total Request Live.[4] 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.[5]
Freddie Wong performed at the first (and only) YouTube Live in San Francisco on November 22, 2008.
He maintains his own YouTube channel,[6] with a total of 371 million video views and over 2.1 million subscribers. He maintains the eighth most subscribed-to channel on Youtube.[7] He 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 Cowboys & Freddiew video and the glam metal band Steel Panther appearing in his crossfire video.
In 2010, he helped Joe Penna (MysteryGuitarMan) shoot a commercial for McDonald's.[8]
Notes
- ^ a b Rolph, Amy (2007-07-16). "Seattle's 'Hero' struts into rock stardom". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 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
- ^ Statistics retrieved on September 5, 2011 at http://www.youtube.com/freddiew
- ^ Freddie Wong Twitter Update - Twitter, 2011.
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
External links
- http://www.freddiew.com - Freddiew's Blog (official)
- New York Times article with a mis-captioned picture of Freddie.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3087799/
- http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew - Freddiew's Youtube Channel (official)
- http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew2 - Freddiew's Second Youtube Channel (official)
- http://www.facerocker.com - Freddiew's website - (official)