I-Jien Jane Kou (EXCLUSIVE) Interview INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2024

2024 June 27

I-Jien Jane Kou (EXCLUSIVE) Interview INDIE PRODUCER OF THE YEAR 2024

What has been the greatest difficulty you faced in producing your project?

Because I have no budget, I have to do everything myself. For example, I have to be both an actor and an actress for all the characters. This is obviously a problem. I cannot even play a female character. My English is terrible with heavy accent. I have to admit that I don’t fit as an actress; but, I have to play all my animation characters. This is not the only problem. There are other difficulties if you do not have a team.

-Do you think the film industry today has been damaged by political correctness?


Ha, ha, of course. Not everyone has the courage to come forward or to push envelope. Not everyone is willing to risk being back fired by the public or special interest groups. It would take a lot of courage to stand up and step up. It is c considered rude in our society to speak out or to be different. We have become conformists, as society conditions us. I think it is important for us to re-learn self-love and make worthy of ourselves.

-What was the greatest source of inspiration for creating your project?

I was a computer programming nurd. I worked with many Silicon Valley nurds, who just like me, wanted to be un-nurd. I am writing and making my animations to tell my younger self what to do.

-If you could ask a question to a great director from the past, who would you like to
talk to and what would you ask them?

I saw Titanic four times in movie theaters. It is one of my all time favorite. I love Titanic theme song written by Horner and sang by Celine Dion. I would like to ask Titanic director James Cameron if he believes true love exists? I am fifty-four and never been kissed. I had many many crushes on people whom are out of my league. But, I don’t want to just settle with anyone that I don’t have chemistry with. I would like to ask James Cameron that if someone as me can still find love. I am financially broke and is
an aspiring artist who barely makes the end meets every month. Do you think it is selfish for someone as broken as me to want love? I feel that I don’t have the ability to love.

-What do you think of the Wild Filmmaker platform?

Of course I only have good words for Wild Filmmaker. Ha, ha, I’m just kidding. Thanks to Wild Filmmaker magazine, I get to express my opinions to the public. With the popularity of Wild Filmmaker magazine and many critic reviews, artists gain public attention and get to tell the world not only how they make their films, but also express their opinions and ideas publicly.