277 -- JEFFREY -- The Creative Team

Connie Siu is the Writer and Director of short film Jeffrey. She holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, graduated cum laude from SFSU with a BA in Fine Art, and attended UCLA’s Producers Workshop Program. Connie is the former Chairman and co-founder of the San Francisco Chapter of Siggraph, the former Vice-Chair of the U.S. Sports Film Festival, and served as Executive Director of the Pre-Visualization Society. 

Jeffrey is a short film that was shot as a virtual production in 2020. It’s a love story whose main character Jeffrey repairs the Dead so they can move on to the Beyond. Due to a series of magical events, he meets a woman and for the first time experiences the innocence of first love. 

In this Podcast, Connie Siu is joined by the creative team behind Jeffrey:

• Virtual Lighting Supervisor Paul Debevec
• VFX Supervisor Joel Hynek
• Line Producer Allison Vanore
• Associate Producer Gena Kay 
• And Phil Galler and Poom Wattanapan of Lux Machina

In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews Writer and Director Connie Siu and the creative team behind Jeffrey about the film’s innovations and challenges.

For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/277/.