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Academy Award® Qualified 2020 for Best Live Action Short Film.

165+ awards


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Kommando 1944
Director/Writer- Derek Quick

Synopsis : July 1944, An Asian American soldier Corporal Soo is thrown into a Nazi work camp on a farm in Germany as his family back home in America are forced into an American Japanese concentration camp in Manzanar California. The allied soldiers think Soo is a Japanese soldier and segregate him. Soo must fight to let go of the past in order to be set free.

Media
kommando1944.com
instagram.com/kommando1944
instagram.com/derekquick1

Executive Producers
Derek Quick
Lucy Quick

Associate Producer
Jeff Seid

Cast

Daniel-Joo-SOO
Jeff Seid-LANCASTER
Bejo Dohmen-KAISER
Louie Chapman-CALHOUN
Aramis Merlin-JAGER
Mike Bingaman-SERGEANT KNOX
Evan James Henderson-KLEIN
Brett Ian Edwards-HULL
Bryan Navarro-GARCIA
John Manahan-HOFFMAN
Vincson Green-JONES
Benjamin Schnau-LECHMANN
Savira Windyani-KIYO SOO
Derek Quick-CORPORAL GIBSON

Crew

COMPOSER- Ahmed Arifin
PRODUCTION DESIGNER Robert Brecko
KEY COSTUMER Erica Patapoff
1ST AD Nicholas Nathaniel
KEY MAKEUP Kao Miyamoto
ASSISTANT MAKEUP Joseph Vasquez
SOUND MIXER Kyle Jacobsen
CASTING DEREK QUICK
SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Alexa Garster
SUPERVISING EDITOR Derek Quick
ASSISTANT EDITOR Kevin Birou
VIDEOGRAPHER/STILL PHOTOS Joshua David Forgy
SET DRESSER AUSTIN GOMETZ
STILL PHOTOS Jeff Johnson
VIDEOGRAPHER CHASE STANLEY
STUNT DOUBLE Benjamin Schnau
STUNT DOUBLE Brett Ian Edwards
PRODUCTION TRANSPORT CHASE STANLEY
CAST TRANSPORT Nicholas Nathaniel
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Nicholas Nathaniel
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Jeff Seid
LINE PRODUCER Derek Quick
LINE PRODUCER Dusica Aleksic
PRODUCTION SERVICES Signature Entertainment
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Chase Stanley

Sound

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR Alexander Verbitskiy
DIALOGUE EDITOR Matt Larson
RE RECORDING MIXER Alexander Verbitskiy
SOUND MIXER Kyle Jacobsen
SOUND DESIGNER Natalia Saavedra Brychcy
FOLEY ARTIST Alé Taboada
FOLEY RECORDIST Ally Hustings
VOCAL ARTIST- END SCORE Zoey Yun

Camera

Christopher Brendan CINEMATOGRAPHER kistan
GAFFER TOM SMITH
1ST AC Christine Marie
2ND AC Annie Fuentes
DOLLY GRIP Austin Gometz
KEY GRIP Samuel Diaz
ELECTRICIAN Leonard McLeod
STEADI CAM OPERATOR FALKO MATTERN

Special Thanks

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE- MANZANAR, CA
POST HASTE DIGITAL- LOS ANGELES, CA
HIGUERA RANCH -SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
SAM HINKLE/NANCY HINKLE

200+ Awards and Nominations
165+Wins

Short Shorts & Asia- Oscar Qualifying®
Official Selection

American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers
Cannes 2019
Official Selection

Band of Brothers Actors Reunion & Normandie France International Film Festival
Grand Jury Prize Outstanding WWII Short Film

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