I hope the past couple years have been good to everyone. It's crazy times the world's been going through and there seems to be no end to daily news events. From revolts to occupations, economic collapse, world famine and natural disasters...our headlines have been filled with some pretty depressing shit. But the human spirit continues to thrive and our resourcefulness will keep us from falling into darkness. Alive not Dead is not simply a forum for self adulation or even mass adulation, but I look at it as a paradigm for hope. In dark times we...Read more
Hello friends. It's been a very busy couple years and I've been neglecting my page. For this I truly apologize, but I haven't forgotten you guys. I've created a Facebook fan page under my name and have joined Twitter as well. Follow me @theterrychen. I have many updates on those sites, and will post a more detailed account of what I've been up to for the past while. Rest assured I'm back here though and look forward to writing more for you in the coming days. Thanks to everyone who have checked in here, I'll be bac...Read more
My second entry in four months. What can I say, I like to pace myself. I'm happy to say though that i've come out of this momentary break with the 8th draft of a screenplay called, 'DEADMONTON' which I co-wrote with Olivia Cheng (Broken Trail, Iris Chang: the Rape of Nanking). We've been developping it for the last two years and have Grace Park (BattleStar Galactica, The Cleaner) attached as a lead. It's not your typical prairie story, as the story tracks young asian gang violence in Edmonton seen through different la...Read more
First off I'd like to say how thrilled I am to join the AnD community. All due to Patrick Lee and the rest of the dedicated people @ AnD, my sincerest thanks for putting the page up for me. Trust me when I say I couldn't have done it myself, when it comes to computers i'm stunningly ignorant. So again, thank you, hopefully one day we can all meet. Since, as I understand, this is a platform for artists to share, commune, and express themselves I thought it would be fitting to start this open dialog by saying I&...Read more
Snakes on a Plane co-star Terry ChenTerry Chen is another rising Asian American actor starring in this summer’s thriller “Snakes on a Plane”. Terry Chen was born on February 3,1975 in Edmonton, Alberta to a Taiwanese father and a Chinese mother. His father was a traveling salesman, so the family never stayed in one place for long. By the time Terry finished high school, he had already lived in Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, and California.
After high school, he attended the University of Calgary and bartended at ...Read more