Award-winning child film critic & artist Perry Chen to speak at USD “Blazing My Trail” program Aug 3, 2010

Published on: 9th August, 2010

On Aug 3, 2010, award-winning 10-year-old entertainment & film critic, animator Perry Chen  spoke to high school students attending the University of San Diego “Blazing My Trail” program.  Other young “trailblazers” Jason O’Neill and Suamhirs Rivera were also featured during the week-long program Aug 2-6, 2010:  

http://www.sandiego.edu/success/Students.php

http://www.sandiego.edu/success/ParentsandEducators.php

In a lively 40 min presentation including Perry’s Previews webseries trailer:

http://youtu.be/yN0UNCoBNNw?a

Bill Plympton’s award-winning short films “The Fan and the Flower,” “Guard Dog,”

http://www.plymptoons.com (Bill Plympton’s website)

Perry entertained the high school students with humor, dazzling visuals, and insight from a young trailblazer.  “What I have learned in the past year and half is that all successes are built on the foundation of hard work,” he told the students, enthralled with his presentation.  “If you believe, you can achieve!  Dream big, and do something about it.”

In an interview with USD program director Jodi Waterhouse after his presentation, Perry said, “a lot of kids have big dreams, but often don’t take any action.  If you don’t take action, you will not make your dream become real.”

Perry enjoyed giving the 40 min presentation, his longest ever.  He autographed his “How to Train Your Dragon” movie review for Ms. Waterhouse.

Perry and his mom Zhu Shen also enjoyed meeting fellow speaker Jason O’Neill and his parents Nancy & Don O’Neill.

Venue:

Manchester Conference Center

University of San Diego

5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492

Program Information

Blazing My Trail program provides students the opportunity to work on their critical thinking skills. The program is designed to increase students critical skills for lifelong academic, personal, and professional success.

Through out the sessions young Trailblazers will speak about the exciting work they are currently engaging in the community and in their own lives.

Space still available.

Program and registration contact:

Jodi Waterhouse
Director, Corporate and Professional Programs
Contact: jodiw@sandiego.edu | (619) 260-4231

University of San Diego
Office of Corporate and Professional Education
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
Phone (619) 260-4000
Fax (619) 260-5988

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Perry S. Chen is a 10-year-old award-winning film critic & artist, TV/radio personality, Annie Awards for Animation presenter, filmmaker and animator.  He is an entertainment critic for the San Diego Entertainer Magazine and is represented by Rebel Entertainment Partners, a talent agency in Hollywood.

Perry started writing movie reviews using his unique kids-friendly starfish rating system on his website (www.perryspreviews.com ) as an 8-year-old third grader at San Diego’s Torrey Hills Elementary School from the Del Mar Union School District.

Perry became a national sensation when he debuted on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric in May 2009 as the youngest film critic in the country.  He was featured on National Public Radio (NPR) with host Liane Hansen in March 2010, and has reviewed over 30 movies and DVDs on a multi-media platform: TV, radio, print, and web.  He is the youngest member of the Asian American Journalist Association, the San Diego Press Club, the youngest blogger on Animation World Network, and the youngest honoree of Cox Communication Channel 4’s annul Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Perry reviews films on a starfish rating system, 5 being the best.  His reviews are available on his website: www.perryspreviews.com.

Perry’s Previews Webseries trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0UNCoBNNw&feature=autofb

Watch his videos on www.youtube.com/perryspreviews

Listen to his radio show on www.wsRadio.com/perry

Read his press releases http://pressroom.prlog.org/PerrysPreviews/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/perryspreviews

Twitter: http://twitter.com/perryspreviews (over 1300 followers)

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/perryspreviews (over 6 million connections)

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