Chinese American writer/director Eric Byler grew up in California, Virginia, and Hawaii before graduating from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Eric was nominated for a 2003 Independent Spirit Award for his debut feature film Charlotte Sometimes, which also earned nominations for producer Marc Ambrose and actress Jacqueline Kim. Eric's second feature Americanese was acquired for theatrical release (fall 2007) by IFC Films and won both the Audience Award and the Special Jury Award at the S ...[Read Story]