Tyrus (film)

Tyrus
Directed by Pamela Tom
Produced by Pamela Tom, Gwen Wynne, Tamara Khalaf
Written by Pamela Tom
Music by Derek Baird
Cinematography Shana Hagan
Edited by Tim Craig
Walt Louie
Angela Park
Carl Pfirman
Release date
 2015
Running time
 73 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Tyrus is a 2015 feature-length documentary directed by Pamela Tom about pioneering Chinese American artist Tyrus Wong who overcame a life of poverty, racism, and discrimination to become a renowned painter and Hollywood sketch artist. It was produced by Tom, Tamara Khalaf, and Gwen Wynne. The documentary reveals how the quiet beauty of Tyrus's eastern influenced paintings caught the eye of Walt Disney and became the inspiration for the classic animated feature Bambi (1942). For the next 25 years, Tyrus brought his artistry to Warner Brothers where his striking storyboards and set illustrations helped set the tone and drama for films such as Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), William Goldman's Harper (1966) and Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch. Tyrus Wong died at the age of 106 on December 30, 2016 and was at the time the oldest living Chinese American artist known.

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