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The Tao of Pong

Elijah Craig

USA2004 21min 35mm color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

A table tennis prodigy learns from a Taoist wise man that life (or table tennis is like a trip.)

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Elijah Craig

Elijah Craig holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of Southern California (2004). Before USC, Craig worked as an actor, writer, and mountain guide. As an actor he played supporting roles in films, such as: Space Cowboys, Carrie 2, and Deal of a Lifetime. As a writer he optioned off his first screenplay to Castlerock, which got him into the writer’s guild, and later worked in development with producer Frank Marshall. He’s also led climbing trips to the summit of the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere, skied off the summit of Mt. Rainier, been caught in 2 coup d'etats, and been attacked by a rabid bear. All of which, he now realizes, amounts to about an average day of indie filmmaking.