Ben Fong-Torres, Film Subject
Ben Fong-Torres, who joined Rolling Stone in 1969 as an editor and writer, became its music editor and, many years later, a real-life character in the movie, Almost Famous. In his own real life, he toured with and profiled such artists as Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Linda Ronstadt, the Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, the Jackson 5, and Bonnie Raitt.
He has published a dozen books, including a best-selling memoir, The Rice Room, and continues to work as a writer, editor, broadcaster, onstage interviewer, MC-about-town, and Emmy® Award-winning TV host. He has won 5 Emmys® as co-anchor of the Chinese New Year Parade broadcasts on KTVU.com. He is the subject of a documentary, Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres. He lives with Dianne, his wife, in San Francisco.
Suzanne Joe Kai, Director/Writer/Producer
Kai received two Emmy® Award nominations and was named Best Woman News Reporter while a broadcast journalist at San Francisco’s NBC affiliate KRON-TV, becoming its first Asian American face on-camera. She worked at KCBS Radio (CBS) and stations KGO-TV(ABC), KTVU-TV (FOX), KGUN-TV (ABC), and RottenTomatoes.com. Kai holds a master's in documentary film from Stanford University.
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres is her first feature length documentary film.
Ben Fong-Torres, Film Subject
Ben Fong-Torres, who joined Rolling Stone in 1969 as an editor and writer, became its music editor and, many years later, a real-life character in the movie, Almost Famous. In his own real life, he toured with and profiled such artists as Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Linda Ronstadt, the Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, the Jackson 5, and Bonnie Raitt.
He has published a dozen books, including a best-selling memoir, The Rice Room, and continues to work as a writer, editor, broadcaster, onstage interviewer, MC-about-town, and Emmy® Award-winning TV host. He has won 5 Emmys® as co-anchor of the Chinese New Year Parade broadcasts on KTVU.com. He is the subject of a documentary, Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres. He lives with Dianne, his wife, in San Francisco.
Suzanne Joe Kai, Director/Writer/Producer
Kai received two Emmy® Award nominations and was named Best Woman News Reporter while a broadcast journalist at San Francisco’s NBC affiliate KRON-TV, becoming its first Asian American face on-camera. She worked at KCBS Radio (CBS) and stations KGO-TV(ABC), KTVU-TV (FOX), KGUN-TV (ABC), and RottenTomatoes.com. Kai holds a master's in documentary film from Stanford University.
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres is her first feature length documentary film.