Christian Bale Biography Book Trailer Wins Telly Award

Online, April 4, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The Telly Awards has named Harrison Cheung as a winner in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards for his piece titled "Hero - Christian Bale Book Trailer." With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, this is truly an honor.

Directed by Zac Witte, the "Hero" book trailer for the upcoming biography of actor Christian Bale is a "Bourne Identity" like trailer where a mysterious man runs through the streets of Austin, Texas to deliver a briefcase containing the book manuscript. You can view the trailer on Youtube, here:
http://youtu.be/SFhrMa6e61U

The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online commercials, video and films. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.

For its 33rd season, The Telly Awards once again joined forces with YouTube to give the public the power to view and rate videos submitted as part of the People's Telly Awards. In addition to recognition from the Silver Telly Council, the judging panel that selects the Telly Awards winners, the Internet community helps decide the People's Telly Awards winners.

"The Telly Awards has a mission to honor the very best in film and video," said Linda Day, Executive Director of the Telly Awards. "Harrison Cheung's accomplishment illustrates creativity, skill, and dedication to the craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production."

Cheung noted, "I was very lucky to work with a talented young director like Zac Witte to take a more cinematic approach to a book trailer - especially given that this is a book about Christian Bale!"

To find out more about the Telly Awards visit our website at www.tellyawards.com.

About Harrison Cheung
Meet the real-life Alfred! Harrison Cheung worked for Christian Bale as publicist, marketer and personal assistant for almost a decade. As a family friend and confidant, Harrison was involved with practically every aspect of Christian's life. Using web marketing, Harrison created the Balehead fan community and made Christian Bale the biggest star on the Internet - an important factor to help Bale land roles like AMERICAN PSYCHO and BATMAN. Entertainment Weekly touted Bale as one of the 'Top Cult Figures of the Past Decade' because of his Internet presence. Harrison is a Digital Marketing professional for IBM Corporation where he earned an Innovation Award for his work in Internet marketing.

Harrison's book, Bale's first biography, chronicles Bale's career from child actor to Internet sensation to Batman. The book is scheduled for May 29th release by BenBella Books.

Book Tour:
May 17 - Book Preview, BookPeople, Austin, TX
May 29 - Book Launch, Barnes & Noble, Dallas, TX
July 14 - Book Panel, Comic-Con, San Diego, CA

For more information:
http://www.bale-biography.com/press/christian-bale-presskit.pdf
www.bale-biography.com
www.youtube.com/christianbalebook
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