Esther Veronin

Esther Veronin (born 11 March 1987), is a Russian-Taiwanese-American director, singer, actress and CEO of entertainment startup Meimeiwawa Multimedia. She is the elder sister of Taiwanese singer Lara Veronin.

Esther Veronin
梁妍熙

Esther Veronin at ICRT in 2019
Background information
Born (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987
California, United States
Occupation(s)director, singer, actress, ceo
InstrumentsPiano
Years active2013–present
Associated actsMeimeiwawa Multimedia, Lara Veronin

Career
Meimeiwawa's logo since 2015

In May 2013, Veronin and sister Lara Veronin founded Meimeiwawa Multimedia,[1] (Chinese: 妹妹娃娃多媒體; pinyin: mèimèi wáwá dūo méi tĭ; "Meiwa Media" for short), an entertainment and lifestyle themed start-up that creates multimedia content. Esther, as CEO and co-founder has directed all short and long-form content produced by Meimeiwawa, including their entries in the Taipei stop of the 48-hour film project,[2] as well as their award-winning contribution to the Tainan 39 Hour Short Film Contestival,[3] for which they received the accolade of ‘Best Cinematography’ in 2015.

In 2015, the sisters introduced a new online web series called ‘Meiwa Diaries’[4] under a new concept ‘Faux reality’, which depicts snippets of their daily lives in a partly fictional manner.

One of their first international film project was "Taipei As We Know It (TAWKI), an English-language webseries set in Taipei, Taiwan touching on social issues and quirks of the sisters' homeland, Taipei.[5]

In 2018, Veronin wrote, directed, and produced her first feature-length film, "Tomorrow's Star", which starred her sister Lara and combined the music from Lara's third solo album "Thousand-Faced Beast" into a cinematic visual album.

Performance
Esther Veronin speaking at FJU for Women's Week 2019

During mid-2014, Veronin also participated in the "Global Taiwanese songwriting and singing competition",[6] gaining attention for her similarity in appearance to Taiwanese actress Mirandu Lu, and for her moving performance. Veronin also participated in the direction of sister Lara Veronin’s music video for her 2014 single "Dida",[7] which was selected as the theme song for the "Fluid Sexuality International Film Festival" in 2015. Both sisters have publicly expressed their advocacy of LGBT rights.[8]

Veronin also received glowing reviews of her performance in The LAB's stage performance of the 1966 play Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott, having been praised by the Taipei Times to "shine in the challenging lead role".[9]

From 2014 to 2015, both Veronin sisters sang regularly at Brown Sugar, a jazz club in Taipei, where they performed a medley of both Taiwanese and Western music.

Activism

Veronin is an outspoken participant in feminist[10] and LGBT issues, having participated in many women-powered events in Taiwan. Both Veronin sisters also use Meimeiwawa Multimedia and their own popularity as platforms to raise awareness on various social issues via mediums such as events,[11] music videos, short films, and movies.

Most recently in 2019, Esther and Lara were both named as spokespeople and partners to the Modern Women's Association in their campaign against sexual violence of "Only Yes Means Yes".[12]

Personal life

On 29 May 2015, Veronin's mother died after collapsing from a cardiac stress test.[13]

Filmography

As CEO and Co-founder of Meimeiwawa, Veronin also takes on the roles of screenwriting, directing, editing, and producing various visual content put forth by the company. The genres of such visual content range from short films to music videos and even a feature film.

Short Film
Year Role English title Chinese title Note
2013Writer-director《Taipei As We Know It "TAWKI"》《台北據我們所知》Comedy short film
2014Writer-director《Who Killed Joanna Wang?》《誰殺了王若琳》Best Soundtrack & Costume in 48 Hour Film Project Taipei[14]
2015Writer-director《She Wore Red》《紅》Best Cinematography in the Tainan 39-Hour Short Film Contestival[15]
Executive Producer《Still Better Than Love[16]》《比真愛還好》Official selection for the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival[17]
Writer-director《Meiwa Diaries》《妹娃日記》Faux reality web series
2016Writer-director《Taipei As We Know It》《台北據我們所知》Mini short film series
Writer-director《Newbie Dad》《那些被罵後才知道的事》Collaboration with the National Development Council (Republic of China)
Feature Film
Year Role English title Chinese title Genre
2018Writer-director《Tomorrow's Star》《明日之星》Cinematic Visual Album
Music Video
Year Role English title Chinese title Artist
2015Writer-director《Dida》《滴答》Lara Liang
2016Writer-director《Where Do We Go》Lara Liang
2017Writer-director《Play/Turn》《玩轉》Lara Liang
2018Writer-director《Watch Out》《蹦蹦蹦》Lara Liang
Writer-director《Tomorrow's Star》《明日之星》Lara Liang
Writer-director《Precious Pain》《最愛的痛》Lara Liang
Writer-director《No Absolutes》《沒有絕對》Lara Liang
Writer-director《Thousand-Faced Beast》《千面獸》Lara Liang

References
  1. "【創意人房間】梁心頤＆梁妍熙：城市裡的禪意生活 | Simple Life". www.simplelife.streetvoice.com. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  2. "tawki, lara & esther veronin: house of champions short now out!". Asian Pop Weekly. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. "Lai awards filmmakers with Tainan accolades". China Post. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. "Meimeiwawa Multimedia Introduces New Genre Faux Reality Show 'Meiwa Diaries'". Hello Asia. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. "Tawki: Taipei as we know it: just to jog your memory…". Asian Pop Weekly. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. "LARA姊姊進軍演藝圈　混血兒梁妍熙激似女星路嘉". ET Today. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. "今日最song：Lara梁心頤 （滴答）". 中時電子報.
  8. "Lara姊妹超麻吉 錯當蕾絲邊". Liberty Times Net. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  9. "Surviving in the dark". Taipei Times.
  10. "INTERVIEW: Meimeiwawa's Esther Veronin on Feminism in Taiwan". TheNewsLens.
  11. "Lara and Esther Veronin to Voice for Women's Equal Right". Toggle.
  12. 半夜被男同學偷摸　Lara卻錯愕自責「沒有保護好自己」 鏡週刊
  13. "Lara Liang(梁心頤)'s Mom Passes Away From Heart Attack During Physical AHMIKE.COM | 阿咪 – Hong Kong TVB Entertainment News in English". www.ahmike.com. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  14. "Announcing the Winners – All Titles". The 48 Hour Film Project Taipei.
  15. "2015 Tainan 39 Hour Short Film Contestival 臺南39小時拍片競賽" – via YouTube.
  16. "Finding love in a hi-tech world?". Taipei Times.
  17. "2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – Program Guide". issuu.
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