Meet the Team
ANDREW WILCOX
Producer / Director / Cinematographer
Andrew Lee Wilcox is a Korean American filmmaker who was born in Landstuhl, Germany. The son of a military veteran, and an immigrant small business owner, Wilcox is a serial entrepreneur, having owned and operated multiple businesses throughout his career. He is the founder of Wilco Productions - a boutique commercial video production company where he has produced and directed numerous commercial and corporate videos for clients ranging from small startups to large enterprise companies. As an avid documentary watcher, Wilcox's passion for storytelling led him to pursue a career in film. He graduated with honors from Arizona State University in 2011 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Film & Media Production. Wilcox aspires to make a positive impact in culture through documentary storytelling, and his feature documentary directorial debut, "Boat People" explores the experiences of Vietnamese refugees who fled their country in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Currently living in Phoenix, AZ, Wilcox is an emerging filmmaker to watch, whose unique perspective and dedication to his craft promise to make a lasting impression on the world of cinema.
DAKOTA JONES
CO-Producer / EDITOR / Cinematographer
Dakota Jones is a media professional who has been actively involved in the film industry since 2011, having graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor's degree in Creative Media & Film. Dakota currently resides in Nashville, TN with his wife and two dogs, where he works as a full-time commercial video producer and post-production supervisor at Wilco Productions. Over the years, Dakota has taken on production roles in academia, broadcast, marketing, and production companies, where he takes immense pride in professional collaboration and creative execution. As a filmmaker with a passion for editing, he continues to hone his artistry with a sharp eye for detail and a deep understanding of human emotion. His curiosity-filled childhood has served as inspiration to his approach to character development and creating rich, thoughtful narratives.
BICKY TRAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Bich-Ngoc “Bicky” Tran was born in Dalat, Vietnam where her parents met and started their lives together before Vietnam fell to communism. She escaped with her mother and three siblings at the age of 6 on a small fishing boat in hopes of finding the American dream. After spending a year at refugee camps between Indonesia and Singapore, they were reunited with their father, a prisoner of war (POW), who had already settled in Portland, Oregon after suffering years of political persecution. Following her mother’s advice to focus on getting a good education to fulfill that American dream and her father’s advice to choose a profession where you can help others, she is now a dentist and owner of Simply Dentistry - a dental practice located in Scottsdale, AZ. In the summer of 2019, Bicky met with filmmaker Andrew Lee Wilcox to pitch the idea of turning her family’s story into a documentary film as a tribute to her parents, and to preserve the history of the Vietnamese diaspora. Principal photography on “Boat People” began soon after in September 2019.