
Most of the drive was just the writing and the storytelling and coming up with cool shot ideas and twists and then the actual narration of it all.”Īnd he finds the collaborative efforts of others in the film community – particularly in this region – extremely welcome and inviting. It was more just the stories and writing. I never really had a love or desire for the technical elements of the filmmaking. “I’m still not very technically proficient with a camera,” he says, “I’m learning as I move through these processes and as I work with people on things. The fortuitous sidelining of his education brought him into the big leagues, but without all the mechanical know-how. Growing up loving movies, Sherry had never entertained it as a career choice until he was around 21 and that led to his stint at UAlbany where he figured he could at least get some hands-on experience with the school’s equipment. “The first week of shooting is finals week and I promptly dropped out and ran down to New York, and then worked down there for about a year.” Less than a full year in and a former student-turned-assistant director/producer returned to give a talk at the school, and he left with a newly dropped-out Sherry in tow as a production assistant on the Netflix romantic comedy, “Set It Up,” starring Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Zoey Deutch and Pete Davidson. Despite his disdain for the Monkey King in the Mountains of Heaven, Li Dao has often been forced to ally with him and use his Monkey Warriors to help defend Cathay, which is a source of endless amusement for the Monkey King.After graduating high school, Sherry left his tiny town of Laurens, just north of Oneonta in Otsego County, to attend the College of Saint Rose, but it wasn’t the right fit, so he headed homeward to Oneonta and another major, only to try again at the University at Albany.

Li Dao is known for having a fiery temper, and he is somewhat jealous of Miao Ying and the glory she gains from defending the Great Bastion, as he considers defending the south to be equally difficult and important.

DescriptionĪs ruler of the Southern Provinces of Cathay, Li Dao has the thankless task of defending Southern Cathay from foreign assaults by Ind and the Nagas of Khuresh. Li Dao, the Fire Dragon, Master of the Burning Winds and Lord of the Phoenix is one of the Cathayan Dragons, ruler of the Southern Provinces and the Mountains of Heaven. Li Dao, the Fire Dragon, Master of the Burning Winds Meanwhile, I must marshall the Burning Winds, defend our borders against the Naggas and serpents of Khuresh, keep peace with the tigers of Ind, and war with the Monkey King's legions that come down from the Mountains of Heaven."

" Those in the central provinces always look to the north to the grandstanding of my sister at the Great Bastion.
