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'''''Happy''''' is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by [[Roko Belic]]. It explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of [[positive psychology]]. |
'''''Happy''''' is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by [[Roko Belic]]. It explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of [[positive psychology]]. |
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Roko Belic was inspired to create the film after producer/director [[Tom Shadyac]] showed him an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'' titled "A New Measure of Well Being from a Happy Little Kingdom".{{citation needed}} The article ranks the United States as the 23rd-happiest country in the world. Shadyac then suggested that Belic make a documentary about happiness. Belic spent several years interviewing hundreds of people, from leading happiness researchers to a rickshaw driver in [[Kolkatta]],<ref name="Huffing Post Article">{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roko-belic/happy-documentary_b_1220111.html|title=The Search for Happiness |work=The Huffing Post |date=January 20, 2012 |accessdate=May 30, 2015}}</ref> a family living in a cohousing community in Denmark, a woman who was run over by a truck, a [[Cajun]] fisherman, and more. |
Roko Belic was inspired to create the film after producer/director [[Tom Shadyac]] showed him an article in ''[[The New York Times]]'' titled "A New Measure of Well Being from a Happy Little Kingdom".{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} The article ranks the United States as the 23rd-happiest country in the world. Shadyac then suggested that Belic make a documentary about happiness. Belic spent several years interviewing hundreds of people, from leading happiness researchers to a rickshaw driver in [[Kolkatta]],<ref name="Huffing Post Article">{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roko-belic/happy-documentary_b_1220111.html|title=The Search for Happiness |work=The Huffing Post |date=January 20, 2012 |accessdate=May 30, 2015}}</ref> a family living in a cohousing community in Denmark, a woman who was run over by a truck, a [[Cajun]] fisherman, and more. |
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| Directed by | Roko Belic |
| Written by | Roko Belic |
| Produced by | Tom Shadyac Frances Reid Eiji Han Shimizu Roko Belic |
| Cinematography | Roko Belic Adrian Belic |
| Edited by | Vivien Hillgrove |
| Music by | Mark Adler |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $700,000 |
Happy is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by Roko Belic. It explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of positive psychology.
Roko Belic was inspired to create the film after producer/director Tom Shadyac showed him an article in The New York Times titled "A New Measure of Well Being from a Happy Little Kingdom".[citation needed] The article ranks the United States as the 23rd-happiest country in the world. Shadyac then suggested that Belic make a documentary about happiness. Belic spent several years interviewing hundreds of people, from leading happiness researchers to a rickshaw driver in Kolkatta,[1] a family living in a cohousing community in Denmark, a woman who was run over by a truck, a Cajun fisherman, and more.
Production
Belic and his brother Adrian Belic shot the film on three Sony Z1U HDV video cameras. They interviewed a number of psychologists around the world, including Ed Diener, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois; Richard Davidson, a professor at the University of Wisconsin's Lab of Affective Neuroscience; and Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness.[2]
Post-production
Vivien Hillgrove edited the film. Belic received the majority of the budget from Tom Shadyac to complete principal photography and post-production. The filmmakers then turned to crowdsource fundraising website Kickstarter to raise the finishing funds for the film. The Kickstarter campaign raised $36,000 in July 2010.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "The Search for Happiness". The Huffing Post. January 20, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ a b Gonzalez Jr, Miguel (July 7, 2010). "The Secret of Happiness - A Documentarian Looks for the Answer". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 8, 2010.