Keo Woolford had a love for theater and film
He was not on the list.
Hawaii kumu hula and filmmaker Keo Woolford, 49, died today at Pali Momi Medical Center after suffering a stroke on Friday, according to his publicist.
His publicist Tracy Larrua said Woolford had just completed the script for a followup movie to “The Haumana,” his well-received 2013 film about a hula halau that was picked as the closing-night screening of the Hawaii International Film Festival. He was expected to conduct cast auditions in January, she said.
He was also recently appointed kumu hula of Kumu Hula Robert Cazimero’s award-winning Halau Na Kamalei o Lililehua. Woolford’s credits include a stint with “The King & I” in London and touring as a member of Hawaii “boy band” Brownskin. He also had a recurring role as Det. James Chang in “Hawaii Five-0.”
Woolford’s one-man show, “I-LAND,” served as the inspiration for the loosely autobiographical “The Haumana.” The film follows a young Hawaiian man who reconnects with his culture when he accepts the challenge of training a group of high school boys to perform at a hula festival. The film was screened at several mainland film festivals, winning the audience award for narrative feature at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, where it also was picked for the Special Jury Award for best first feature.
“He is a talent and extraordinary human being that will be missed,” Larrua said.
No further information was immediately available.
He directed the award-winning feature film The Haumāna and
the East West Players stage play Three Year Swim Club. He starred in his
self-written one-man show, I Land, and as the King of Siam in Rodgers and
Hammerstein's The King and I at the London Palladium. He was a member of the
Hawaii boyband Brownskin and the Hobo House on the Hill recording team
responsible for the Grammy-nominated Island Warriors album. He was a recipient
of the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for The Haumāna Soundtrack. His film and TV work
included Godzilla, Act of Valor, The Haumāna, and Sergeant Detective Chang on
Hawaii Five-0. He died on November 28, 2016, at Pali Momi Medical Center after
suffering a stroke three days earlier.
Awards
2014 - Na Hoku Hanohano Award - Best Compilation – The
Haumāna Soundtrack
2014 - Audience Award - Big Island Film Festival – The
Haumāna
2014 - Best International Film Award - Wairoa Māori Film
Festival – The Haumāna
2013 - Audience Award - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film
Festival – The Haumāna
2013 - Special Jury Award - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film
Festival – The Haumāna
2013 - Audience Award - Hawaii International Film Festival –
The Haumāna
2013 - Audience Award - Philadelphia Asian American Film
Festival – The Haumāna
2007 - Ovation Award Nomination – I Land
Actor
5th Passenger (2017)
5th Passenger
3.3
Captain Odate
2017
Swell (2017)
Swell
5.8
TV Series
Kawika
2017
1 episode
Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Meaghan Rath, Ian Anthony Dale,
Alex O'Loughlin, and Beulah Koale in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Hawaii Five-0
7.4
TV Series
HPD Patrol Sgt. James ChangHPD Detective ChangDet. James
Chang ...
2011–2015
6 episodes
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla
6.4
Airport Worker
2014
The Haumana (2013)
The Haumana
8.1
Royal Hula Festival Soloist
2013
Jomar Miranda and Ashley Weismantel in The Writer's Block
(2012)
The Writer's Block
Short
Pierre
2012
The People I've Slept With (2012)
The People I've Slept With
4.8
Lenny Kai
2012
Alex Veadov in Act of Valor (2012)
Act of Valor
6.4
Recruit
2012
6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films (2011)
6B: An Anthology of Hawaii Films
7.8
Kaipo McGee
2011
Dead Island (2011)
Dead Island
7.2
Video Game
Various Characters (voice)
2011
Sword Vs. Shield
Short
DDR Zombie
2010
Keo Woolford and David Huynh in If I Was Like You (2009)
If I Was Like You
Short
Daniel
2009
He Likes Guys (2009)
He Likes Guys
5.5
Clyde (segment "Just")
2009
Water Falls (2008)
Water Falls
Short
Orderly
2008
Laundromat (2008)
Laundromat
6.9
Short
Joey
2008
Just (2007)
Just
5.9
Short
Clyde
2007
Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Gale Harold, Fay Ann Lee, and
Stephanie March in Falling for Grace (2006)
Falling for Grace
5.8
Butler (uncredited)
2006
Bench Warmers (2005)
Bench Warmers
8.3
Short
Ultimate Lover
2005
Michael Biehn, Ivan Sergei, Sharif Atkins, Eric Balfour,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Aya Sumika in Hawaii (2004)
Hawaii
6.4
TV Series
Hector Diego
2004
1 episode
Steve Zahn in Happy, Texas (1999)
Happy, Texas
6.3
Cabana Boy Kimo (uncredited)
1999
Daniel Bernhardt, Beverly Johnson, and Miles O'Keeffe in
True Vengeance (1997)
True Vengeance
5.0
Video
Adachi
1997
Mahal Means Love and Expensive
Short
Man
1993
Producer
The Lees of Los Angeles (2015)
The Lees of Los Angeles
TV Series
executive producer (2014)
2015
1 episode
The Haumana (2013)
The Haumana
8.1
producer
2013
Lunchtime (2010)
Lunchtime
8.7
Short
producer
2010
Independent Lens (1999)
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
co-producer
2008
1 episode
Na Kamalei: Men of Hula
8.2
co-producer
2006
Director
The Lees of Los Angeles (2015)
The Lees of Los Angeles
TV Series
Director (2014)
2015
1 episode
Song on Canvas (2015)
Song on Canvas
9.7
Short
Director
2015
The Haumana (2013)
The Haumana
8.1
Director
2013
Lunchtime (2010)
Lunchtime
8.7
Short
Director
2010
Soundtrack
Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Meaghan Rath, Ian Anthony Dale,
Alex O'Loughlin, and Beulah Koale in Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Hawaii Five-0
7.4
TV Series
writer: "Aloha Aku Aloha Mai"
2015
1 episode
Joan Chen in Americanese (2006)
Americanese
5.2
writer: "Give It Back"
2006
Writer
The Haumana (2013)
The Haumana
8.1
Writer
2013
Stunts
Alex Veadov in Act of Valor (2012)
Act of Valor
6.4
stunts
2012
Thanks
5th Passenger (2017)
5th Passenger
3.3
thanks
2017
Stephanie Sherrin in Kids in America (2005)
Kids in America
5.6
thanks
2005
Self
HIFF Kaua'i (2014)
HIFF Kaua'i
Video
Self
2014
Independent Lens (1999)
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
Self
2008
1 episode
Na Kamalei: Men of Hula
8.2
Self
2006
Videos
2
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