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Alice Wu (Chinese: 伍 思 薇; born April 21, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter, known for her films Saving Face (2004) and The Half of It (2020). Both of her films feature Chinese-American main characters and explore the lives of intellectual, lesbian characters.
Alice Wu. Director: The Half of It. Studied computer science at MIT and Stanford University, where she received her bachelors and masters degrees. Left a job designing software at Microsoft to write and direct her first film, Saving Face, which premiered at the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, where it was acquired and released by Sony ...
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Editor
- San Jose, California, USA
- Alice Wu
May 1, 2020 · Alice Wu's 2004 film 'Saving Face' changed the landscape of LGBTQ and Asian American cinema. Now, she's back with her new film 'The Half of It,' a sweet teen movie that bucks easy...
- 3 min
- Natalie Escobar
Apr 29, 2020 · When Alice Wu wrote and directed her 2005 debut, “Saving Face,” she knew it wasn’t going to be your typical Hollywood rom-com. Other than the “Last Emperor” star Joan Chen, cast wildly...
May 25, 2020 · After a 14-year hiatus from filmmaking, Wu further subverted classic romance tropes with the new coming-of-age drama, The Half of It, which arrived on Netflix May 1 and received the top award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Alice Wu. Director: The Half of It. Studied computer science at MIT and Stanford University, where she received her bachelors and masters degrees. Left a job designing software at Microsoft to write and direct her first film, Saving Face, which premiered at the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, where it was acquired and released by Sony ...
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Apr 28, 2020 · Alice Wu’s The Half of It Is a Thoroughly Modern Queer Romance. The director opens up about her new Netflix film, a Cyrano -esque tale in which a gay high schooler helps an earnest...