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Cathy Yan is a filmmaker who has directed Dead Pigs (2018) and Birds of Prey (2020), the first Asian woman to helm a DC film. She also worked as a journalist and studied at Princeton and NYU.
Cathy Yan is a filmmaker who has worked on Birds of Prey, Dead Pigs, Succession and more. She started as a Wall Street Journal reporter and has won several awards for her short films.
- Producer, Director, Writer
- 4 min
Feb 5, 2020 · Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), which hits theaters on Friday, was a long time coming, but for director Cathy Yan, things happened very quickly.
- James Grebey
Feb 10, 2021 · Cathy Yan is the first Asian woman to direct a superhero movie, but she started with a Chinese satire about dead pigs. Learn how her diverse background and unique perspective shaped her career and her films.
- Ella Kemp
Mar 24, 2020 · Yan, 33, talked about her experience being recruited for the “Birds of Prey” team, the roller-coaster ride of its theatrical release and the film’s celebration of breakfast sandwiches.
- 2 min
- Dave Itzkoff
Feb 12, 2021 · Dead Pigs is now available to stream on Mubi. In our Cathy Yan interview, the Birds of Prey director reflects on the making of her acclaimed first film, which is finally seeing a release.
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Mar 2, 2020 · Cathy Yan, the director of “Birds of Prey,” the new DC Comics movie, starring Margot Robbie as the anarchic antiheroine Harley Quinn, became a big-studio filmmaker the same way that...
