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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 ...
May 1, 2020 · A little over 15 years later, Alice Wu is back with her second film, The Half of It, released May 1 on Netflix. Like her first, the movie features a queer Chinese American protagonist. This...
May 25, 2020 · Director Alice Wu on Making Subversive, Queer Rom-Coms. The filmmaker joined them. on Instagram Live to discuss her new Netflix film, Saving Face, and more. Light spoilers for The Half of It ahead. The number of major feature-length films that feature queer Asian American female protagonists is few and far between.
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 jock win...
Apr 29, 2020 · 19. Alice Wu in San Francisco. When she made her film debut in 2005, “I had this moment when I was like a deer in headlights.” She’s now back with a Netflix movie. Damien Maloney for The New...
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 ...
