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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 is a filmmaker who studied computer science at MIT and Stanford. She is known for her films Saving Face, The Half of It, and Over the Moon, and has won several awards and nominations.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Editor
- San Jose, California, USA
- Alice Wu
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...
- 3 min
- Natalie Escobar
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.
Alice Wu is a director and writer who left Microsoft to make her debut film Saving Face, a comedy about a lesbian Chinese family. She also wrote and directed The Half of It, a romantic drama set in a small town.
- April 21, 1970
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 against...
May 9, 2020 · Alice Wu's new movie, "The Half of It," is a play on Cyrano de Bergerac with an LGBTQ twist. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the director.
