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Alice Wu (Chinese: 伍 思 薇; born April 21, 1970) [1] 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 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.
Feb 26, 2021 · Computer-scientist-turned-filmmaker Alice Wu was positioned to become a big, romantic comedy Hollywood director. Then, she completely disappeared.
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 ...
- April 21, 1970
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.
May 30, 2023 · 'Saving Face' director Alice Wu looks back on her 2004 queer romantic comedy. The writer-director reflects on her first film and how the industry has changed in the nearly two decades since...
