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- Alice Wu is a film director, screenwriter by profession, and American by nationality. Chinese by ethnicity, she is well known for her work in the films Saving Face and The Half of It.
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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.
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...
- Natalie Escobar
Born and raised in San Jose, California she graduated from Los Altos High School. Teaches and performs improv at Endgames Improv in San Francisco. In 2001, the script for Saving Face (2004) won the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) screenwriting award.
- April 21, 1970
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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- Director, Writer, Editor
- San Jose, California, USA
- Alice Wu
Jun 11, 2020 · As one of the only American directors who makes movies about queer female Asian protagonists, Alice Wu’s impact is boundless. The California filmmaker has only made two feature length films so far: 2004’s Saving Face and this year’s Tribeca Film Festival award-winning The Half Of It.
Jul 8, 2020 · Aptly co-presented by the Asian American Activities Center this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, one alum stood out in particular. In mid-May, the same month that her film...
May 25, 2020 · As a pioneer of that small canon, director Alice Wu first shook up Hollywood with her 2004 debut Saving Face, the first U.S. theatrical film release featuring an Asian American lesbian couple. It was lauded for its groundbreaking representation, but also for its flip of the classic rom-com form; it was about a budding romance between two women ...
