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Wayne Wang ( traditional Chinese: 王穎; simplified Chinese: 王颖; pinyin: Wáng Yǐng; Jyutping: Wong4 Wing6; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Considered a pioneer of Asian-American cinema, he was one of the first Chinese-American filmmakers to gain a major foothold in Hollywood.
Wayne Wang. Director: Smoke. Wayne Wang is a key figure in the development of independent filmmaking, alternating major Hollywood studio films such as »The Joy Luck Club« with smaller, independent work like »Smoke«.
May 13, 2024 · Wayne Wang is a Hong Kong-born film director, producer, and screenwriter who became one of the first major Asian directors in the United States. He directed both big-budget Hollywood studio motion pictures and low-budget independent films (without the backing of a major studio).
Oct 31, 2023 · Wayne Wang is a poet of longing. Attempts to categorize him, to identify auteurist hallmarks in his films, seem to neglect that aspect of desire in his pictures; not a desire for sex, though there is sex in his films, but for connection.
Oct 4, 2008 · Wayne Wang has made 18 films since "Chan Is Missing" 1982. I have seen 14 of them, and admired all but one. He's had big box office successes like " The Joy Luck Club ," "Maid in Manhattan" and " Last Holiday ," and hasn't made a film primarily about Chinese characters since "Chinese Box" (1997).
Wayne Wang. Director: Smoke. Wayne Wang is a key figure in the development of independent filmmaking, alternating major Hollywood studio films such as »The Joy Luck Club« with smaller, independent work like »Smoke«.
Mar 24, 2024 · The Joy Luck Club’s Wayne Wang is probably the best-known Asian-American film director. While he made his name making films in the United States, Wang was born in Hong Kong, in 1949.
Mar 24, 2022 · Knife to the Heart: A Conversation with Wayne Wang on the Occasion of the Fortieth Anniversary of Chan Is Missing. From Film Quarterly, Spring 2022, Volume 75, Number 3. Getting fired from a soap opera may have been the turning point in Wayne Wang’s life and career. In 1974, Wang had returned to his native Hong Kong, armed with a graduate ...
Jun 5, 2022 · How Wayne Wang Faces Failure. The filmmaker discusses his political and artistic education, the contradictions of being Asian in America, and the importance of “unlearning everything.” By Hua...
May 5, 2022 · Sitting in a booth in a dive bar in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the same one where he shot scenes for his 1985 gem, “Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart,” Wayne Wang was still frustrated.
