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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.
- Filmmaker, screenwriter
- April 21, 1970 (age 53), San Jose, California, U.S.
- Stanford University (BS, MS)
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
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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...
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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.
May 9, 2020 · "The Half Of It" is directed by Alice Wu. It's her first feature since "Saving Face" in 2004, which was lauded for its strong women Asian characters. Alice Wu joins us from San Francisco.
Jul 8, 2020 · A Bay Area native, Wu earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in computer science at Stanford. Her first film, “Saving Face,” was a spontaneous product of a night class in screenwriting...
The Half of It is a 2020 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Alice Wu. It stars Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexxis Lemire, with Enrique Murciano, Wolfgang Novogratz, Catherine Curtin, Becky Ann Baker, and Collin Chou in supporting roles.
