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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
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. By Michelle Hyun Kim. May 25, 2020. (L-R) Director Alice Wu and actor Leah Lewis KC Bailey. Light spoilers for The Half of It ahead.
May 1, 2020 · KC Bailey/Netflix. When director Alice Wu's Saving Face premiered in 2004, it stood out from the vast majority of films being produced at the time. The protagonist, a Chinese American...
- Natalie Escobar
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...
Apr 29, 2020 · By Robert Ito. Published April 29, 2020 Updated May 1, 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.
Apr 28, 2020 · April 28, 2020. By KC Bailey/Netflix. Among the infinite catalog of scenarios in which a person might come to terms with their own queerness, Alice Wu ’s version was, by her own admission, a...
