Famous Chinese Americans Entertainment: Filmmaking

	Who	What
Buy @Amazon.com	王穎 Wayne Wang b. 1949, Hong Kong	Movie director. After studying in the US, Wang returned to Hong Kong to direct TV shows and movies. In 1981, he scrapped together $22,000 to film Chan is Missing, a mystery set in Chinatown which would become a landmark independent film. However, he would not succeed with mainstream American audiences until he directed the film version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club . He followed that success with Smoke, Blue in the Face. Chinese Box, and Anywhere But Here. More recently, he directed The Center of the World and Maid in Manhattan.
	黃宗霑 James Wong Howe b. 1899, Canton b. 1976	Renowned cinematographer whose career spanned the silent film and the talkies all the way through 1975, when he won an Oscar nomination for Funny Lady. He pioneered many lighting and photography techniques. He won Oscars for his work in Rose Tattoo and Hud.
Buy @Amazon.com	趙婷 Chloe Zhao b. 1982, Beijing	Critically acclaimed filmmaker. Her first two films were "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" and "The Rider". Her third film, "Nomadland", won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, which made her the first woman winner of Asian descent.

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王穎
Wayne Wang

b. 1949, Hong Kong

Movie director. After studying in the US, Wang returned to Hong Kong to direct TV shows and movies. In 1981, he scrapped together $22,000 to film Chan is Missing, a mystery set in Chinatown which would become a landmark independent film. However, he would not succeed with mainstream American audiences until he directed the film version of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club . He followed that success with Smoke, Blue in the Face. Chinese Box, and Anywhere But Here. More recently, he directed The Center of the World and Maid in Manhattan.

黃宗霑
James Wong Howe
b. 1899, Canton
b. 1976

Renowned cinematographer whose career spanned the silent film and the talkies all the way through 1975, when he won an Oscar nomination for Funny Lady. He pioneered many lighting and photography techniques. He won Oscars for his work in Rose Tattoo and Hud.

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趙婷
Chloe Zhao

b. 1982, Beijing

Critically acclaimed filmmaker. Her first two films were "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" and "The Rider". Her third film, "Nomadland", won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, which made her the first woman winner of Asian descent.