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Wayne Wang is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor American born on 12 january 1949 at Hong Kong (Chine)

Wayne Wang

Wayne Wang
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 january 1949 (75 years) at Hong Kong (Chine)

Wayne Wang (Chinese: 王穎; pinyin: Wáng Yǐng; born January 12, 1949) is a Hong Kong-born American film director.

Biography

Wang was born and raised in Hong Kong, and named after his father's favorite movie star, John Wayne. When he was 17, he moved to the United States with the intention of studying towards eventually entering medical school, but Wang changed his mind and ended up in the arts, studying film and television at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.

Chan Is Missing (1982), Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985), and Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) established his reputation. He is best known for The Joy Luck Club (1993), Maid in Manhattan (2002), and the independent features Smoke (1995) and Anywhere but Here (1999). At the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, Wang premiered two feature films, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Princess of Nebraska, as well as appearing in the Arthur Dong documentary film Hollywood Chinese.

He won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival in September 2007 for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.

Best films

Maid in Manhattan (2002)
(Director)
Last Holiday (2006)
(Director)
Smoke (1995)
(Director)

Usually with

Paul Auster
Paul Auster
(3 films)
Victor Wong
Victor Wong
(4 films)
Jared Harris
Jared Harris
(3 films)
Mauro Fiore
Mauro Fiore
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Wayne Wang (21 films)

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Director

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, 1h44
Directed by Wayne Wang
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Jeon Ji-hyeon, Li Bingbing (李冰冰), Russell Wong, Vivian Wu, Hugh Jackman, Archie Kao
Rating60% 3.0495753.0495753.0495753.0495753.049575
In nineteenth century China, two girls named Snow Flower (Gianna Jun) and Lily (Li Bing Bing) are forever bonded together as sworn sisters. They are paired as laotong by a matchmaker who is also responsible for arranging their marriages. They are isolated by their families and communicate by writing in a secret sisterly language, Nü shu (a historical practice in China in that period) on a unique Chinese fan that Snow Flower possesses.
The Princess of Nebraska, 1h17
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about immigration, Films about sexuality, La précarité, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating51% 2.5697152.5697152.5697152.5697152.569715
A pregnant San Francisco Chinese teenage immigrant named Sasha tells of life in America.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, 1h23
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Pasha D. Lychnikoff
Rating66% 3.344943.344943.344943.344943.34494
The film follows Mr. Shi (Henry O), a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan (Faye Yu), who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding her father. He confronts her about an affair with a married Russian man (Pasha D. Lychnikoff) and she, in turn, lets loose about all the gossip she'd heard as a young girl about his alleged affair with a female colleague back in China.
Last Holiday, 1h52
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gérard Depardieu, Alicia Witt, Giancarlo Esposito
Rating66% 3.304893.304893.304893.304893.30489
Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah), an employee in the cookware department at Kragen's Department Store in New Orleans, is a shy, unassuming woman who longs to cook professionally, and who records her dreams of a better life in a journal labeled "Possibilities." It is the Christmas holiday season. While flirting with a co-worker Sean Williams (LL Cool J), she bumps her head on a cabinet door and is taken to the store's health center for a CAT scan. There she is told by company physician Dr. Gupta (Ranjit Chowdhry) she has several brain tumors resulting from a rare neurological disorder called Lampington's Disease. Since her HMO plan will not cover the exorbitant cost of an operation, Georgia resigns herself to the fact she has only a few weeks to live, quits her job, liquidates her assets, and sets off on a dream vacation at the deluxe Grandhotel Pupp in the spa city of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.
Because of Winn-Dixie, 1h46
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors AnnaSophia Robb, Jeff Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Luke Benward, Eva Marie Saint, Courtney Elizabeth Jines
Rating63% 3.1989553.1989553.1989553.1989553.198955
10-year-old India Opal Buloni has just moved to the fictional small town of Naomi, Florida with her father, a preacher.
Maid in Manhattan, 1h45
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci, Tyler Posey, Frances Conroy
Rating54% 2.706542.706542.706542.706542.70654
Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a single mother trying to get by with her young son Ty (Tyler Posey) by working as a maid for The Beresford Hotel in the heart of Manhattan. When not in school, Ty spends time among Marisa’s fellow hotel workers, who think she is capable of being promoted to management.
The Center of the World, 1h27
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Carla Gugino, Pat Morita, Alisha Klass, Balthazar Getty
Rating57% 2.8955352.8955352.8955352.8955352.895535
A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire (Peter Sarsgaard), she's a lap dancer at a club (Molly Parker). He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions: four hours per night of erotic play, and no penetration. During the days in Vegas, they get to know each other, have fun, meet a friend of hers, casino dealer Jerri (Carla Gugino); at night, at least after the first night, things seem to get complicated. When the three days are over, the stripper makes it clear that she was only there for the money and that the man she spent the time with was just a client. Upset that the feelings he had weren't mutual he then rapes her, which she makes no attempt to stop. She then masturbates for him to achieve orgasm. The next day he returns home heartbroken. The movie ends with his return to the strip club to see the woman he fell in love with again. She greets him fondly and says that she is glad to see him again. Because the movie is shown in a non-linear format, it is left to the viewer's interpretation of when this event occurred.
Anywhere but Here, 1h54
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman, Shawn Hatosy, Eileen Ryan, Hart Bochner, John Diehl
Rating61% 3.099193.099193.099193.099193.09919
Adele August (Susan Sarandon) is an eccentric woman who, with her reluctant daughter Ann (Natalie Portman), leaves a small Wisconsin town and moves to Beverly Hills to realize her dreams. However, it becomes apparent that Adele is uncertain of what those dreams are - expressing ideas such as marrying a rich man - and often makes irresponsible and impulsive decisions, including a used Mercedes she cannot afford in order to drive to Beverly Hills. While upset with Adele's decisions, the more practical Ann finds she cannot leave her mother and resents her for leaving Ann's stepfather for a better life. Furthermore, Ann still loves her father, who left her family when Ann was still young.
Chinese Box, 1h45
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui, Maria Cordero, Rubén Blades
Rating61% 3.097953.097953.097953.097953.09795
The movie unfolds at least nine different stories on very different levels. First, there is John as a reporter, trying to capture interesting scenes on the streets of Hong Kong, persuading himself his work gives his life a tangible meaning.
Blue in the Face, 1h23
Directed by Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Keith David, Giancarlo Esposito, Roseanne Barr, Lou Reed
Rating65% 3.298843.298843.298843.298843.29884
The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel), although most of the other characters are different. The store owner's frustrated wife Dot (Roseanne) is one of them, and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself) also put in appearances. Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances, oddball characters, improvisations, and raffish scenes.
Smoke
Smoke (1995)
, 1h52
Directed by Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Giancarlo Esposito, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Forest Whitaker, José Zúñiga
Rating73% 3.6984753.6984753.6984753.6984753.698475
The film follows the lives of multiple characters, all of whom are connected by their patronage of a small Brooklyn tobacco shop managed by Auggie (Harvey Keitel). Brooklyn Cigar Co. was located on the corner of 16th Street and Prospect Park West.
The Joy Luck Club, 2h19
Directed by Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Ming-Na Wen, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, France Nuyen, Tamlyn Tomita, Kieu Chinh
Rating76% 3.8471453.8471453.8471453.8471453.847145
The Joy Luck Club was formed by four women in San Francisco: Lindo Jong (Tsai Chin), Ying-Ying St. Clair (France Nuyen), An-Mei Hsu (Lisa Lu), and Suyuan Woo (Kieu Chinh). The members have mainly played mahjong and told each other's stories over the years. They emigrated from their native country, China, remarried, and gave birth to children in America. Suyuan's daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) replaced her when Suyuan died four months before the time the film is set. The mothers have high hopes for their daughters' success, but the daughters struggle through "anxieties, feelings of inadequacy, and failures." Throughout the film, the mothers and daughters bond by learning to understand each other and by overcoming their conflicts.