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Wayne Wang Biography (1949-)

Full name, John Wayne Wang; born January 12, 1949, in Hong Kong (now in China); father, a businessperson and engineer; mother, a painter; married Cora Miao (an actress). Addresses: Agent: Bart Walker, International CreativeManagement, 40 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

Chinese

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, producer, writer

Birth Details

January 12, 1949

Hong Kong

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Director
• A Man, a Woman, and a Killer, 1975
• (And editor) Chan Is Missing, 1982
• Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, 1985
• Slamdance, 1987
• Dim Sum Take-Outs, 1988
• Eat a Bowl of Tea, Columbia, 1990
• (With Spencer Nakasako) Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Silver Light, 1990
• The Stranger, 1992
• The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993
• (With Paul Auster) Blue in the Face, Miramax, 1995
• (With Paul Auster) Smoke (also known as Smoke--Raucher unter sich), Miramax, 1995
• Chinese Box, Trimark, 1998
• Anywhere but Here, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• The Beautiful Country, 2001
• The Center of the World, Artisan Entertainment, 2001
• The Chambermaid, 2002
• Director of the short film 1944; assistant director of the Chinesesequences, Golden Needles; also directed other films and parts of films.
• Producer
• (And editor) Chan Is Missing, 1982
• Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, 1985
• Dim Sum Take-Outs, 1988
• (Executive producer) Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Silver Light, 1990
• (With Amy Tan, Ronald Bass, and Patrick Markey) The Joy Luck Club,Buena Vista, 1993
• Chinese Box, Trimark, 1998
• Lanai-Loa (also known as Lani Loa: The Passage), Chrome Dragon Films, 1998
• The Center of the World, Artisan Entertainment, 2001
• Film Appearances
• Narrator, Chan Is Missing, 1982
• Television Work
• Director; Specials
• "Small Sounds and Tilting Shadows," Strangers, HBO, 1992
• Also directed other television programs.
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Slaying the Dragon, 1988
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• A Man, a Woman, and a Killer, 1975
• Chan Is Missing, 1982
• Blue in the Face, Miramax, 1995
• The Beautiful Country, 2001
• Stories for Films
• Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, 1985
• Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive, Silver Light, 1990
• Chinese Box, Trimark, 1998
• The Center of the World, Artisan Entertainment, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Notable Asian Americans, Gale, 1995

Periodicals

• Empire, Issue 58, 1994, p. 48
• Filmmaker, spring, 2001, pp. 64-66, 76