Dayyan Eng

Dayyan Eng

1975-08-01 Taiwan, China 9 Credits

Biography

Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian to audiences in Asia, is an American director, writer and producer of Chinese, English, and Persian ancestry, who grew up in three continents. He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred to the Beijing Film Academy, where he finished his undergraduate studies in directing. Eng's films have garnered accolades and awards for himself and actors he’s worked with, which have included top stars in Asia and Hollywood. Starting his career directi...

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Wished

Wished

2017

as Supervisor Liu

6.9
Acting

An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical p...

Wished

Wished

2017

Director, Writer, Producer

6.9
Directing Writing Producing

An insurance salesman's life is going nowhere after he breaks up with his girlfriend. One day, an offbeat lady claiming to be a Goddess with magical p...

Inseparable

Inseparable

2012

as Neighbor

6.0
Acting

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and b...

Inseparable

Inseparable

2012

Director, Editor, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing Producing

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and b...

Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster

Impossible Mission: Golden Rooster

2007

Director, Writer

8.0
Directing Writing

China's top stars come together in a short film spoofing popular movies of the past year during the opening of the Chinese academy awards ceremony (ak...

Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone

2005

as Ian

6.9
Acting

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspirin...

Waiting Alone

Waiting Alone

2005

Director, Writer, Producer

6.9
Directing Writing Producing

An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspirin...

Bus 44

Bus 44

2001

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.2
Directing Writing Producing

On the outskirts of a small town, a bus driver and her passengers encounter highway robbers.

Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

1999

Editor

7.0

Lunar Eclipse is an urban drama following the wife of a newlywed couple who becomes mesmerized by an amateur photographer who claims to have once been...