Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wayne Wang (born January 12, 1949) is a Chinese American film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Wang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Coming Home Again
2023
Director, Writer
A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.
While the Women Are Sleeping
2016
Director
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest ...
Soul of a Banquet
2014
Director
Documentary about Cecilia Chiang, "the mother of the true Chinese cuisine."
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011
Director
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with...
These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and inde...
It Came from Kuchar
2009
as Self
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuc...
Chinatown Film Project
2009
Director
Chinatown is an evocative place. It exists in our cities, in our imaginations, on our television screens, and in our memories. It is at once a sprawli...
The Hairy Horror
2009
as Himself
A chance encounter with a sober student reveals the mystery of a woodland wonder that has left a mark on his youthful psyche just as it leaves huge fo...
The Princess of Nebraska
2008
Director
Sasha is a young woman from Beijing, studying in Nebraska. She flies to the Bay Area and meets up with friends, including Boshen, a gay man who was th...
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
2007
Producer, Director
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, ge...
Hollywood Chinese
2007
as Self
Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winni...
Last Holiday
2006
Director
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an...
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
Director
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn...
Maid in Manhattan
2002
Director
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, ...
The Center of the World
2001
Director, Producer, Story
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, she's a lap ...
Anywhere but Here
1999
Director
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high...
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998
Executive Producer
A Hawaii cop becomes the suspect in a series of killings after his would-be bride is murdered on their wedding day by a gang of bank robbers, and retu...
Chinese Box
1997
Director, Producer
The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of Chin...
Blue in the Face
1995
Director, Writer
A wacky group of locals visit the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times and finding plenty of hilarious fun. But when the greedy owner threa...
Smoke
1995
Director
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul t...
The Joy Luck Club
1993
Director, Producer
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
Strangers
1992
Director
Three provocative short stories. An American in Paris seduces a young man only to have the tables turned; a tourist recovering from an accident is alo...
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
1989
Director, Story, Executive Producer
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact...
Eat a Bowl of Tea
1989
Director
An American-Chinese man brings over his wife from China to America, but the challenges of making a living and adjusting to a new life, plus the attent...
Slaying the Dragon
1988
A highly-critical documentary about the history of Asian-American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering Asian-American actresses...
Dim Sum Take-Out
1988
Director
Dim Sum Take-Out shows how the heterogeneity and complexity of Asian American experiences can be erased. It was literally cut together from film that ...
Slam Dance
1987
Director
When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
1985
Director, Producer
San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ...
Chan Is Missing
1982
Director, Writer, Editor
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if...
A Man, a Woman and a Killer
1975
Director, Writer
A MAN, A WOMAN, AND A KILLER is the story of a small-time gangster (Dick Richardson) writing his journal in a Mendocino, California, farmhouse, as he ...
Diary Of A Mad Old Man
N/A
Director
A stubborn professor who becomes consumed by desire when he forms a bond with his best friend’s daughter who is tasked with taking care of him.