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   Alice Wu (Chinese: 伍 思 薇; born April 21, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter, known for her films Saving Face (2004) and The Half of It (2020). Both of her films feature Chinese-American main characters and explore the lives of intellectual, lesbian characters.

2. www.imdb.com › name › nm1226108Alice Wu - IMDb

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   Alice Wu. Director: The Half of It. Studied computer science at MIT and Stanford University, where she received her bachelors and masters degrees. Left a job designing software at Microsoft to write and direct her first film, Saving Face, which premiered at the Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals, where it was acquired and released by Sony ...

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Occupation: Director, Writer, Editor

   • Birth Place: San Jose, California, USA
   • Author: Alice Wu

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4. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitchWhat Alice Wu Wants To Say In 'The Half Of It' - NPR

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   May 1, 2020 · Alice Wu's 2004 film 'Saving Face' changed the landscape of LGBTQ and Asian American cinema. Now, she's back with her new film 'The Half of It,' a sweet teen movie that bucks easy classification.

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   Alice Wu is a director and writer who left Microsoft to make her debut film Saving Face, a comedy about a lesbian Chinese family. She also wrote and directed The Half of It, a romantic drama set in a small town.

   • Birth Date: April 21, 1970

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     Alice Wu on the differences between THE HALF OF IT and SAVING FACE

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7. www.nytimes.com › the-half-of-it-alice-wuAlice Wu’s Lesbian Rom-Com Was Influential, but Her Follow-Up ...

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   Apr 29, 2020 · When Alice Wu wrote and directed her 2005 debut, “Saving Face,” she knew it wasn’t going to be your typical Hollywood rom-com. Other than the “Last Emperor” star Joan Chen, cast wildly...

8. www.them.us › story › the-half-of-it-director-aliceThe Half Of It Director Alice Wu on Making Subversive, Queer ...

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   May 25, 2020 · After a 14-year hiatus from filmmaking, Wu further subverted classic romance tropes with the new coming-of-age drama, The Half of It, which arrived on Netflix May 1 and received the top award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

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   Who is Alice Wu?

   • Saving Face and Wu's impact on the industry have paved the way for greater Asian representation in the film industry today. Her work has inspired Asian-American actresses such as Awkwafina and Lana Condor. Alice Wu was born in San Jose, California to parents who were immigrants from Taiwan.

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   Is Alice Wu's 'the half of it' a teen movie?

   • Alice Wu's 2004 film 'Saving Face' changed the landscape of LGBTQ and Asian American cinema. Now, she's back with her new film 'The Half of It,' a sweet teen movie that bucks easy classification.

   What Alice Wu Wants To Say In 'The Half Of It' - NPR

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   When did Alice Wu's saving face come out?

   • When director Alice Wu's Saving Face premiered in 2004, it stood out from the vast majority of films being produced at the time. The protagonist, a Chinese American woman named Wilhemina Pang, falls in love with a woman, and has to figure out how to come out to her disapproving mother.

   What Alice Wu Wants To Say In 'The Half Of It' - NPR

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   Did Ali Wong think Asian-Americans were capable of creating great art?

   • Ali Wong (“Always Be My Maybe”) has said that seeing it as a young girl made her believe that “Asian-Americans were capable of creating great art.” Last year, it was named one of the 20 best Asian-American films of the last 20 years by a collection of critics and curators assembled by The Los Angeles Times.

   Alice Wu’s Lesbian Rom-Com Was Influential, but Her Follow-Up Wasn’t

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10. www.them.us › story › now-list-2020-alice-wu-interviewAlice Wu’s Groundbreaking Films Capture the Nuances of the ...

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    Jun 11, 2020 · As one of the only American directors who makes movies about queer female Asian protagonists, Alice Wu’s impact is boundless. The California filmmaker has only made two feature length films so far: 2004’s Saving Face and this year’s Tribeca Film Festival award-winning The Half Of It.