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Wayne Wang

Highest Rated: 96% Chan Is Missing (1982)

Lowest Rated: 17% Slamdance (1987)

Birthday: Jan 12, 1949

Birthplace: Hong Kong

Born in Hong Kong and based in America, director Wayne Wang studied photography, film, TV and painting in the US before landing several directorial assignments in his homeland (these included the Chinese episodes of Robert Clouse's "The Golden Needles" in 1974 and a popular TV show based on "All in the Family"). He returned to the US and scraped together $22,000 to complete "Chan is Missing" (1982), a hip, Zen-inspired San Francisco detective story. This landmark independent film became a critical and commercial success for its rare, authentic slice of Asian-American life in a sometimes wildly comic narrative that straddled genres. The film remains an inspirational touchstone for Asian-American filmmakers attempting to get their voices heard in the American cinema.

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Highest rated movies

96% 75% Chan Is Missing
Watchlist 92% 83% Coming Home Again Watchlist
90% 50% Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
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88% 89% Smoke
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86% 89% The Joy Luck Club
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79% 55% A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
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67% 54% Chinese Box
Watchlist 63% 55% Anywhere but Here Watchlist 56% 67% Last Holiday Watchlist
55% 63% Because of Winn-Dixie
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Wayne Wang

Wayne Wang CHAN IS MISSING, Wayne Wang, 1982, (c)New Yorker Films ANYWHERE BUT HERE, Susan Sarandon, Wayne Wang, 1999, actor and director on set ANYWHERE BUT HERE, Susan Sarandon, Wayne Wang, 1999, actor and director on set A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS, from left: director Wayne Wang, Vida Ghahremani, on set, 2007. ©Magnolia Pictures A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS, director Wayne Wang, on set, 2007. ©Magnolia Pictures LAST HOLIDAY, Director Wayne Wang, Producers Laurence Mark, Jack Rapke, on set, 2006, (c) Paramount LAST HOLIDAY, Director Wayne Wang, on set, 2006, (c) Paramount SMOKE, director Wayne Wang, on set, 1995. ©Miramax BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, director Wayne Wang on set, 2005, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
92% 83% Coming Home Again Director,
Screenwriter 		- 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet While the Women Are Sleeping Director - 2016
No Score Yet 33% Soul of a Banquet Director,
Producer 		- 2014
22% 48% Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Director $1.3M 2011
No Score Yet 25% The Princess of Nebraska Director - 2007
79% 55% A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Director,
Producer 		$76.1K 2007
56% 67% Last Holiday Director $38.4M 2006
55% 63% Because of Winn-Dixie Director $32.6M 2005
38% 44% Maid in Manhattan Director $93.8M 2002
34% 40% The Center of the World Director,
Writer,
Producer 		$1.1M 2001
63% 55% Anywhere but Here Director $18.7M 1999
67% 54% Chinese Box Director $2.2M 1997
43% 76% Blue in the Face Director,
Writer 		$586.3K 1995
88% 89% Smoke Director $8.3M 1995
86% 89% The Joy Luck Club Director $32.8M 1993
No Score Yet 49% Eat a Bowl of Tea Director $95.2K 1989
No Score Yet 50% Life Is Cheap ... but Toilet Paper Is Expensive Director,
Executive Producer 		- 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Life Is Cheap Director - 1989
17% 52% Slamdance Director $125.3K 1987
90% 50% Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Director,
Producer 		- 1985
96% 75% Chan Is Missing Director,
Writer,
Producer,
Film Editing 		- 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man, a Woman, and a Killer Director,
Screenwriter 		- 1975