Lulu Wang

Lulu Wang

Birth : 1983-02-25, Beijing, China

History

Lulu Wang (Chinese: 王子逸; pinyin: Wáng Zǐyì; born February 25, 1983) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the comedy-drama films Posthumous (2014) and The Farewell (2019). For the latter, she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and the film was named one of the top ten films of 2019 by the American Film Institute. Wang has also written, produced, and directed several short films, documentaries, and music videos. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lulu Wang (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Lulu Wang
Lulu Wang

Movies

Nian
Nian
Writer
A Chinese New Year legend reimagined as a contemporary coming-of-age story.
Nian
Nian
Story
A Chinese New Year legend reimagined as a contemporary coming-of-age story.
Nian
Nian
Director
A Chinese New Year legend reimagined as a contemporary coming-of-age story.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Director
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
The Farewell
The Farewell
Writer
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
The Farewell
The Farewell
Producer
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
The Farewell
The Farewell
Director
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
Posthumous
Posthumous
Writer
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
Posthumous
Posthumous
Director
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
Touch
Touch
Writer
An elderly Chinese immigrant's cultural ignorance gets him in irreversible trouble in a public restroom. Despite his harmless intentions, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behavior understood.
Touch
Touch
Director
An elderly Chinese immigrant's cultural ignorance gets him in irreversible trouble in a public restroom. Despite his harmless intentions, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behavior understood.
Can-Can
Can-Can
Screenplay
Mr. Fix-It, his wife calls him. She felt safer with him at home, and he helped look after the children, especially the baby. He lingers at the door before leaving the house to meet Sarah, whom his wife knows but does not suspect, and with her go to a house on a lake his wife knows nothing about.
Can-Can
Can-Can
Director
Mr. Fix-It, his wife calls him. She felt safer with him at home, and he helped look after the children, especially the baby. He lingers at the door before leaving the house to meet Sarah, whom his wife knows but does not suspect, and with her go to a house on a lake his wife knows nothing about.
Pisces
Pisces
Producer
Explores the family dynamic between an introspective teenage girl and her single mother
Pisces
Pisces
Director
Explores the family dynamic between an introspective teenage girl and her single mother
Untitled Lulu Wang Project
Untitled Lulu Wang Project
Director
Inspired by Hirokazu Kore-eda's Like Father, Like Son, follows a businessman who discovers that his son was switched at birth with another set of parents' child, and the one he's come to love is not actually his.
Children of the New World
Children of the New World
Writer
Children of the New World
Children of the New World
Director