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Biography: Wayne Wang

Director Wayne Wang grew up in a Hong Kong household that worshipped at the altar of Hollywood -- he himself was named for movie star John Wayne. After attending California's College of Arts and Sciences, Wang returned to Hong Kong hoping to become a film "auteur." However, at that time, his native country's film industry was geared more to kung-fu movies than to the cinema of personal statement, so Wang had to wait a while to express his vision. After a stint in television, Wang handled direction of the Hong Kong-based scenes of the American film Golden Needles (1975), and then co-directed a melodrama shot in San Francisco, A Man, a Woman and a Killer (1975). Realizing that the mainstream would continue to stifle his creativity, Wang sought out funding from various arts foundations, then produced, directed, edited, and co-wrote the Chinatown culture-clash drama Chan Is Missing (1981) on a beggarly 22,000 dollar budget. Wang soon discovered that he was most effective marching to his own beat; an attempt at "popular" moviemaking, Slam Dance (1987), failed to make the turnstiles click, while the more unconventional Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) proved to be an audience pleaser. In 1993, the director reached mainstream audiences with his adaptation of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, a Chinese generational epic, and followed with an adaptation of Paul Auster's Smoke (1995), starring Harvey Keitel and William Hurt; the film's follow-up, a series of sketches involving many of the same characters called Blue in the Face, was released in 1995. Wang returned to Hong Kong once again to shoot Chinese Box (1997), a story set around the British hand-over of Hong Kong to the Chinese. Starring Gong Li and Jeremy Irons, the film received mixed notices. However, such lukewarm reception did little to dim the anticipation surrounding Wang's next directorial effort, Anywhere But Here. A 1999 adaptation of a Mona Simpson novel, it starred Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman as a mother and daughter trying to begin a new life. Wayne Wang is married to actress Cora Miao, who has appeared in a number of his films, including Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) and Life Is Cheap...But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1991). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide less

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The Princess of Nebraska (2007)
Tags: Psychological Drama Drama
Length: 77min
Wayne Wang's character study Princess of Nebraska stars Ling Li as a young woman named Sasha who finds herself carrying the baby of an opera performer who finds himself on rough times after he gets caught in a compromising relationship with another...
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Last Holiday (2006)
Cast: Robert Zemeckis Gérard Depardieu
Tags: Melodrama Comedy of Manners Comedy Drama Romantic Comedy
Length: 111min
A woman learns to love life when she finds out she won't be around long in this comedy. Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) lives in New Orleans, where she works in the cookware department of an upscale gourmet supply shop. While Georgia carries a torch for...
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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
Tags: Drama Family Drama
Length: 83min
Wayne Wang's intimate drama A Thousand Years of Good Prayers stars Henry O as Mr. Shi, a Chinese man who, after the death of his wife, decides to travel to the United States in order to see his estranged daughter for the first time in over a decade....
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Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Cast: Natasha Richardson Ralph Fiennes Bob Hoskins
Tags: Romantic Comedy Romance
Length: 105min
Can a wealthy Republican politician find happiness with a chambermaid from the Bronx? One man is about to find out, though he hardly realizes it at first, in this omantic comedy from director Wayne Wang. Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a single...
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Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Cast: Cicely Tyson Eva Marie Saint Jeff Daniels
Tags: Animal Picture Family Childhood Drama
Length: 105min
It's not finishing school or a traditional upbringing that causes ten-year-old Opal to learn about the world outside of her own backyard, but rather a particularly awkward-looking mutt named Winn-Dixie. Based on a novel by Kate DiCamillo, Winn-Dixie...
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The Center of the World (2001)
Tags: Drama Erotic Drama Psychological Drama
Length: 86min
In this digitally shot feature from acclaimed director Wayne Wang) (The Joy Luck Club), the boundaries of sexual relations are put to the test by two individuals. Richard (Peter Sarsgaard) is a dot-com entrepreneur who, despite earning millions of...
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Smoke (1995)
Cast: William Hurt Harvey Keitel Forest Whitaker
Tags: Comedy Drama Urban Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 108min
A Brooklyn cigar shop is the setting for this drama from director Wayne Wang that interweaves the stories of several characters that have fractured family relationships in common. Harvey Keitel is Auggie Wren, poetic owner of the Brooklyn Cigar...
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Anywhere But Here (1999)
Cast: Natalie Portman Susan Sarandon Danny Elfman
Tags: Road Movie Comedy Drama Coming-of-Age Family Drama
Length: 114min
As with his earlier film The Joy Luck Club (1993), Chinese director Wayne Wang tackles mother-daughter relationships in this coming of age comedy-drama. Susan Sarandon stars as Adele August, a Bay City, Wisconsin, mother who longs for a more exciting...
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Blue in the Face (1995)
Cast: Jim Jarmusch Michael J. Fox
Tags: Comedy of Manners Comedy Ensemble Film Urban Comedy
Length: 89min
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on...
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Chinese Box (1997)
Cast: Jeremy Irons Gong Li Rubén Blades Michael Hui
Tags: Melodrama Romantic Drama Urban Drama Drama
Length: 105min
Hong Kong emigrant Wayne Wang directed and co-wrote (with Paul Theroux, Jean-Claude Carriere and Larry Gross) this story set in "the Pearl of the Orient" as the British government prepared to hand over the city to China in 1997. John (Jeremy Irons) is...
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