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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Screen Story Born: January 12, 1949 in Hong Kong Biography: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... Full Biography
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