Wayne Wang
| Symbol: | WWANG |
| Status: | Active |
| IPO Date: | Dec 22, 1999 |
| TAG: | $33,248,693 |
Description
The Hong Kong-born director was named, auspiciously enough, for his father's favorite actor, John Wayne. Wang made his pilgrimmage to California to study filmmaking at the California College of Arts and Sciences and thereafter returned home to Hong Kong. It wasn't until 1981's Chan is Missing, made on a preposterously slim $22,000 budget, that Wang was able to interpose his "smaller" films of personal statements between the big-budget Kung Fu flicks. In 1993, with the adaptation of Amy Tan's generational epic, The Joy Luck Club, Wang finally broadened his appeal to a mainstream audience. Wang branched further out to tackle themes not specific to the Chinese experience, with Smoke and Anywhere But Here.
Credits
Filmography
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Jul 15, 2011Snow Flower And The Secret Fan
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Sep 19, 2008A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
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Jan 13, 2006Last Holiday
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Feb 18, 2005Because of Winn-Dixie
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Dec 13, 2002Maid in Manhattan
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Apr 18, 2001Center of the World
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Nov 12, 1999Anywhere But Here
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Apr 3, 1998Chinese Box
