Chinese who have made a difference in Hollywood
(That's Shanghai)
Updated: 2008-02-18 14:40
Updated: 2008-02-18 14:40
Best Film award winner Wayne Wang holds up the Concha de Oro during the awards ceremony of the San Sebastian Film Festival.[File photo: Reuter ]
Wayne Wang: director, born in Hong Kong (1949-?)
Named after John Wayne. Wang is best known for The Joy Luck Club(1993), a successful adaptation of Amy Tan's novel about a family of Chinese women living in contemporary San Francisco. This film proved mainstream audiences would pay to see Asian lead characters.
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