Wayne Wang
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Wayne Wang (}; }; born January 12, 1949) is a Chinese American film director.
Born in Hong Kong, he studied film and television at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Chan Is Missing (1982) and Dim Sum: a little bit of heart (1984) established his reputation. He is best known for the independent features Smoke (1995) and Anywhere But Here (1999).
He is married to a former Miss Hong Kong, Cora Miao (繆騫人), and rumor has it that she once dated Chow Yun-Fat (her co-star in a then famous TV drama called The Bund or "Shanghai Beach"), the Hollywood movie star from Hong Kong, back in the seventies.
Director filmography
- Last Holiday (2006)
- Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
- Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- The Center of the World (2001)
- Anywhere But Here (1999)
- Chinese Box (1997)
- Blue in the Face (1995)
- Smoke (1995)
- (1993)
- Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989)
- Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989)
- Dim Sim Take Out (1988)
- Smooth Nikola (1987)
- (1985)
- Chan Is Missing (1982)
- A Man, a Woman, and a Bed (1975)
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