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Lulu Wang

Born February 25, 1983 · Beijing, China (age 43)

Lulu Wang (Chinese: 王子逸; pinyin: Wáng Zǐyì; born February 25, 1983) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the comedy-drama films Posthumous (2014) and The Farewell (2019). For the latter, she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and the film was named one of the top ten films of 2019 by the American Film Institute. Wang has also written, p…

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The FarewellThe Farewell · 2019
The Farewell
★ 7.42019
MovieComedyDrama
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
Dìdi (弟弟)Dìdi (弟弟) · 2024
Dìdi (弟弟)
★ 7.22024
MovieComedyDrama
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing · 2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
★ 5.32019
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.
PosthumousPosthumous · 2014
Posthumous
★ 5.92014
MovieComedyDrama
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.
PiscesPisces · 2005
Pisces
2005
MovieDrama
Explores the family dynamic between an introspective teenage girl and her single mother
The Eyes Are the Best PartThe Eyes Are the Best Part
The Eyes Are the Best Part
MovieHorror
A terrifying tale of misogyny, Asian fetishization and cannibalism that follows a struggling college freshman named Ji-won who develops an obsession with eating human eyes.
NeighborsNeighbors · 2021
Neighbors
2021
MovieDrama
An older reclusive woman develops a close relationship with her recently widowed neighbor in an attempt to allow herself to be loved.
TouchTouch · 2014
Touch
★ 6.02014
MovieDrama
An elderly Chinese immigrant's cultural ignorance gets him in irreversible trouble in a public restroom. Despite his harmless intentions, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behavior understood.

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