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Jennifer Phang

Born October 28, 1975 · Berkeley, California, USA (age 50)

Jennifer Phang is an American filmmaker (writer, director, producer), most known for her feature films Advantageous (2015) and Half-Life (2008). Advantageous premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision, and was based on her award-winning short film of the same name. Half-Life premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and won "Best Film" aw…

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Descendants: The Rise of Red

Descendants: The Rise of Red · 2024

Descendants: The Rise of Red

MovieFantasyAdventure

After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup on Auradon, her rebellious daughter Red and Cinderella's perfectionist daughter Chloe join forces and travel back in time to try to undo the traumatic event that set Red's mother down her villainous path.

Advantageous

Advantageous · 2015

MovieScience FictionDrama

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

Advantageous

Advantageous · 2012

MovieScience Fiction

Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology that allows people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself?

Love, Ltd.

Love, Ltd. · 2000

A sister and brother turn a dysfunctional family dinner into an unappreciated coming out party. Love Ltd. confronts homophobia through a quirky, unrelenting, tale about the things we choose to say, or not say, to the people we love.

Half-Life

Half-Life · 2008

MovieDramaScience Fiction

As troubling signs of global cataclysms accelerate, a brother and sister react to their father's desertion and the powerful presence of their mother's new boyfriend.

Little Chief

Little Chief · 2020

The lives of a Native woman and a troubled young boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma.

The Boys

The Boys · 2019

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · 2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

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Descendants: The Rise of Red

Descendants: The Rise of Red · 2024

Descendants: The Rise of Red

MovieFantasyAdventure

After the Queen of Hearts incites a coup on Auradon, her rebellious daughter Red and Cinderella's perfectionist daughter Chloe join forces and travel back in time to try to undo the traumatic event that set Red's mother down her villainous path.

Director

Advantageous

Advantageous · 2015

MovieScience FictionDrama

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

Director

Advantageous

Advantageous · 2012

MovieScience Fiction

Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology that allows people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself?

Director

Love, Ltd.

Love, Ltd. · 2000

A sister and brother turn a dysfunctional family dinner into an unappreciated coming out party. Love Ltd. confronts homophobia through a quirky, unrelenting, tale about the things we choose to say, or not say, to the people we love.

Director

Half-Life

Half-Life · 2008

MovieDramaScience Fiction

As troubling signs of global cataclysms accelerate, a brother and sister react to their father's desertion and the powerful presence of their mother's new boyfriend.

Director

Little Chief

Little Chief · 2020

The lives of a Native woman and a troubled young boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma.

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The Boys

The Boys · 2019

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Director

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · 2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

Director

Riverdale

Riverdale · 2017

SeriesCrimeDrama

Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

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The Expanse

The Expanse · 2015

SeriesDramaMystery

A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

Director

Foundation

Foundation · 2021

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Director

Resident Alien

Resident Alien · 2021

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

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Quantico

Quantico · 2015

SeriesCrimeDrama

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

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DC's Stargirl

DC's Stargirl · 2020

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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The Flight Attendant

The Flight Attendant · 2020

The Flight Attendant

SeriesDramaMystery

Flight attendant Cassandra Bowden wakes in her hotel room hungover from the night before in Dubai with a dead body lying next to her. Afraid to call the police, she continues her morning as if nothing happened. In New York, she is met by FBI agents who question her about her recent layover in Bangkok. Still unable to piece the night together, she begins to wonder if she could be the killer.

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Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger · 2018

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.

Director

The Exorcist

The Exorcist · 2016

SeriesMysteryDrama

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.

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