Lulu Wang
Asian-American filmmaker · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1983 · age 43
Lulu Wang 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.
Lulu Wang is read about 189 times a day, in 15 languages.
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ExpatsSeries, Director, Writer2023
Art-House America: Austin Film SocietyFilm2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sSeries2019“The questions I want to ask will revolve around humans, connection, relationships, family, and stories - what are the stories we tell ourselves and each other?”In their words16 August 2019As quoted in Fader“There have been moments where I laughed at my own family's culture, though it's hard to separate out whether something funny is cultural, or just my grandma specifically.”In their words17 July 2019As quoted in The Verge“In my family, and especially when I go back to China, it's always like, prepare your stomach, because it's the way that they express love.”In their words12 July 2019As quoted in Elle
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingFilm, 2019Director
The FarewellFilm, 2019Director, Writer2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries2014
PosthumousFilm, Director, Writer
TouchFilm, 2014Director, Writer2007
Can-CanFilm, Director, Writer2005
PiscesFilm, Director, Producer1983Born25 February 1983People around Lulu
Jack Huston Lulu directed Expats and Posthumous
Nicole Kidman Lulu directed Expats
Awkwafina Lulu directed The Farewell (2020)
Lambert Wilson Lulu directed Posthumous (2014)
Brit Marling Lulu directed Posthumous (2014)
Chris Weitz Produced The Farewell (2019)
Tzi Ma Lulu directed The Farewell (2020)
Tom Schilling Lulu directed Posthumous (2014)
Brian Tee Lulu directed Expats
Connor Jessup Produced 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
Travis Knight Produced Audition
Nikolai Kinski Lulu directed Posthumous (2014)
Alexander Fehling Lulu directed Posthumous (2014)
Grace Wong Lulu directed Expats
Katie Kitamura Produced Audition
Sarayu Blue Lulu directed Expats
Ji-young Yoo Lulu directed Expats
Marc Turtletaub Produced The Farewell (2019)
Flora Chan Lulu directed Expats
Zhao Shuzhen Lulu produced The Farewell (2019)
Lulu WangPartners
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Filmography 12
31 credits on file
Television 4
Media & music
In their own words 6
, I think people have this romanticism of the homeland, and that’s just not the reality for me.
It’s so much easier to tell a fish-out-of-water story when the person is blond and blue-eyed going to an Asian country, for example.
Sometimes America is so great because it brings all of us together, but sometimes it can be so limiting because it puts labels on things.
About this person
Wang has also written, produced, and directed several short films, documentaries, and music videos.
