F06 :: Feminist Film Studies

1. She was born in China in 1947 and moved to Hong Kong when she was young. She graduated from Hong Kong University with a degree in comparative literature. She attended film school in London for 2 years. She started as an assistant but soon joined TVB and directed some short documentaries and drama series. She made a few films in between but in 1979 she made her first feature film called The Secret. Sorry, couldn't find a picture.

2. She has directed 23 films in her life:
1 Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo (2006)
... aka The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Canada: English title) (International: English title)
2 Yu guanyin (2003)
... aka Goddess of Mercy (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (USA)
3 Laam yan sei sap (2002)
... aka July Rhapsody (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (USA)
4 Youling renjian (2001)
... aka Visible Secret (International: English title)
5 The Making of 'Youling renjian - Visible Secret' (2001) (V)
6 Qian yan wan yu (1999)
... aka Ordinary Heroes (USA)
7 Boon sang yuen (1997)
... aka Half Life Fate (literal English title)
8 Gei diy chun fung (1997)
... aka As Time Goes By (Hong Kong: English title)
9 Ah Kam (1996)
... aka The Stunt Woman
10 Nu ren si shi (1995)
... aka Woman, Forty (International: English title)
11 Boy and His Hero (1993)
12 Jidao zhuizhong (1991)
... aka Zodiac Killer
13 Ketu qiuhen (1990)
... aka Song of Exile
14 Xiao ao jiang hu (1990)
... aka Swordsman
15 Shanghai jiaqi (1990)
... aka My American Grandson
16 Gam ye sing gwong chaan laan (1988)
... aka Tonight's Starlight Is Splendid (literal English title)
17 Shu jian en chou lu (1987)
... aka The Romance of Book & Sword
18 Xiang xiang gong zhu (1987)
... aka Princess Fragrance
19 Qing cheng zhi lian (1984)
... aka Love in a Fallen City
20 Tou bun no hoi (1982)
... aka Boat People
21 Woo yuet dik goo si (1981)
... aka God of Killers (USA)
22 Zhuang dao zheng (1980)
... aka The Spooky Bunch
23 Fung gip (1979)
... aka The Secret

3. Most of her work was done in Cantonese so it was hard to understand. I did however find one of her trailers on the internet and it seems that she does mostly murder/drama/suspense films. Here is a link that you can watch the trailer to her most recent film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470984/trailers

4. I found her by searching for wormen directors on google but most of the information I used came from www.imdb.com.

5. I found it very difficult to find a women filmmaker of color that someone in the class had not already used.