Wayne Wang
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wayne Wang (born January 12, 1949) is a Chinese American film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Wang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested.
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ten-year-old Opal adopts an unkempt dog she finds at a supermarket and names it Winn-Dixie. Soon, Opal and Winn Dixie befriend people who teach Opal about her mother and life.
Maid in Manhattan
A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.
Anywhere But Here
A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.
Smoke
A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
Blue in the Face
Augie runs a small tobacco shop in Brooklyn, New York. The whole neighborhood comes to visit him to buy cigarettes and have some small talk. During the movie Lou Reed tries to explain why he has to have a cut on his health insurance bill if he keeps smoking and Madonna acts as a Singing Telegram.
The Joy Luck Club
Through a series of flashbacks, four young chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China, explore their past. This search will help them understand their difficult mother/daughter relationship.
Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase from America to Hong Kong. When he arrives, however, his contact is nowhere to be found.
Slam Dance
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
San Francisco's Richmond District. A widow welcomes the Chinese New Year. 62 years old, she wants to make a trip to China to pay last respects to her ancestors. A fortune teller has told her this is the year she'll die, and a daughter, Geraldine, remains unmarried.
Chan Is Missing
Two cabbies search San Francisco's Chinatown for a mysterious character who has disappeared with their $4000. Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans trying to assimilate into contemporary American society.