Throughout his career, Wayne Wang has cemented his legacy as one of the great Asian-American filmmakers, consistently exploring the East-West divide in acclaimed films such as The Joy Luck Club (1993) and Chinese Box (1997).
Born in Hong Kong in 1949 and living in California since the 1960s, he is uniquely positioned to do so.
“I’m proud to have been born in Hong Kong, when it was a British colony, to very traditional Chinese parents,” he told the Traveling Boy website. “I was educated by Irish Jesuits, then came to America and was influenced by Bob Dylan. So that’s how messed up I am!”
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