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Lulu Wang(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Lulu Wang at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)
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Lulu Wang was born on 25 February 1983 in Beijing, China. She is a director and writer, known for The Farewell (2019), Expats (2023) and Touch (2015).
BornFebruary 25, 1983
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BornFebruary 25, 1983
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 17 wins & 65 nominations total

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    Known for

    Tzi Ma, Shuzhen Zhao, Han Chen, Aoi Mizuhara, Hong Lu, Diana Lin, Awkwafina, and Yongbo Jiang in The Farewell (2019)
    The Farewell
    7.5
    • Director
    • 2019
    Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yoo in Expats (2023)
    Expats
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Touch (2015)
    Touch
    6.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 2015
    Family Meal
    TV Series
    • Director

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      Director

      • Untitled Lulu Wang Project
        • Director
        • Pre-production
      • Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yoo in Expats (2023)
        Expats
        6.3
        TV Mini Series
        • Director
        • 2023–2024
      • Nian (2021)
        Nian
        6.2
        Short
        • Director
        • 2021
      • Gregg Araki in 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)
        30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing
        5.4
        • Director
        • 2019
      • Tzi Ma, Shuzhen Zhao, Han Chen, Aoi Mizuhara, Hong Lu, Diana Lin, Awkwafina, and Yongbo Jiang in The Farewell (2019)
        The Farewell
        7.5
        • Director
        • 2019
      • Touch (2015)
        Touch
        6.6
        Short
        • Director
        • 2015
      • Posthumous (2014)
        Posthumous
        5.7
        • Director
        • 2014
      • Leanna Rachel, Jessica Lemasters, Jamie Hodes, and Countré Black in Vintage Trouble: Still and Always Will (2014)
        Vintage Trouble: Still and Always Will
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2014
      • Vintage Trouble in Vintage Trouble: Nobody Told Me (2011)
        Vintage Trouble: Nobody Told Me
        Music Video
        • Director
        • 2011
      • Amy Hoerler, Demian Barba, Lulu Wang, Tony Hale, Ricardo Poza, Ernest Adzentoivich, Renee Beaulaurier, Kayli Gural, Grace Marlier, Arturo Vivante, Peter James, and Serena Lee in Can-Can (2007)
        Can-Can
        5.0
        Short
        • Director
        • 2007
      • Fishing the Gulf
        Short
        • Director
        • 2006
      • Pisces
        7.8
        Video
        • Director
        • 2005

      Writer

      • Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yoo in Expats (2023)
        Expats
        6.3
        TV Mini Series
        • created by
        • teleplay by (creator)
        • 2023–2024
      • Nian (2021)
        Nian
        6.2
        Short
        • story
        • written by
        • 2021
      • Tzi Ma, Shuzhen Zhao, Han Chen, Aoi Mizuhara, Hong Lu, Diana Lin, Awkwafina, and Yongbo Jiang in The Farewell (2019)
        The Farewell
        7.5
        • written by
        • 2019
      • Touch (2015)
        Touch
        6.6
        Short
        • written by
        • 2015
      • Posthumous (2014)
        Posthumous
        5.7
        • screenplay
        • 2014
      • Amy Hoerler, Demian Barba, Lulu Wang, Tony Hale, Ricardo Poza, Ernest Adzentoivich, Renee Beaulaurier, Kayli Gural, Grace Marlier, Arturo Vivante, Peter James, and Serena Lee in Can-Can (2007)
        Can-Can
        5.0
        Short
        • screenwriter
        • 2007
      • Pisces
        7.8
        Video
        • Writer
        • 2005

      Producer

      • Untitled Lulu Wang Project
        • producer
        • Pre-production
      • Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue, and Ji-young Yoo in Expats (2023)
        Expats
        6.3
        TV Mini Series
        • executive producer (showrunner)
        • 2023–2024
      • Tzi Ma, Shuzhen Zhao, Han Chen, Aoi Mizuhara, Hong Lu, Diana Lin, Awkwafina, and Yongbo Jiang in The Farewell (2019)
        The Farewell
        7.5
        • producer (p.g.a.)
        • 2019
      • Amy Hoerler, Demian Barba, Lulu Wang, Tony Hale, Ricardo Poza, Ernest Adzentoivich, Renee Beaulaurier, Kayli Gural, Grace Marlier, Arturo Vivante, Peter James, and Serena Lee in Can-Can (2007)
        Can-Can
        5.0
        Short
        • producer
        • 2007
      • Pisces
        7.8
        Video
        • producer
        • 2005
      • In-development projects at IMDbPro

      Videos4

      Women Directors on Set
      Clip 1:05
      Women Directors on Set
      Which Celebrity Would You Choose to Be Snowed In With?
      Clip 2:22
      Which Celebrity Would You Choose to Be Snowed In With?
      Spotlighting Sundance 2019's Women Directors
      Clip 3:36
      Spotlighting Sundance 2019's Women Directors
      Awkwafina Conducts an Empathy Orgy in 'The Farewell'
      Video 3:21
      Awkwafina Conducts an Empathy Orgy in 'The Farewell'

      Personal details

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      • Born
        • February 25, 1983
        • Beijing, China
      • Parents
          Haiyan Wang
      • Relatives
        • Anthony(Sibling)

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        Graduated from Boston College.

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