Wayne Wang
王颖

25 September 2019
Article "Wayne Wang's The Joy Luck Club", published in Cinemaya, The Asian film magazine, Issue Autumn 1993 No. 21,
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Library
王颖的《喜福会》,刊登于亚洲电影杂志《Cinemaya》1993年秋季号第21期,美国华人博物馆(MOCA)图书馆馆藏

Wayne Wang is a Chinese American film director, known best for his 1993 adaptation of The Joy Luck Club.Wang was born Hong Kong in 1949 and named after his father’s favorite movie star, John Wayne. Wang’s parents sent him to the U.S. to prepare for medical school but he fell in love with the arts instead and studied film and television at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Wang’s early films often grappled with the experiences of the Chinese diaspora: in his debut film, Chan is Missing(1982), Wang explored the daily ins and outs of Chinatown, a depiction that contrasted Hollywood’s typical use of the neighborhood as a racially coded signifier of mystery and danger. His family comedy about a Chinese American mother and daughter relationship, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, solidified his reputation before he created his most well-known film, The Joy Luck Club (1993). Wang would go on to release several successful feature films over his career. With the release of Crazy Rich Asians last year, the first film since The Joy Luck Club to have a majority Asian cast, the trailblazing legacy of Wang remains more relevant than ever.


王颖(Wayne Wang)是一位美籍华人电影导演,因1993年由《喜福会》(The Joy Luck Club)改编的电影而闻名。王颖1949年出生于香港,以他父亲最喜欢的电影明星John Wayne的名字命名。王颖的父母送他去美国上医学院,但他却爱上了艺术,在奥克兰的加州艺术学院(California College of Arts and Crafts)学习影视。王颖早期的电影常常与散居海外的华人的经历有关:在他的处女作《寻人》(Chan is Missing 1982),王先生探索了唐人街的日常生活,与好莱坞将唐人街作为神秘和危险的种族象征的典型做法形成了对比。他的家庭喜剧《点心》(Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart)讲述了一个美籍华人母亲和她的女儿之间的关系,这部剧在他创作出自己最出名的电影《喜福会》(The Joy Luck Club 1993)之前确定了他在电影界的地位。在他的职业生涯中,王先生后续又发行了几部成功的故事片。去年上映的《摘金奇缘》(Crazy Rich Asians)是继《喜福会》之后的第一部亚裔演员占多数的电影,在这一点上,王颖留给后人的,是迄今为止最为重要的。

Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.

2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年,为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献, MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories! 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑,全国线上接力,以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事,敬请大家持续关注, 讲出华人自己的故事,回顾过去,立足现在,展望未来,共同书写美国历史,使之更加充实完整。

关注MOCA Spike 150活动网站
支持MOCA的事业,请给MOCA Spike 150团队捐款

Questions?