Emily Ting is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She was born in

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, but later moved to

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with her family. Ting graduated from the film/TV program at

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. Her first feature-length film, '' Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong'', was released in 2015.

Early life and education

Ting was born in Taipei in 1980, and moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was very young. After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, she worked in New York for several years. In 2007, she returned to Hong Kong in order to run her family business.

Career

After graduation, Ting worked at the documentary distribution company

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in New York for several years, and later founded her own production company, Unbound Feet Productions. At the beginning of her career she focused on making documentaries. Her first feature-length documentary, ''What’s Love Got to Do with It?'', premiered in 2002''.'' She also made a documentary short entitled ''Reality Check'' in 2006, which is about college graduates facing unemployment. When Ting ran her family's business in Hong Kong，she made a documentary about her family business, ''Family Inc'', which was released in 2008. It is a highly personal documentary, following how she gave up her filmmaking dream and returned home to help her father run a big toy manufacturing empire. '' Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong'' (2015), Ting's first scripted feature, received primarily good reviews and was shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and the New York Asian Film Festival. The movie is partially based on Ting's life and inspired by

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’s '' Lost in Translation''. ''Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong'', a

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, follows a Chinese woman from Los Angeles who makes a business trip to Hong Kong, and has a romance with an American expat. They visit various parts of the city, from Lan Kwai Fong and Central to Chungking Mansions and Temple Street. '' Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong'' has been lauded for capturing Hong Kong’s vibrant nightlife. Ting's next film, '' Go Back to China'', is about an American heiress who blows through her trust fund, causing her parents to send her to China to work for their toy making business. Ting has stated that this film, like ''Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong'', is also semi-autobiographical.

Filmography

Feature films Short films Other credits

Awards

* ''Man From Reno'' Best Narrative Film at

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（2014） * ''Land Ho!'' John Cassavetes Awards at Film Independent Spirit Awards （2014） * ''The Distance Between'' Best Short Film at

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（2012）

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ting, Emily Taiwanese women film directors Taiwanese film producers Taiwanese screenwriters Writers from Taipei American women film directors American women screenwriters 1980 births Living people Film directors from Los Angeles Film directors from Taipei Taiwanese emigrants to the United States 21st-century American women