Wang Hui-ling () is a Taiwanese screenwriter. In 2001 she was nominated for
Academy Award
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for
Best Adapted Screenplay for the ''
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung . The film features a cast of actors of Chinese people, Chinese ethnicity, including Ch ...
''. In 2014, she wrote the script for ''
The Crossing'' directed by
John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...
.
Early life and education
Hui-Ling was born in
Taipei
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,
Taiwan
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. She graduated from Taipei College of Education.
Career
Hui-Ling started her career with co-writing the script of
Eat Drink Man Woman
''Eat Drink Man Woman'' () is a 1994 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee, from a script co-written with James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang.Howe, Desson.‘Eat Drink Man Woman’" ''The Washington Post''. 19 October 1994. Retrieved on 2 ...
with director
Ang Lee
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and
James Schamus
James Allan Schamus (born September 7, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, business executive, film historian, professor, and director. He is a frequent collaborator of Ang Lee, the co-founder of the production company Good Machine, and ...
.
In 2007 she co-wrote the erotic thriller film
Lust, Caution
''Lust, Caution'' () is a 2007 erotic period espionage mystery romance film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. ''Lust, Caution'' is set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when the city was occupied by t ...
again with James Schamus and directed by Ang Lee.
In 2013 wrote the script for an epic
The Crossing directed by
John Woo
John Woo Yu-Sen SBS (; born September 22, 1946) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, known as a highly-influential figure in the action film genre. He was a pioneer of heroic bloodshed films (a crime action film genre involving Chinese triads) and the gun fu ...
that filmed in
Beijing
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.
Filmography
Films
* ''
Eat Drink Man Woman
''Eat Drink Man Woman'' () is a 1994 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee, from a script co-written with James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang.Howe, Desson.‘Eat Drink Man Woman’" ''The Washington Post''. 19 October 1994. Retrieved on 2 ...
'' (1994)
* ''
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 wuxia film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung . The film features a cast of actors of Chinese people, Chinese ethnicity, including Ch ...
'' (2000)
* ''Fleeing by Night'' (2000)
* ''
Tortilla Soup
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'' (2001) story
* ''Migratory Bird'' (2001)
* ''
The Myth'' (2005)
* ''
Lust, Caution
''Lust, Caution'' () is a 2007 erotic period espionage mystery romance film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. ''Lust, Caution'' is set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when the city was occupied by t ...
'' (2007) also acted as Liao Tai Tai
* ''
The Crossing'' (2014)
* ''The Crossing 2'' (2015)
* Legend of the Demon Cat'' (2017)
TV
* ''
April Rhapsody
''April Rhapsody'' is a 2000 TV series written by Wang Hui-ling, based on the romantic life of Xu Zhimo, one of China's most renowned poets in the 20th century.
Virtually all characters in the story are historical, but the plot deviates from hist ...
'' (2000)
* ''The Legend of Eileen Chang'' (2004)
* ''
Thank You for Having Loved Me
Academy Awards best screenplay nominee Hui-Ling Wang's first television screenplay after ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon''.
Cast
*Tan Yuwei, played by Zhao Wei
*Houzi, played by Zhou Yiwei
*Huo Ran, played by Tuo Zonghua
*Yin Zhihan, played by ...
'' (2007)
References
External links
*
Living people
Taiwanese screenwriters
Taiwanese film actresses
Taiwanese women writers
Actresses from Taipei
Year of birth missing (living people)
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