Lulu Wang

Lulu Wang (born February 25, 1983) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the comedy-drama films Posthumous (2014) and The Farewell (2019). For the latter, she received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and the film was named one of the top ten films of 2019 by the American Film Institute. Wang has also written, produced, and directed several short films, documentaries, and music videos.

Posthumous (2014)

After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Brit Marling  •  Jack Huston  •  Tom Schilling  •  Lambert Wilson

After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Brit Marling  •  Jack Huston  •  Tom Schilling  •  Lambert Wilson

Can-Can (2007)

Mr. Fix-It, his wife calls him. She felt safer with him at home, and he helped look after the children, especially the baby. He lingers at the door before leaving the house to meet Sarah, whom his wife knows but does not suspect, and with her go to a house on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Peter James  •  Amy Hoerler

Mr. Fix-It, his wife calls him. She felt safer with him at home, and he helped look after the children, especially the baby. He lingers at the door before leaving the house to meet Sarah, whom his wife knows but does not suspect, and with her go to a house on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Peter James  •  Amy Hoerler

The Farewell (2019)

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Awkwafina  •  Tzi Ma  •  Diana Lin  •  Gil Perez-Abraham

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Awkwafina  •  Tzi Ma  •  Diana Lin  •  Gil Perez-Abraham

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brady Corbet  •  Gregg Araki  •  John Waters  •  Catherine Breillat  •  Tommy O'Haver  •  Isaac Julien  •  Ira Sachs  •  Fenton Bailey  •  Randy Barbato  •  Rithy Panh  •  Alain Guiraudie  •  Athina Rachel Tsangari  •  João Pedro Rodrigues  •  Connor Jessup  •  Jon Jost  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Fatih Akin  •  Bradley Rust Gray  •  Alain Gomis  •  So Yong Kim  •  Bruce LaBruce  •  Christophe Honoré  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  James Schamus  •  Lynn Hershman-Leeson  •  Daniel Ribeiro  •  Jenni Olson  •  Rose Troche  •  Cindy Sherman  •  Jon Moritsugu  •  Tom Kalin  •  Lulu Wang  •  Amy Davis  •  Roddy Bogawa  •  Elisabeth Subrin  •  Andrew Ahn  •  Abu Bakr Shawky  •  Anna Franquesa Solano
CAST:  Maria Schneider  •  Drew Droege  •  Cindy Sherman  •  Sarah Yarkin

Over 30 filmmakers and friends of Strand Releasing have come together to honor the company’s indelible contribution to independent cinema over the past thirty years. The participating filmmakers have each created a short film for the project, all shot on iPhones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brady Corbet  •  Gregg Araki  •  John Waters  •  Catherine Breillat  •  Tommy O'Haver  •  Isaac Julien  •  Ira Sachs  •  Fenton Bailey  •  Randy Barbato  •  Rithy Panh  •  Alain Guiraudie  •  Athina Rachel Tsangari  •  João Pedro Rodrigues  •  Connor Jessup  •  Jon Jost  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Fatih Akin  •  Bradley Rust Gray  •  Alain Gomis  •  So Yong Kim  •  Bruce LaBruce  •  Christophe Honoré  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  James Schamus  •  Lynn Hershman-Leeson  •  Daniel Ribeiro  •  Jenni Olson  •  Rose Troche  •  Cindy Sherman  •  Jon Moritsugu  •  Tom Kalin  •  Lulu Wang  •  Amy Davis  •  Roddy Bogawa  •  Elisabeth Subrin  •  Andrew Ahn  •  Abu Bakr Shawky  •  Anna Franquesa Solano
CAST:  Maria Schneider  •  Drew Droege  •  Cindy Sherman  •  Sarah Yarkin

Touch (2014)

An elderly Chinese immigrant's cultural ignorance gets him in irreversible trouble in a public restroom. Despite his harmless intentions, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behavior understood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Ben Lin  •  Cici Lau  •  Joshua Chang  •  Montae Russell

An elderly Chinese immigrant's cultural ignorance gets him in irreversible trouble in a public restroom. Despite his harmless intentions, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behavior understood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Ben Lin  •  Cici Lau  •  Joshua Chang  •  Montae Russell

Children of the New World

Children of the New World grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
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Children of the New World grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
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Nian (2021)

A Chinese New Year legend reimagined as a contemporary coming-of-age story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Yang Enyou  •  Dan Yang Song  •  Zhuo Hang Li  •  Chang Chao Xu

A Chinese New Year legend reimagined as a contemporary coming-of-age story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Yang Enyou  •  Dan Yang Song  •  Zhuo Hang Li  •  Chang Chao Xu

Pisces (2005)

Explores the family dynamic between an introspective teenage girl and her single mother  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Meaghan Moulton  •  Joanna Blais  •  Daven Rose  •  Colin Donohoe

Explores the family dynamic between an introspective teenage girl and her single mother  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lulu Wang
CAST:  Meaghan Moulton  •  Joanna Blais  •  Daven Rose  •  Colin Donohoe