- Alice Wu
Alice Wu (伍思薇) is an American
film director andscreenwriter .Alice Wu was born and raised in
San Jose, California , then moved toLos Altos, California where she graduated from Los Altos High School. In 1990, she received her B.A. inComputer Science fromStanford University . Two years later, she completed herMaster's degree in Computer Science at Stanford.Before becoming a filmmaker, Wu worked as a software engineer for
Microsoft in Seattle. She then left the corporate world to pursue a filmmaking career full time.She was quoted in the "
Hollywood Reporter " saying that her mom dissuaded from a career in filmmaking. Her mom would say, "If you prove a theorem in math, no one can say you're wrong. If you write a book, they can choose not to read it".Fact|date=June 2008Wu followed her parents' advice and pursued a career in computer science, but she never gave up on her dream and, while at Microsoft, signed up for a screenwriting class where she penned a feature script, "
Saving Face ". Encouraged by her screenwriting teacher --and to the disapproval of her family, colleagues and friends--she left Microsoft in the late '90s to try to get "Face" made. She gave herself a five-year window to do that. cite news
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accessdate = 2008-07-06] Wu barely made it: The five-year deadline hit as she was starting production on "Face."Wu's most noted work is her 2004 film, "
Saving Face ". It was inspired by her own experiences coming out as a lesbian in theChinese American community. She is now working on a film based onRachel DeWoskin 's memoir "Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China".In 2001, the script for "Saving Face" won the CAPE (
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment ) screenwriting award.Wu is represented by CAA and attorney Todd Rubenstein.
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* [http://www.afterellen.com/People/2005/5/wu-chen.html Interview with Saving Face's Alice Wu and Joan Chen] , at AfterEllen.comReferences
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