25 Asian American women film and TV directors to know about
The majority of these women got their start releasing short films, before expanding their portfolio to include feature-length works.
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The majority of these women got their start releasing short films, before expanding their portfolio to include feature-length works.
The majority of these women got their start releasing short films, before expanding their portfolio to include feature-length works.
Coming-of-age indie drama The Starling Girl opened in theaters last week; it’s written and directed by Laurel Parmet and stars Eliza Scanlen as a teenager in a rural Christian fundamentalist community. The movie also stars Lewis Pullman, Wrenn Schmidt, Austin Abrams, and Jimmi Simpson and features a new Lord Huron song called “Ace Up My Sleeve,” which accompanied the trailer. In addition to writing “Ace Up My Sleeve” for The Starling Girl, Lord Huron’s Ben Schneider also helped score the film.
As representation has expanded in recent years for Asian women on both sides of the camera, these film directors broke down barriers from the silent era through today.
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