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Esther Eng
San Francisco, California, USA
Esther Eng (September 24, 1914 – January 25, 1970) was an American director and producer; known to be the first woman to have directed Chinese-language films in the United States,…
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Esther Eng (September 24, 1914 – January 25, 1970) was an American director and producer; known to be the first woman to have directed Chinese-language films in the United States, as well as South China's first woman director. As an openly lesbian woman, Esther Eng provided social commentary with a focus on the female protagonists in her works. Many of the films she has directed and produced are considered to be lost except for Golden Gate Girl (1941) and Murder in New York Chinatown (1961). First shown in the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival, the film Golden Gate Girls (2013, dir. S. Louisa Wei) with its title borrowed from one of Esther Eng's works, is a documentary film dedicated to her legacy as a filmmaker and her life.
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2013
Golden Gate Girls
Movie Herself (archive footage)
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1961
Murder Case in Chinatown
Movie Director
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1949
Mad Fire, Mad Love
Movie Director
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1948
Back Street
Movie Director
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1947
The Lady in the Blue Lagoon
Movie Director
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1941
Golden Gate Girl
Movie Director
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1939
It's a Women's World
Movie Writer
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1938
A Night of Romance, A Lifetime of Regret
Movie Director
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1938
Tragic Love
Movie Director
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1938
Ten Thousand Lovers
Movie Director
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1937
National Heroine
Movie Director
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1936
Heartaches
Movie Producer
