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Tang Shu-Shuen (b. 1941)

Alias:
Cecile Tang Shu Shuen
Shu Shuen Tong
唐书璇
唐書璇

Born:
March 21, 1941

Biography from TheMovieDB

Tang Shu Shuen (Chinese: 唐書璇; pinyin: Táng Shūxuán; born 1941), also known as Cecile Tang Shu Shuen, is a former Hong Kong film director. Though her film career was brief, she was a trailblazer for socially critical art cinema in Hong Kong's populist film industry, as well as its first noted woman director. She also launched the territory's first serious film journal, Close-Up, in 1976.  She ceased filmmaking and emigrated to the United States in 1979, becoming a respected restaurateur in Los Angeles. Many critics, however, see her influence in the so-called Hong Kong New Wave of edgy, groundbreaking young filmmakers in the late '70s and early '80s.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Tang Shu Shuen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Director:
1969  The Arch
1975  Sup Sap Bup Dap
1978  China Behind
1979  The Hong Kong Tycoon

Producer:
1969  The Arch
1975  Sup Sap Bup Dap
1978  China Behind
1979  The Hong Kong Tycoon

Production Manager:
1969  The Arch
1975  Sup Sap Bup Dap
1978  China Behind
1979  The Hong Kong Tycoon

Screenplay:
1969  The Arch
1975  Sup Sap Bup Dap
1978  China Behind
1979  The Hong Kong Tycoon

Writer:
1969  The Arch
1975  Sup Sap Bup Dap
1978  China Behind
1979  The Hong Kong Tycoon

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