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Roseanne Liang

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Roseanne Liang
Born
New Zealand
Alma mater University of Auckland
Occupation Filmmaker
Years active 2003?present

Roseanne Liang is a New Zealand film director. [1] Her first feature film, My Wedding and Other Secrets , was the first theatrically released feature film made by a Chinese New Zealander and became 2011's highest grossing local feature film. [2] She also co-created, directed, and co-wrote the 2021 TV series Creamerie .

Early life [ edit ]

Liang was born in New Zealand to Hong Kong emigrants. Her parents were doctors, one was a doctor and the other a nurse. [3] She has two sisters. [4] Liang attended St Cuthbert's College, Auckland , and was dux of the school in 1995. [5]

She went on to study computer science at the University of Auckland . [3] She graduated with a Masters in Creative and Performing Arts in 2003. [4]

Career [ edit ]

Liang made her directorial debut with the autobiographical documentary film Banana in a Nutshell (2005), which was about her own cross-cultural romance with a P?keh? . [6] The film won Best Documentary at DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival . [7] Liang won Best Director of Documentary Films at Asian Festival of First Films . [7] The film was screened at New Zealand International Film Festival 2005, [8] where she met John Barnett, a producer from South Pacific Pictures , who requested a feature length adaptation of the documentary. [4]

That project later became the romantic comedy My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011). [1] The film won Best Actress and Best Screenplay Award for a feature film at the Aotearoa Film & Television Awards . [2]

Liang also directed the short film Take 3 , which won awards in 2007 at the Berlin and Valladolid Film Festivals, and the hit web series Flat3 and Friday Night Bites . [9] [10] In 2008, she was awarded Women in Film and Television International 's Woman to Watch Award for Women in Film and Television. [5]

Liang is a part of the Thousand Apologies Collective, a creative cohort of seven writers and filmmakers based in Auckland , New Zealand, which includes Shuchi Kothari and Serina Pearson. They made their television debut with their pan-Asian sketch comedy series A Thousand Apologies on TV3 , New Zealand's first prime time Asian program. [11] [12] Kothari and Liang later cofounded the Pan-Asian Screen Collective with others in August 2018 to support Asian filmmakers in New Zealand. [13]

In 2017, she directed a short film Do No Harm, which was selected to be shown at the Manhattan Short film festival [14] and the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . [15]

In 2020, Liang directed and co-wrote Shadow in the Cloud , a WWII action-horror film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz from a story treatment by Max Landis . It debuted at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival , where it won the People's Choice Award. [16]

Filmography [ edit ]

Short film

Year Title Director Writer
2005 Rest Stop Yes No
2008 Take 3 Yes Yes
2015 Sugar Hit Yes Yes
2017 Do No Harm Yes Yes

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2005 Banana in a Nutshell Yes No Documentary
2011 My Wedding and Other Secrets Yes Yes
2020 Shadow in the Cloud Yes Yes

Television

Year Title Director Writer
2008 A Thousand Apologies Yes Yes
2021 Creamerie Yes Yes
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Yes No

Web series

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2013 Flat3 Yes Yes 12 episodes
2016?2018 Friday Night Bites Yes Yes
2017 Unboxed Yes No 6 episodes

Personal life [ edit ]

Liang is married to Stephen Harris, the subject of Banana in a Nutshell. [17] They have two children. [16]

Accolades [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Debruge, Peter (25 February 2021). "10 Directors to Watch: Roseanne Liang Launches Action Ambitions With 'Shadow in the Cloud' " . Variety . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  2. ^ a b "Roseanne Liang, Writer/Director" . WIFT New Zealand . Retrieved 6 May 2018 .
  3. ^ a b "Roseanne Liang" . ngataonga.org.nz . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  4. ^ a b c Wilford, Judy (Spring 2006). "Filmmaker in a nutshell" (PDF) . Ingenio . University of Auckland . pp. 30?31.
  5. ^ a b c "Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards | Old Girls' Association" . St Cuthbert's College . Archived from the original on 27 July 2014 . Retrieved 6 May 2018 .
  6. ^ Francesca, Rudkin (7 February 2021). "Roseanne Liang hits Hollywood big leagues with Shadow in the Cloud" . The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin (Podcast). Newstalk ZB . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  7. ^ a b c Barclay, Keith (3 March 2014). "Roseanne Liang honoured by University of Auckland" . SCREENZ . Retrieved 8 March 2021 .
  8. ^ New Zealand International Film Festival: Banana in a Nutshell , retrieved 7 March 2021
  9. ^ "Roseanne Liang | NZ On Screen" . www.nzonscreen.com . NZ On Screen . Retrieved 6 May 2018 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: others ( link )
  10. ^ "Roseanne Liang tipped by Hollywood Reporter as director to watch" . Stuff . Retrieved 6 May 2018 .
  11. ^ "The Asian inversion" . Otago Daily Times . 21 October 2008 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  12. ^ Screen, NZ On. "A Thousand Apologies | Series | Television | NZ On Screen" . www.nzonscreen.com . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  13. ^ Medel, Mariah Alyssa (4 September 2018). "New collective fights for Asians on NZ screens" . Newsroom . Retrieved 8 March 2021 .
  14. ^ "Kiwi short film Do No Harm earns Oscars nod at Manhattan Short" . Stuff . Retrieved 6 May 2018 .
  15. ^ "Gunning for Hollywood and #TimesUp for NZ" . RNZ . 25 March 2018 . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  16. ^ a b "Roseanne Liang on Shadow In The Cloud" . www.wiftnz.org.nz . 3 February 2021 . Retrieved 8 March 2021 .
  17. ^ Morgan, Scott (10 March 2011). "Casting a light on culture clash" . Stuff . Retrieved 7 March 2021 .
  18. ^ "SPADA celebrates film industry achievements" . The Big Idea Editor . 25 November 2005 . Retrieved 8 March 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

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