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Wong, See-yuen Gina – Critical Biography Top
Gina Wong studied monetary economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and graduated in 1989. She worked as an investment banker and an entrepreneur before obtaining an M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Comparative Literature in 2007. She currently works as a curator, artist, and filmmaker, dividing her time between Shanghai and Hong Kong. She is the co-founder and director of the independent art space Experimenta, having served before that as a board member of the Para/site Art Space. Wong made her feature film debut in 2011 with the documentary Orient Top Town (2011), a film about a real-estate development in Shanghai that failed as a residential project but that became transformed into a space for artists. The film won Wong Best First-Time Director at the 2011 Yosemite Film Festival. She also founded the Pineapple Underground Film Festival (PUFF) in 2011, which seeks to bring indie films to mainland China and whose offices are based in Hong Kong.
Filmography Top
Feature Films:
Role | Title (English) | Title (Chinese) | Year |
Director / Producer | Papagajka | N/A | 2016 |
Director / Producer | The Salamander | 2016 | |
Director / Producer | Road to Day Dream Mine | 2015 | |
Director / Producer | A Quiet War | 2015 | |
Producer | The Journey to the South | N/A | 2013 |
Producer | The Lives of Hamilton Fish | N/A | 2013 |
Director Producer Writer | Orient Top Town | 大東方 | 2011 |
Shorts:
Role | Title (English) | Title (Chinese) | Year |
Director | Villa Treviso | 2018 | |
Director | The Occupiers Project | N/A | 2015 |
Director | The Personal and the Political | 不滿”個人政治” | 2012 |
Director | Shanghai Saga: Other Skies, Other Lands | 上海歌 ▫ 另尋天地 | 2009 |
Reviews Top
The Lives of Hamilton Fish (2013):
Reel Talk reviews – Unique and Creative
The New York Times – Both Were Born Hamilton Fish, but Their Paths Differed
You are Here Hong Kong – PUFF2013: THE LIVES OF HAMILTON FISH
Others:
Huffingtonpost – Gina Wong’s Vision for Hong Kong and The Pineapple Underground Film Festival
Links Top
IMDB – Gina See-yuen Wong
Website of Gina Wong – https://www.ginawong.net/
Official website:
– The Lives of Hamilton Fish (2012)
Pineapple Underground Film Festival
Bibliography Top
- Wong, See-yuen Gina. “Global Feminisms in Feminist Art and Their New Challenges.” University of Hong Kong, 2007. Print. The HKU Scholar Hub
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