About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1914-09-24
Place of birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Esther Eng

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2013 Golden Gate Girls Actor Herself (archive footage) 58
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Directing
1961 Murder Case in Chinatown Directing Director N/A
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1949 Mad Fire, Mad Love Directing Director N/A
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1948 Back Street Directing Director N/A
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1947 The Lady in the Blue Lagoon Directing Director N/A
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1941 Golden Gate Girl Directing Director N/A
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1939 It's a Women's World Directing Director N/A
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1938 A Night of Romance, A Lifetime of Regret Directing Director N/A
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1938 Tragic Love Directing Director N/A
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1938 Ten Thousand Lovers Directing Director N/A
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1937 National Heroine Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1948 Back Street Writing Screenplay N/A
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1939 It's a Women's World Writing Writer N/A
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1938 Tragic Love Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1936 Heartaches Production Producer N/A
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