Adele Lim

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Adele Lim
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NationalityMalaysian
EducationEmerson College
OccupationScreenwriter, Producer
Known forCrazy Rich Asians

Adele Lim is a Malaysian American film and television producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a screenwriter for the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians. She has given support to young writers as mentor and speaker for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).[1]

Early life[]

Lim was born in Malaysia[2] and is of Malaysian Chinese descent.[3] She attended Malaysia's Sri Aman Girls School in Petaling Jaya. She started writing as a teenager and undergraduate in the lifestyle section of a local daily.[4] She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts with a degree in TV/Film in 1996.[5]

Career[]

Lim started her career as a script coordinator for Xena: Warrior Princess,[3] getting the job despite her resume being, as she described, "nonexistent".[6] She has written for TV series such as One Tree Hill, Life Unexpected, Reign, Star-Crossed, Private Practice and Lethal Weapon.

In 2018, Lim was the co-screenwriter for the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians.[7] [3] She has reportedly left writing on the sequel, following reports that she was offered significantly less pay than her white, male co-writer Peter Chiarelli.[8][9]

Lim was recruited by Disney to develop an animated feature film Raya and the Last Dragon. She served as screenwriter alongside Qui Nguyen.[10]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Title Year Role Notes
Crazy Rich Asians 2018 Screenwriter [3]
Raya and the Last Dragon 2021 Screenwriter

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Xena: Warrior Princess Script Coordinator 1 episode
2001 State of Grace Script Coordinator
2001 - 2002 Digimon: Digital Monsters Writer 20 episodes[11]
2002 John Doe Co-Writer 1 episode
2003 - 2004 Las Vegas Story Editor 22 episodes, Writer - 3 episodes
2004 - 2005 Executive Story Editor 24 episodes
2006 Pepper Dennis Co-producer 5 episodes, Writer - 2 episodes
2006 - 2007 One Tree Hill Co-producer 11 episodes, Writer - 1 episode
2008 Producer 13 episodes, Writer - 1 episode
2008 - 2009 Life on Mars Supervising Producer 17 episodes, Writer - 3 episodes
2010 Life Unexpected Consulting Producer 2 episodes
2010 Supervising Producer 9 episodes
2010 - 2011 Co-executive Producer 11 episodes
2011 - 2012 Private Practice Co-executive Producer 22 episodes, Writer - 2 episodes
2012 Missing Consulting Producer 7 episodes, Writer - 1 episode
2014 Star-Crossed Executive Producer 12 episodes, Show Runner - Pilot, Writer - 2 episodes
2014 - 2015 Reign Co-executive Producer 22 episodes, Writer - 3 episodes
2016 - 2017 Lethal Weapon Co-executive Producer 17 episodes, Writer - 2 episodes
2018 Dynasty Writer 1 episode

References[]

  1. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (19 Mar 2019). "CAPE Teams With Adele Lim, Daniel Chun, Walter Hamada And Others For Annual New Writers Fellowship". Deadline.com. Retrieved 17 Aug 2019.
  2. ^ "Adele Lim". IMDb. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Tangcay, Jazz (August 21, 2018). "Adele Lim "Representation Matters" Says the Malaysian Co-Writer of Crazy Rich Asians". awardsdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  4. ^ Wong, June H.L. (17 May 2017). "Rooting for this CRA-zy movie". the Star Online. Retrieved 12 Aug 2019.
  5. ^ Begum, Mumtaj (12 Dec 2012). "It's in the script". The Star. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019.
  6. ^ S. Indramalar, Ann (8 Feb 2013). "TV dramas are nothing without writers". The Star/Asia News Network. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019.
  7. ^ Yamato, Jen (August 10, 2018). "'Crazy Rich Asians': Adele Lim brought experience, authenticity to the script". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  8. ^ Sherman, Maria. "Crazy Rich Asians Co-Writer Left Sequel After Learning White Male Colleague Earned Around 10 Times Her Salary". The Muse. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  9. ^ "'Crazy Rich Asians' Co-Writer Exits Sequel Amid Pay Disparity Dispute (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  10. ^ Chan, Kenneth (12 Oct 2018). "Malaysia-born screenwriter Adele Lim working on Disney film". The Star. Retrieved 17 Aug 2019.
  11. ^ "Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999-2003) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.

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