Roseanne Liang

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Roseanne Liang
Born
New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2003–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[]

Liang was born in New Zealand to Hong Kong emigrants. Her parents were doctors, one was a pediatrician and the other a surgeon.[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[]

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 Pākehā.[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 Chloë 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[]

  • Creamerie (2021) TV Series, director/co-writer
  • Shadow in the Cloud (2020) Feature Film, director/co-screenplay
  • Unboxed (2017) Web-series 6 episodes, director
  • Do No Harm (2017) Short, director/writer
  • Friday Night Bites (2016-2018) web-series, director/co-writer
  • Sugar Hit (2015) short, co-director/writer
  • Flat3 (2013) web-series 12 episodes, director/writer
  • My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011) Feature Film, director/co-writer
  • A Thousand Apologies (2008) 6 episode tv sketch series, Co-director/co-writer
  • Take 3 (2008) Short, director/writer
  • Banana in a Nutshell (2005) Documentary featurette
  • Rest Stop (2005) Short, director

Personal life[]

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

Accolades[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Debruge, Peter (2021-02-25). "10 Directors to Watch: Roseanne Liang Launches Action Ambitions With 'Shadow in the Cloud'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Roseanne Liang, Writer/Director". WIFT New Zealand. Retrieved 2018-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Roseanne Liang". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  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 July 27, 2014. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  6. ^ Francesca, Rudkin (February 7, 2021). "Roseanne Liang hits Hollywood big leagues with Shadow in the Cloud". The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin (Podcast). Newstalk ZB. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Barclay, Keith (2014-03-03). "Roseanne Liang honoured by University of Auckland". SCREENZ. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Whānau Mārama: Banana in a Nutshell, retrieved 2021-03-07
  9. ^ "Roseanne Liang | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2018-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ^ "Roseanne Liang tipped by Hollywood Reporter as director to watch". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  11. ^ "The Asian inversion". Otago Daily Times. 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2021-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Screen, NZ On. "A Thousand Apologies | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  13. ^ Medel, Mariah Alyssa (2018-09-04). "New collective fights for Asians on NZ screens". Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Kiwi short film Do No Harm earns Oscars nod at Manhattan Short". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  15. ^ "Gunning for Hollywood and #TimesUp for NZ". RNZ. 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  16. ^ a b "Roseanne Liang on Shadow In The Cloud". www.wiftnz.org.nz. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Morgan, Scott (2011-03-10). "Casting a light on culture clash". Stuff. Retrieved 2021-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "SPADA celebrates film industry achievements". The Big Idea Editor. 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2021-03-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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