Cathy Yan

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Cathy Yan (Chinese: 閻 羽 茜) is a Sino-American director , screenwriter and producer . She is best known for her films Dead Pigs (2018) and Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn (2020).

Life

Cathy Yan was born in China and lived near Washington DC until she was 14, by which time her interest in films was already solidifying. At the age of 14, Yan and her family moved to Hong Kong . There she grew up with the American and Chinese cultures.

Career

In 2008, Yan graduated from Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. a Bachelor of Arts. In the following, she worked as a journalist for magazines such as The Wall Street Journal . She started two more studies and in 2016 left the Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program with an MFA degree in "Producing" and the New York University Stern School of Business with an MBA in "General management".

In 2013, while she was still a student, Yan worked on her first short film, Last Night .

Yan's debut came in 2018 with her feature film Dead Pigs . She found the inspiration for this film in an incident in 2013 in which 16,000 dead pigs drifted along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Dead Pigs won a Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival that same year . With this award, the director first attracted attention within the film industry. Yan directed Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn , released on February 7, 2020 . This is the eighth film in the DC Extended Universe . As the third female director, she became part of the DC Universe . An Asian woman has never directed a DC film before .

Yan has been working on her third film Sour Hearts for US film production company A24 since 2020 .

Filmography

As a director

  • 2016: Down River (short film)
  • 2013: Last Night (short film)
  • 2016: According to My Mother (short film)
  • 2018: Dead Pig
  • 2020: Birds of Prey: The Emancipation of Harley Quinn (Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn))

As a producer

  • 2010: Phishing (short film)
  • 2014: Entropy 2014 (short film)
  • 2014: Of Tooth and Time (short film)
  • 2014: Dinosaur Rider (short film)
  • 2015: Humpty (short film)
  • 2015: UnCharted (TV series)
  • 2016: Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang (short film)
  • 2017: Groomed (short film)

As a screenwriter

  • 2013: Last Night (short film)
  • 2015: UnCharted (TV series)
  • 2016: According to My Mother (short film)
  • 2016: Down River (short film)
  • 2018: Dead Pigs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Michael Cavna closeMichael CavnaWriter / artist for Comic Riffs, Covering Visual Storytelling, Cartoon Art / Illustration, comedy / satire, animation EmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow: Cathy Yan's rapid rise from journalist to 'Birds of Prey' director: 'I didn't think you could do this professionally '. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Feb. 13, 2018: Hamm '78 on Activism in Newark; Sigman '89 * 98's New Spin on Interpretive Dance; and more. February 13, 2018, accessed March 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Cathy Yan. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Tom Teodorczuk: Sundance award-winning director Cathy Yan on shunning Hollywood for China with her debut movie 'Dead Pigs'. Retrieved March 1, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Features. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Daisy Webb: Who is Cathy Yan? The DC newcomer directing 'Birds of Prey'. In: Film Daily. January 17, 2020, accessed March 1, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ Adam B. Vary, Adam B. Vary: 'Birds of Prey' Director Cathy Yan Reveals the Crucial Advice Patty Jenkins Gave Her. In: Variety. January 28, 2020, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Yan, Cathy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sino-US director, screenwriter, and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century