Roseanne Liang
| Roseanne Liang | |
|---|---|
| Born | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2003–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.
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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
- SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year (2005)[18][importance?]
- Best Director of Documentary Films — Asian Festival of First Films[7]
- Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award (2012)[5][importance?]
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