Esther Eng
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday24 September 1914
Died25 January 1970 (age 55)
Place of birthSan Francisco, California, USA
Known credits12
Biography
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. …
Golden Gate Girls
2013 · Herself (archive footage)
Murder Case in Chinatown
1961 · Director
Mad Fire, Mad Love
1949 · Director
Back Street
1948 · Director
Back Street
1948 · Screenplay
The Lady in the Blue Lagoon
1947 · Director
Golden Gate Girl
1941 · Director
It's a Women's World
1939 · Writer
It's a Women's World
1939 · Director
A Night of Romance, A Lifetime of Regret
1938 · Director
Tragic Love
1938 · Director
Tragic Love
1938 · Screenplay
Ten Thousand Lovers
1938 · Director
National Heroine
1937 · Director
Heartaches
1936 · Producer
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