Angie Chen

Biography

Angie Chen has been making films since 1979. She was born in Shanghai, brought up in Hong Kong and Taiwan, received her MFA from UCLA, and lived in America for over more than a decade. She now resides in Hong Kong, working in the industry as director/producer, and teaching part-time in the Film Academy’s MFA Program at Baptist University. Hong Kong cinema’s New Wave saw many young moviemakers returning from overseas film schools, and Angie was among them. She received her master’s degree from the University of Southern California’s Film Department, and directed The Visit , a short that was aw…