Actor

Esther Eng

Directing

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Movies: 12Series: 0Crew credits: 11

TMDB ID: 1786087

IMDb ID: nm0256978

Known for: Directing

Born: September 24, 1914

Died: January 25, 1970

Age: 55

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1936 - 2013

Years active: 78

Wikidata: Q10885254

Also known as

伍錦霞 • 伍锦霞 • Wu Jinxia • Ng Kam-ha • Эстер Энг • Esther Ng Gam-Ha

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Director (9)Producer (1)Writer (1)

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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. S. Louisa Wei) with its title borrowed from one of Esther Eng's works, is a documentary film dedicated to her legacy as a filmmaker and her life.