1975 – Present
Jennifer Phang is an American filmmaker (writer, director, producer), most known for her feature films Advantageous (2015) and Half-Life (2008). Advantageous premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, winning a Special Jury Award for Collaborative Vision, and was based on her award-winning short film of the same name. Half-Life premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and won "Best Film" awards at a number of film festivals including the Gen Art Film Festival, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (now known as CAAMFest) as well an "Emerging Director Award" at the Asian American International Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Phang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sundance Film Festival · Collaborative Vision (2015) · Winner
LA Asian Pacific Film Festival · Best Director (2015) · Winner
LA Asian Pacific Film Festival · Best Editor (2015) · Winner
Sundance Film Festival · Grand Jury Prize (US Dramatic) (2015) · Nominee
An early example of 'domestic sci-fi' addressing race, motherhood, and economic hardship
Gen Art Film Festival · Acura Grand Jury Prize (2008) · Winner
Asian American International Film Festival · Best Feature Film (2008) · Winner
SF International Asian American Film Festival · Best Narrative Feature (2008) · Winner
Tokyo International Film Festival · Tokyo Grand Prix (2016) · Nominee
Film Independent Spirit Award · (2016) · Nominee
