2024 SFFILM Festival Tribute Conversation-Joan Chen

Here, we pay tribute to actor/director/writer/producer Joan Chen with an intimate conversation between her and President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Janet Yang.
Joan Chen made her screen debut at 15 with Youth (1976), rocketing to stardom in her native China before relocating to the United States where she broke through to American audiences with roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and the David Lynch series Twin Peaks (1989-1991). She continues to act, most recently appearing in 2024 SFFILM Festival Opening Night film Dìdi (弟弟) but she has also built careers as a screenwriter, producer, and director. Her debut feature Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (SFFILM Festival 1998) received a Film Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best First Feature-Over $500,000 and won five Golden Horse Film Festival Awards, including Best Director and Best Feature Film. She went on to direct Autumn in New York (2000); Shanghai Strangers (2012), a short; The Iron Hammer (2020), a documentary; and a segment of Hero (2022). In 2014, SFFILM honored her as Essential SF.

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Joan Chen absolutely deserves the Oscar trophy!

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Thank you for sharing the story of Joan Chen. She is truly an incredible artist.

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If it happened to Michelle Yeoh, it should be Joan's time. 🎉