Alice Wu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alice Wu
Occupation	Screenwriter
Date Of Birth	Apr 21, 1970(1970-04-21)
Age	54
Birthplace	California
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Taurus

Alice Wu Biography

Alice Wu is one of the most popular and richest Screenwriter who was born on April 21, 1970 in California, California, United States. Chinese-American screenwriter, most recognized for her work, Saving Face (2005).

Actor and media mogul Will Smith produced her feature, Saving Face.

Alice Wu was born San Jose, California to parents who were immigrants from Taiwan. Her family eventually moved to Los Altos, California, where she graduated from Los Altos High School in 1986. She enrolled in Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of 16. She later transferred to Stanford University, where she received her B.S. in Computer Science in 1990 and her master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford in 1992. Before becoming a filmmaker, Wu worked as a software engineer for Microsoft in Seattle.

Encouraged by her screenwriting teacher, she left Microsoft in the late 1990s to try to turn the script for her first feature film Saving Face into a film, giving herself a five-year window. Production had begun when she reached the fifth year. In 2001, the script for Saving Face won the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment screenwriting award.

She was raised in Los Altos, CA.

Alice Wu Net Worth

Alice Wu is one of the richest Screenwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alice Wu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She obtained her degree from Stanford University, majoring in Computer Science.

Her work, Saving Face, was a project brought to life through her own experiences coming out as a lesbian.

Alice Wu (Chinese: 伍思薇 ; born April 21, 1970) is an American film director and screenwriter.

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Who is Alice Wu Dating?

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Wu is the writer, director, and producer of the Netflix film The Half of It. The feature script appeared on The Black List (survey) in 2018. The film is set to be a romantic comedy which follows a Chinese-American teenager as she helps a boy win over his crush, who she also has romantic interest in. The film stars Charmed actress Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexxis Lemire in the leading roles. It is Wu’s first major film since the release of Saving Face in 2005. The film was announced in April 2020 as the winner of the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival.

Facts & Trivia

Alice Ranked on the list of most popular Screenwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Alice Wu celebrates birthday on April 21 of every year.

Is Alice Wu LGBT?

Personal life. Wu is Lesbian , and came to this realization while taking a feminist studies class at Stanford. Wu came out to her mother during a conversation with her (in Mandarin Chinese) about the class. Wu lives a private life.

Is the movie The Half of It LGBT?

The director opens up about her new Netflix film, a Cyrano-esque tale in which a gay high schooler helps an earnest jock win over the girl they’ve both fallen for.

How old is Alice Wu?

52 years (April 21, 1970)

Is Alice Wu Chinese American?

Alice Wu is a Chinese-American film director and screenwriter whose circuitous journey in and out of filmmaking, and back again, has yielded two of the best movies dealing with young queer female experience.

Who does Ellie end up with in The Half of It?

By the end of the film, no one has “gotten the girl” and there’s no coupling up. Each of the three main characters goes their separate ways. It’s not an upsetting conclusion, but it doesn’t spoon feed its audience a classic happy ending, opting for something more honest along the way.