Emily Ting

Emily Ting is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She was born in Taipei, but later moved to Los Angeles with her family.[1] Ting graduated from the film/TV program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.[1] Her first feature-length film, Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, was released in 2015.[2]

Emily Ting
Born1980
Taipei
Alma materNew York University
Occupation(s)Director, scriptwriter and producer
Years active2001–present

Early life and education

Ting was born in Taipei in 1980, and moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was very young.[1] After graduating from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, she worked in New York for several years. In 2007, she returned to Hong Kong in order to run her family business.[2]

Career

After graduation, Ting worked at the documentary distribution company Docurama in New York for several years,[2] and later founded her own production company, Unbound Feet Productions.[3] At the beginning of her career she focused on making documentaries. Her first feature-length documentary, What’s Love Got to Do with It?, premiered in 2002.[2] She also made a documentary short entitled Reality Check in 2006, which is about college graduates facing unemployment.[2]

When Ting ran her family's business in Hong Kong，she made a documentary about her family business, Family Inc, which was released in 2008. It is a highly personal documentary, following how she gave up her filmmaking dream and returned home to help her father run a big toy manufacturing empire.[4]

Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015), Ting's first scripted feature, received primarily good reviews and was shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and the New York Asian Film Festival.[1] The movie is partially based on Ting's life and inspired by Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation.[5] Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, a romantic drama, follows a Chinese woman from Los Angeles who makes a business trip to Hong Kong, and has a romance with an American expat.[1] They visit various parts of the city, from Lan Kwai Fong and Central to Chungking Mansions and Temple Street.[1] Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong has been lauded for capturing Hong Kong’s vibrant nightlife.

Ting's next film, Go Back to China, is about an American heiress who blows through her trust fund, causing her parents to send her to China to work for their toy making business.[6] Ting has stated that this film, like Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, is also semi-autobiographical.[7]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2008 Family Inc Yes Yes Yes Documentary
2012 The Kitchen No No Yes
2015 Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong Yes Yes Yes
2019 Go Back to China Yes Yes Yes
2022 Tall Girl 2 Yes No No

Short films

Year Title Director Producer Writer
2001 The Kitchen Yes Yes Yes
Unbound Feet Yes Yes Yes
2002 What's Love Got To Do With it? Yes Yes No
2004 One Night Stand Yes Yes No
2006 Reality Check Yes Yes No
2012 The Distance Between Yes No No

Other credits

Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Big Bad Swim Associate producer
2013 Pit Stop
2013 The Ladder Executive producer Short film
2014 Land Ho! Co-executive producer
Man From Reno Executive producer
2015 A Year and Change Co-producer

Awards

References
  1. "Finally showing: movie that makes everyone fall in love with Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  2. "Ting, Emily". Hong Kong Women Filmmakers. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  3. "Unbound Feet Productions". www.unboundfeet.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  4. Indiewire (8 March 2008). "FESTIVALS | Going for the Maverick; Cinequest 'Empowers' 18th Edition | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  5. Berger, Laura. "LAFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Emily Ting – 'It's Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong' | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  6. McNary, Dave (2 February 2018). "Film News Roundup: Anna Akana to Headline 'Go Back to China' Movie (EXCLUSIVE)". Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  7. SXSW. "SXSW 2019 Lineup | Go Back to China". www.sxsw.com. Retrieved 2019-01-20.
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