Esther Eng Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Esther Eng

Esther Eng

Directing

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.

Filmography Movies

Production

Murder Case in Chinatown movie poster
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Murder Case in Chinatown

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Murder Case in Chinatown
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Heartaches movie poster
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Heartaches

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Heartaches
Producer
It's a Women's World movie poster
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It's a Women's World

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It's a Women's World
Writer
Back Street movie poster
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Back Street

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Back Street
Director
Back Street movie poster
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Back Street

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Back Street
Screenplay
Golden Gate Girl movie poster
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Golden Gate Girl

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Golden Gate Girl
Director
Tragic Love movie poster
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Tragic Love

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Tragic Love
Director
Mad Fire, Mad Love movie poster
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Mad Fire, Mad Love

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Mad Fire, Mad Love
Director
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Ten Thousand Lovers

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Ten Thousand Lovers
Director
It's a Women's World movie poster
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It's a Women's World

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It's a Women's World
Director

Gallery

Esther Eng portrait
Esther Eng portrait
Esther Eng portrait