Joyce Wong (director)
Joyce Wong | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Known for | Wexford Plaza |
Joyce Wong is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Toronto, Ontario, known for her work in film and television.[1] She is most noted for her debut feature film Wexford Plaza, which was a shortlisted finalist for the John Dunning Discovery Award at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards,[2] and for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award from the Toronto Film Critics Association.[3]
Career
[edit]Her first narrative feature film, Wexford Plaza (2016),[4] was a coming-of-age "halfalogue" shown from two different perspectives.[5] The director describes the film as a "love letter to Scarborough, where I grew up,"[6] and The Playlist called it a "darkly funny and unabashedly raw look at what it means to grow up."[7] In addition to its Canadian Screen Award won the 2017 "Best Narrative Feature Award" at the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and the 2017 "Comcast Best Narrative Feature Award" by the Centre for Asian American Media in San Francisco.
Her 2011 documentary Power of Love (Celine Dion Fans in Kenya), about Kenyan Maasai fans of Celine Dion, was screened at the Hot Docs Film Festival,[8] CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, and Hawaii International Film Festival.
Her comedy short Banana Bruises (2006) won "Best Fiction Short" at the Cinesiege Film Festival.
She has also directed several episodes of Workin' Moms, Baroness von Sketch Show and Fakes.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wexford Plaza director Joyce Wong on strip mall romanticism and growing up in Scarborough". CBC News. December 2, 2017.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "The Canadian Screen Awards showers love on (almost) everyone". Now, January 16, 2018.
- ^ Brennan Doherty, "Werewolf wins big at Toronto Film Critics awards". Toronto Star, January 9, 2018.
- ^ Rahul, Gupta (November 20, 2017). "'Wexford Plaza' casts coming of age tale in Scarborough neighbourhood". toronto.com.
- ^ Wendy, Rose (March 25, 2018). "Two sides to the story in 'Wexford Plaza'". The Telegram.
- ^ Guber, Liz (2019-09-05). "How to Lead Like a Film Director". The Kit. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ Ally, Johnson (October 31, 2017). "Wexford Plaza:A Darkly Funny & Unabashedly Raw Look At What It Means To Grow Up". The Playlist.
- ^ "Power of Love (Celine Dion Fans in Kenya) - Hot Docs". www.hotdocs.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
