Esther Eng
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 24, 1914
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- January 25, 1970
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.
Movies with Esther Eng
- Golden Gate Girls 2013 · ★ 5.5
Movies directed by Esther Eng
- Golden Gate Girl 1941 · ★ 6.5
- Murder Case in Chinatown 1961
- Back Street 1948
- It's a Women's World 1939
- Tragic Love 1938
- Ten Thousand Lovers 1938
- A Night of Romance, A Lifetime of Regret 1938
- National Heroine 1937
- The Lady in the Blue Lagoon 1947
- Mad Fire, Mad Love 1949