Wang Hui-ling () is a Taiwanese screenwriter. In 2001 she was nominated for

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for Best Adapted Screenplay for the ''

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' is a 2000 epic romantic drama wuxia martial arts film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Z ...

''. In 2014, she wrote the script for '' The Crossing'' directed by

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Early life and education

Hui-Ling was born in

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. She graduated from Taipei College of Education.

Career

Hui-Ling started her career with co-writing the script of

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with director

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and

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. In 2007 she co-wrote the erotic thriller film

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again with James Schamus and directed by Ang Lee. In 2013 wrote the script for an epic The Crossing directed by

that filmed in

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Filmography

Films

* ''

'' (1994) * ''

'' (2000) * ''Fleeing by Night'' (2000) * '' Tortilla Soup'' (2001) story * ''Migratory Bird'' (2001) * '' The Myth'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007) also acted as Liao Tai Tai * '' The Crossing'' (2014) * ''The Crossing 2'' (2015) * ''Legend of the Demon Cat'' (2017)

TV

* '' April Rhapsody'' (2000) * ''The Legend of Eileen Chang'' (2004) * '' Thank You for Having Loved Me'' (2007)

References

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* Living people Taiwanese screenwriters Taiwanese film actresses Taiwanese women writers Actresses from Taipei Year of birth missing (living people) Hugo Award–winning writers Nebula Award winners {{Taiwan-writer-stub