Barbara Wong Chun-Chun
- Director
- Writer
- Actress
Barbara Wong Chun Chun grew up in Hong Kong. She is a film director, scriptwriter, producer, and actress. She is a graduate of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts - School of Drama, where she majored in Acting. In her senior year she was awarded a scholarship by film icon Jackie Chan as the top actor of her class. After graduating, she briefly worked in Commercial Radio Hong Kong as a radio host, before moving to New York to further her studies at the NYU film school.
After NYU, Barbara established Basko-Wong Productions which produced news programming for NBC, CBS, and other networks. She also produced her first low-budget independent feature film, A Carburetor for Suzy, by maxing out her credit cards. A Carburetor for Suzy was officially selected by The New York Anthology Film Archives for its New Filmmakers Series program.
Barbara then returned to Hong Kong to film Women's Private Parts, a documentary exploring how Chinese women view their bodies and express their sexuality. This film was a sensation, and was officially selected internationally at 7 film festivals, winning Best International Feature Film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2001.
Since then, Barbara has emerged as a leading Chinese filmmaker. In 2003, Barbara's youth comedy Truth or Dare: Sixth Floor Rear Flat earned her a nomination for Best New Director at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. She went on to film Hong Kong box office hits Six Strong Guys (2004), Protégé de la Rose Noire (2004) (co-directed with Donny Yen), Wonder Women (2007), Happy Funeral (2008) ; Perfect Wedding (2009) and Break Up Club (2010). Wonder Women was named the official film celebrating the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's handover and premiered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Beginning with The Allure of Tears (2011), Barbara shifted her focus from Hong Kong to mainland China, where cinema audiences were starting to explode. She has since directed The Stolen Years (2013), Girls (2014), The Secret (2016) and Girls 2: Girls vs Gangsters (2018), and Don't Forget I Love You (2022) all of which received wide theatrical distribution in mainland cinemas.
Barbara has been named one of Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International, and Young Achiever of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
After NYU, Barbara established Basko-Wong Productions which produced news programming for NBC, CBS, and other networks. She also produced her first low-budget independent feature film, A Carburetor for Suzy, by maxing out her credit cards. A Carburetor for Suzy was officially selected by The New York Anthology Film Archives for its New Filmmakers Series program.
Barbara then returned to Hong Kong to film Women's Private Parts, a documentary exploring how Chinese women view their bodies and express their sexuality. This film was a sensation, and was officially selected internationally at 7 film festivals, winning Best International Feature Film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2001.
Since then, Barbara has emerged as a leading Chinese filmmaker. In 2003, Barbara's youth comedy Truth or Dare: Sixth Floor Rear Flat earned her a nomination for Best New Director at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. She went on to film Hong Kong box office hits Six Strong Guys (2004), Protégé de la Rose Noire (2004) (co-directed with Donny Yen), Wonder Women (2007), Happy Funeral (2008) ; Perfect Wedding (2009) and Break Up Club (2010). Wonder Women was named the official film celebrating the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's handover and premiered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Beginning with The Allure of Tears (2011), Barbara shifted her focus from Hong Kong to mainland China, where cinema audiences were starting to explode. She has since directed The Stolen Years (2013), Girls (2014), The Secret (2016) and Girls 2: Girls vs Gangsters (2018), and Don't Forget I Love You (2022) all of which received wide theatrical distribution in mainland cinemas.
Barbara has been named one of Hong Kong's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International, and Young Achiever of the Year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
