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Barbara Wong Chun-chun (Chinese: 黄真真) is a Hong Kong film director, actress, scriptwriter and producer. She is known for her films Women’s Private Parts (2000), Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (2003) and The Stolen Years (2013). Wong was awarded the “Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons” by Junior Chamber International Hong Kong in 2002 and "Young Achiever of the Year" in the Women of Influence Award by United States Chamber of Commerce in 2007.

Early life and education
Born and raised in Hong Kong, China, Wong graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1990. After graduation, she worked at Commercial Radio Hong Kong as Disc jockey. In 1993, Wong moved to New York, the United States to further her study. She graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and her graduation work HUGO, was selected as NYU Best Student Film.

Career
After graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Wong stayed in New York and produced a short film The Hipster. In 1995, Wong established a production company in New York called Basko Wong Productions to produce television programs for several television networks, such as ABC, NBC and etc. In 1997, Wong directed her first low-budget independent feature film, A Carburetor for Suzy (1998), at her own expense. This film has been screened at NewFilmmakers New York series at Anthology Film Archives in 1998.

In 1999, she returned to Hong Kong from New York and filmed Women’s Private Parts (2000), which is a documentary interviewing Chinese women about how they view their bodies to expresses their attitudes and thoughts towards sexuality. This film got the attention of the Hong Kong film industry and went on to win "Best International Feature Film" in the New York City Independent Film Festival in 2001. Following this, Wong directed Men's Private Parts (2002) as a sequel to Women’s Private Parts which interviewed 30 men about their attitudes and thoughts towards sex, love and power.

In 2003, Wong collaborated with Lawrence Cheng to produce a comedy Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (2003), which was inspired by madonna’s documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) to narrative a story of six youths lived on the 6th floor rear flat in Hong Kong. Wong was also nominated for "Best New Director" in the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. After that, Wong continued to shaping Hongkong community and people in the film and filmed Six Strong Guys (2004), Protégé de la Rose Noire (2004), Wonder Women (2007), Happy Funeral (2008) and Break Up Club (2010). Of these, Wonder Women (2007) was filmed to celebrate Hong Kong handover 10th anniversary, and it was premiered in Great Hall of the People in 2007.

From releasing the film The Allure of Tears (2011), Wong shifted her focus from Hong Kong to the mainland in a commercial direction. She then directed several romance-drama such as The Stolen Years (2013), and Girls (2014), The Secret (2016) and Girls 2: Girls vs Gangsters (2018).

As director

 * Girls 2 (2018)
 * The Secret (2016)
 * Girls (2014)
 * The Stolen Years (2013)
 * The Allure of Tears (2011)
 * Perfect Wedding (2010)
 * Break Up Club (2010)
 * Happy Funeral (2008)
 * Wonder Women (2007)
 * Six Strong Guys (2004)
 * Protégé de la rose noire (2004)
 * Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (2003)
 * Women's Private Parts (2000)

As actress

 * Escape from Hong Kong Island (2004) - Raymond's Sister
 * Six Strong Guys (2004) - Bride
 * Fear of Intimacy (2004)
 * Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (2003) - Amy
 * Mighty Baby (2002)
 * Runaway Pistol (2002)

As scriptwriter

 * The Secret (2016)
 * Happy Funeral (2008)
 * Wonder Women (2007)
 * Six Strong Guys (2004)
 * Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (2003)