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Career
In March 2005, Wu’s film Saving Face was the opening film at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Later that year, she received the Visionary award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival to celebrate her directorial debut for Saving Face, and was nominated in the breakthrough director category at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, although she did not win.

Saving Face
With Wu's 2005 film Saving Face, Wu wanted to tell a universal story that would not only resonate within her own community, but could be relatable to “anyone who has experienced the ecstatic instability of romantic inclination.”

Although many production companies offered to buy the script for the film, Wu opted not to sell it in order to uphold an authentic portrayal of the Chinese-American community. The film heavily focuses on the challenges faced within the Chinese-American community, dealing with issues of the role of women and lesbian identity. Wu also explores relationships between mothers and daughters in the Chinese-American community through her portrayal of the relationship between the film’s main character and her mother. Although she claims that the film’s main character is not an autobiographical portrayal of her real life, it was partially a way to provide positive representation for her own mother.

Wu’s film has been compared to other notable Chinese-American films such as The Joy Luck Club and Face.

The Half of It
Wu is the writer, director, and producer of the upcoming Netflix film The Half of It. The film is set to be a romantic comedy which follows a Chinese-American teenager as she helps a boy win over his crush, who she also has romantic interest in. It is Wu’s first major film since the release of Saving Face in 2004.

Filmography

 * Saving Face(2005)
 * The Half of It(2020)