Writing

Adele Lim

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Adele Lim (born 15 August 1975) is a Malaysian screenwriter, producer, and director. She is best known for being a co-writer on Crazy Rich Asians, the first film by a prominent Hollywood studio to feature a majority cast of Asian descent in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993 and Raya and the Last Dragon in 2021, an animated fantasy adventure inspired by Southeast Asian culture. She also directed and produced the 2023 comedy Joy Ride. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Lim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Two sisters are forced to resolve their family dispute after encountering a crisis on the road.

Edibles

2024

Behind the camera

7.8

Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, that same evil has returned and it’s up to a lone warrior, Raya, to track down the legendary last dragon to restore the fractured land and its divided people.

Raya and the Last Dragon

2021

7.0

An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives of Asia's rich and famous.

Crazy Rich Asians

2018

6.5

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.