Amy Tan

Writing

Amy Tan

Born 1952-02-19 · Oakland, California, USA

Acting credits

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin poster
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The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin celebrates one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, following his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels inspired millions to reclaim their lives.

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin

2017

The Joy Luck Club poster
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Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

The Joy Luck Club

1993

Hollywood Chinese poster
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Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues, and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.

Hollywood Chinese

2007

Brainwave poster
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Launched in 2008, Brainwave pairs celebrities from many walks of life; actors, musicians, comedians, choreographers, filmmakers, artists, and authors, with leading neuroscientists and other experts to explore how the human mind works.

Brainwave

2011

The Rock Bottom Remainders poster
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It all happened on May 25, 1992 at a place called Cowboy Boogie in Anaheim, California. Stephen King, writer of "Misery" and "Cujo", syndicated columnist Dave Barry, cartoonist and creator of "The Simpsons" Matt Groening, and ten more best-selling authors took to the stage for a charity concert and performed ten rock 'n roll classics for an audience from the literary community. Filmed live, The Rock Bottom Remainders video brings this chapter of literary and music history home.

The Rock Bottom Remainders

1992

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir poster
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Amy Tan has established herself as one of America’s most respected literary voices. Born to Chinese immigrant parents, it would be decades before the author of The Joy Luck Club would fully understand the inherited trauma rooted in the legacies of women who survived the Chinese tradition of concubinage.

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

2021

M on the Bund poster
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The last days of M on the Bund, the restaurant that reinvented fine-dining in Shanghai, and its maverick founder Michelle Garnaut. A remarkable three-decade journey in China’s global city, from the changing geo-politics of the new millennium, to the importance of food and community in challenging times.

M on the Bund

2024

Behind the camera

The Joy Luck Club poster
7.2

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

The Joy Luck Club

1993

The Joy Luck Club poster
7.2

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

The Joy Luck Club

1993

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This double bill of engrossing fun features the adventurous feline from the mind of celebrated author Amy Tan. Includes the episodes in "Cat Tales" ("How Sagwa Got Her Colors," "Fur Coat" and "Stinky Tofu") and "Feline Festivities" ("New Year's Cleanup," "By the Light of the Moon" and "Ba-Do and the Lantern Festival"). All in all, they're purrfect!

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Cat Tales and Celebrations

2003

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family poster
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This DVD comprises two full-length videos: SAGWA'S FELINE FRIENDS and SAGWA'S FAMILY TREE. Sagwa is a small cat who learns some very big lessons about friendship as he is rescued by Fu-Fu, the bat, and plays hide-and-seek with the mice. Sagwa's big brother, Dongwa, learns the lessons of being too easily impressed and the value of just being who you are. Sagwa also learns how exciting family history can be when he discovers that the Miao family's ancestors were royal cats, learns the power of art through the magical story of his ancestor, the artist Ming Miao, and the folly of the Foolish Magistrate who nearly gave away a member of the Miao family

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family

2003

Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat: Great Purr-formances poster
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Sing along with Sagwa, Sheegwa, and Dongwa as they learn to resolve conflict over purr-fect performances and join them as they make friends with a roaming panda, a whistling pigeon and other animals! This DVD includes two full-length videos: Kitty Concerto and Sagwa's Petting Zoo.

Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat: Great Purr-formances

2003

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World poster
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Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is an Chinese and Canadian-American animated television series based on a 1994 novel by Amy Tan which aired on PBS Kids. Set c. 1840, during the Qing Dynasty, the young Sagwa and her siblings have fun in her their day-to-day lives while learning and teaching valuable life lessons. This single DVD contains two full-length programs: Cat Nights, Flights, and Delights including the episodes "Firefly Nights," "Fu-Fu's Full Moon Flight" and "Shei-Hu's Secret" Feline Frenzy including the episodes "Explorer's Club," "Treasure Hunters," and "Sick Day"

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World

2003