Lulu Wang[1] (Chinese: 王子逸; pinyin: Wáng Zǐyì;[2] born February 25, 1983) is a Chinese-born American filmmaker.

Her father Haiyan Wang was a Chinese diplomat to the USSR[3] and her mother Jian Yu is a former cultural critic and editor at the Beijing Literary Gazette.

[6][7] Her parents encouraged her to become a professional pianist; her mother took her to a local church in Miami every day to practice before they were able to buy a piano for her.

Shown for mediation and court cases, she created short “day in the life” videos for legal firms for her startup business, capturing injured victims’ daily struggles in mundane activities.

[21] Wang was so dedicated to having Huston in the film, she wrote a heartfelt letter to him, which he later admitted was the reason he signed on to the first-time writer/director's project.

[30] Later that year, development began on a feature film based on the story with producer Chris Weitz, who had heard it on the radio.

[8][18][31] In 2017, Wang was chosen to participate in Sundance Institute’s FilmTwo Initiative, which provides guidance for filmmakers creating their second feature films.

[33] The film follows struggling New York City artist Billi (played by Awkwafina in her first dramatic role), who travels to China for a family reunion to visit her dying grandmother.

[35] After its Sundance premiere, numerous publications listed The Farewell as a standout at the festival, including Variety,[38] Thrillist,[39] and Rolling Stone.

On January 28, 2021 Apple released an 11-minute short film called Nian written and directed by Wang, celebrating the 2021 Chinese New Year.

[49][50] Wang's next project is a film adaptation of Alexander Weinstein's collection of science fiction short stories, Children of the New World.

Previewed in her roadblocks to find financiers, producing a narrative that authentically communicated the Asian immigrant experience was considered new territory and there were few to none “comps” or comparatives, to guarantee its success.

In an attempt to curate and maintain authenticity, she requested her father to read the script and repeatedly asked “does this feel like I am properly representing everyone”.

[55] Wang's newest endeavor is an Amazon series in collaboration with producer and actress Nicole Kidman called “Expats”, based on the novel The Expatriates by Janice YK Lee.

Bound by a sudden tragedy, three American women from Hong Kong form a complex bond that proves to be ever changing.

Wang remarks on the series as an “examination of privilege, in many different ways whether it’s race, class, colorism” and expresses her excitement in the newly acquired creative freedom.