Writer, producer and director Ann Hu's 35mm debut
Shadow Magic (2000) won both the
Chinese Academy Award and Presidential Award in China for Best film
among other international prizes. The film premiered at the 2000
Sundance film Festival and released by Sony Classics in 2001.
Among the earliest students from mainland China after the Cultural
Revolution, Hu came to the United States to pursue a higher education
in 1979. After receiving a degree in Business Administration from New
York University and achieving unusual success as a business woman, Hu
decided to become a filmmaker. In 1992, she took courses at the NYU
Film School and subsequently completed a 16mm narrative film, "Dream
and Memory", which generated critical acclaim internationally in 1994.
Hu is currently developing her next film projects as international
co-productions. She is also working on a TV talk show, which is
expected to air both in China and America.