CJ Wang

Founder of Rong Gwan Productions

Film Director, Screenwriter and Producer

CJ WANG was born in Taipei, Taiwan. With a Bachelor of Arts in directing and a Master of Arts in theatre study from Taipei National University of the Arts, WANG began her directing career in theatre before shifting to the big screen.

As a self-taught filmmaker, director, producer, writer and editor, her short films THIEF (2011) and ROWBOAT (2014) have won several awards and critical acclaim across film festivals around the world. The judging committee from the Golden Bell Awards praised her work as “full of ingenuity and modernism in creating characters and plots…CJ Wang is talented and extraordinary.”

As one of the most promising women directors in Taiwan, her first feature film Reclaim (Originally as: Half A Good Woman, Unlosable) has won the 2015 Busan International Film Festival – Asian Project Market MONEFF Award and Taiwan government film production fund for the new director category, and excellent screenplay award of the year. Reclaim is released in theaters on May 6, 2022, and online on Netflix in 190 countries worldwide on August 6.

Reclaim (2022) – first feature film as director, writer, producer and editor

  • Busan International Film Festival | Asian Project Market MONEFF Award (Unlosable as working title)
  • Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival | Film Project Promotion (FPP)
  • BAMID financial assistance for production of feature-length films award
  • BAMID excellent screenplay award.
 

Rowboat (2014) – narrative short film as director, writer, producer and editor

  • Golden Harvest Awards & Short Film Festival | Best Narrative short film
  • Busan International Film Festival | Wide Angle Show Film Showcase
  • Taipei Film Festival | Short Film Competition
 

Coffee Sweet (2012) – feature film project in development as writer and director

  • Nominated for HAF/FOX Chinese Film Development Award
 

Thief (2011) – narrative short film as writer, producer and editor

  • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia | Asia International Competition Best Short Award
  • LA Asian Pacific Film Festival | Honorable Mention Award
  • Golden Harvest Awards | Best Director & Film Committee Prize
  • San Francisco Asian Film Festival | Best Short Film Award
  • Golden Horse Film Festival | Best Short Film Award
  • Kaohsiung Fantasy Film Festival | Special Film Committee Prize
  • Dubai International Film Festival | Short Film Competition
  • Taipei Film Festival | Short Film Competition
  • Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival | RTP-Onda Curta Awards