Meghan has been very active recently, attending the 2023Variety "Female Power" party alone, sitting among A-list stars ↓↓
Reports say that she plans to return to Hollywood and launch a new documentary project with Harry. On the spot, I took the initiative to find two women to meet and pay homage to the dock.
Chairman of Universal Pictures Group, operating the largest film and television network ↓↓
Janet Yang (Yang Yanzi), chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 67 years old, standing tall and energetic↓↓
Meghan is so smart, what she saw is this Both are powerful women.
The American Academy of Motion Picture Sciences and Arts is the reviewer and organizer of the Academy Awards. Yang Yanzi is known as the boss of today's Hollywood and the first Asian boss in more than 100 years of history. Gee, that's awesome↓↓
The crew of "Feng Shen" came to the United States Participating in film festivals and parties, it was Yang Yanzi who stood in the C position↓↓
America's favorite Asian movie: "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" was her idea and she obtained the copyright from Bruce Lee's widow↓↓
has been named "the godmother of Asian filmmakers in Hollywood" and "one of the 50 most influential women in Hollywood". Let's take a look at this Chinese-American female boss who works hard↓↓
Janet Yang Yang Yanzi July 13, 1956 He was born in Queens, New York. His father is from Shanghai and his mother is from Hunan. They were both international students. Due to the civil war in China, they could not return to China. They got married in New York and gave birth to three siblings. Yang Yanzi is the younger sister.
The American website Goldsea reported that her family had suffered discrimination.
's father is an engineer, and no one wants to hire people from China to work. He applied for jobs everywhere, and finally a company was persuaded to let him "acquire experience" for free.
My father was recognized by the company, and soon he got a salary. He worked diligently for decades, the company merged with another company, and he eventually became a senior vice president of a large enterprise.
In an era when women stayed at home, her mother was a career woman who worked for the United Nations for forty years so that she could retain her Chinese nationality. My mother also liked beauty very much. She bought silk to make cheongsam in Hong Kong, knitted blankets on long-distance trains, and cooked Chinese food for colleagues and mahjong club members, which was highly praised.
Her mother retains Chinese nationality and is considered a foreigner. She must pay double the tuition fees for the three siblings.
Another time, her family drove to Florida for vacation and booked a hotel, but they were not allowed to check in when they arrived.
These hard and good times become the best education. She would shed tears whenever she thought of the stacks of application letters written by her father asking for jobs.
A big family composed of parents and three brothers and sisters
Having such an experience, she is hardworking and has a different feeling towards China. Nixon's first visit to China broke the ice, and her family was one of the first Chinese-American families invited to return to China. Yang Yanzi was only a teenager and discovered that she only knew English, so she decided to learn Chinese.
Her sister is a lawyer and her brother is an engineer. She entered Brown University, an Ivy League school, majoring in Chinese studies, which became the starting point of her career.
When she was studying at Harvard University, she met a Chinese scholar who thought she knew English and had patriotic feelings, so he invited her to work as a foreign expert in a foreign language publishing house.
From 1980 to 1981, she worked as a translator and editor in China for a year and a half. She lived in a dormitory and was paid in RMB, unlike other experts who only lived in the Friendship Hotel and were only willing to receive foreign exchange.
She then pursued an MBA at Columbia University Business School. An entertainment company in Hollywood obtained the rights to distribute Chinese films in the United States and asked Yang Yanzi to do it.
No one in Hollywood understands China better than her, and no one among Chinese Americans understands distribution better than her. She was responsible for managing the company, bringing movies such as "Love Story" and "Roman Holiday" to China, and introducing the first batch of Hollywood movies.
has also packaged many Chinese movies and is very familiar with fifth-generation directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, making "Red Sorghum", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Yellow Earth" and "Farewell My Concubine" a big success in the United States↓ ↓
Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige
Soon, she entered Universal Pictures as an executive, and she worked with all the big guys. Yang Yanzi recalled that the bigger the boss, the easier it was to meet him. Just confirm "I'm not stupid".
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy found her. The "interview" was very simple. She was asked to read several scripts and talk about which one was better and why it was interesting.
Spielberg is filming the blockbuster "Empire of the Sun" in Shanghai. She is a production consultant and liaises with Chinese governments and institutions at all levels↓↓
and Xie Jin
has cooperated with the famous director Osfer Stone for a long time 7 years and produced several blockbusters. "The People vs. Larry Flynt" swept the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards ↓↓
She has been practicing with the big bosses for many years, holding script meetings with screenwriters and directors every day; responsible for client accounts, and working with agents, actors, Negotiate money with financiers and bond companies; find production designers, production assistants, and costume designers; oversee editing and mixing in post-production; hold marketing meetings.
A producer like this is still self-effacing that he is "not very stupid". He has practiced all kinds of martial arts and is proficient in everything. It would be strange if he does not rise to the top↓↓
A female Sony executive invited her to be a partner and start her own company Production company, she is really interested in Asian-themed movies on the agenda.
"The Story of Bruce Lee" was her early creation.
"The Joy Luck Club" was the first Amy Tan novel she read. It was won before it was published. It was directed by Wang Ying ↓↓
and Amy Tan
with a budget of only US$10.5 million. The cast includes Zhou Caiqin, Wu Junmei, Lu Yan, Xi Meijuan and Yu Feihong tell the story of the experiences of four pairs of Chinese mothers and daughters. Yang Yanzi has become a recognized high-quality Asian film producer↓↓
. His masterpieces include "Year of the Fish", the commercial blockbuster "The Weight of Water", with stars including Sean Penn and Elizabeth Hurley; the musical animated film "Moonlight" "Part 1" was nominated for the 2021 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film↓↓
Hollywood is the pinnacle of fame and fortune, rich and glamorous, who doesn't want to go in? However, most people failed to come forward. Someone asked her, why can she always find the best projects? Yang Yanzi said: Only one tenth of the
projects have entered development, and even fewer have succeeded. If you want security, don't do this. If I were to look for what kind of stories excite me, the secret is emotion. What resonates is always true emotion.
Not being afraid of failure and not forgetting your original intention are the secrets of success ~
Her husband, Joe Brugman, is also a businessman and they met on a private jet. The pilot had just gotten his driver's license and was flying around. The two were so frightened that they comforted each other and became good friends after getting off the plane.
After getting married and giving birth to a son, Yang Yanzi is so busy that she rarely even cuts her hair. There are fewer activities such as parent-teacher meetings and chatting with girlfriends. Her husband usually takes care of her son↓↓
She is not only a filmmaker, but also the most influential leader of. At the Film Institute Museum, Yang Yanzi received a commemorative pillar bearing her name. She was the first Asian woman to leave a commemorative pillar in the museum.
Last year and this year, she was elected and re-elected as the dean of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. She is the first Asian American dean in Hollywood and the fourth woman to hold this position in history↓↓
Happy with Spielberg and The Devil She burst into laughter ↓↓
She has never forgotten the Asian theme, and co-founded the Asian group Gold House, and famous Asian faces came together ↓↓
This year's Academy Awards ceremony was hosted by Yang Yanzi, the first Chinese boss in history At the event, Michelle Yeoh was crowned the first Chinese-American Best Actress in history.
Excellent women shine in the fields they love. They are also good friends in private and will attend birthday parties↓↓
Behind this current Hollywood boss is the history of hard work and struggle of two generations of Chinese Americans.
Hollywood is still biased against Asians. "However, Hollywood and I have changed a lot. I want to tell young people that when climbing the ladder of life, they must remember that life is not just about catering to the environment. The road is in your own hands. Believe in yourself, Believe that unreasonable things can be changed."
