ABOUT
Grace Chang is an Asian-American performing artist, equally at home on stage, as a puppeteer, behind the camera, and starring in award-winning films. Ms. Chang was born and raised in Beijing and studied theatre in the United States. Part of the third generation of a Manchurian show business family (her father and uncles were the “Abbott and Costello” or the “Marx Brothers” of China), she grew up watching them perform and learning to perform at a young age. Performing professionally at age thirteen as a “Cirque de Soleil” type magician ultimately brought her to film acting in New York City.
Known from her role as the “Notorious Mistress” from the 1993 film The Joy Luck Club, Grace was featured in numerous short films for decades. While raising her family, she returned to her roots as a magician puppeteer and became a published children’s book author, touring shows across the United States featuring her original characters. Now in the new century, she has translated that work to Instagram, producing weekly micro-shows for all ages.
In 2006, Ms. Chang reinvested in filmmaking by producing and directing her own work, beginning with directing a TV pilot for Chinese National Television. She went on to climb the producing ladder and also serve as a featured actor in a myriad of short films shot in New York City and Los Angeles, including those directed by HBO Taiwan director Daniel Fu Dong, Disney director Hao Zheng, and award-winning director Antonio Tibaldi.
In 2018, Grace became the toast of many international festivals and won multiple awards for her short film The Missing Piece, which she wrote, directed, produced, and starred in. Other notable credits include a lead role and executive producing credit in Peier Tracy Shen’s Like Flying, remarkably shot on Kodak film, and an emotionally challenging lead role in Sunburnt Summer, directed by Zicheng Li. In addition to The Missing Piece, she also produced the upcoming release Dishwasher under the banner Howell Point Productions.
Ms. Chang resides in New York City with her family and continues to develop multimedia performances and productions.
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