FILM DIRECTOR

James Wong

1959 - Today

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James Wong (born April 20, 1959) is an American television and film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files with his writing partner, Glen Morgan. Morgan and Wong are founders of the Hard Eight Pictures and co-created Space: Above and Beyond. Wong also directed the films Final Destination (2000) and Final Destination 3 (2006) in the Final Destination film series, The One (2001), starring Jet Li, and Dragonball Evolution (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Wong is the 381st most popular film director (up from 518th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Wong ranks 381 out of 2,041. Before him are Raúl Ruiz, Martin Ritt, Nadine Trintignant, Marcel Camus, Jacques Doillon, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After him are Gustaf Gründgens, Ray Harryhausen, Carol Reed, Henry King, John McTiernan, and Ladislas Starevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, James Wong ranks 98. Before him are Nimr al-Nimr, Rupert Everett, Laura Chinchilla, Marwan Barghouti, Clancy Brown, and Guy Parmelin. After him are Andrea de Cesaris, Andrey Belousov, Andrew Fire, Marcia Gay Harden, Juha Kankkunen, and Michael P. Anderson.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, James Wong ranks 16 out of 115. Before him are John Lone (1952), Andy Lau (1961), Katrina Kaif (1983), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (1962), Nora Miao (1952), and Raymond Chow (1927). After him are Maggie Cheung (1964), John Tong Hon (1939), Carrie Lam (1957), Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg (1964), Anita Mui (1963), and Jacky Cheung (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hong Kong

Among film directors born in Hong Kong, James Wong ranks 1. After him are Corey Yuen (1951), Johnnie To (1955), Wayne Wang (1949), Ringo Lam (1955), Ronny Yu (1950), Stanley Tong (1960), Benny Chan (1961), and Peter Chan (1962).

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