RoseanneLiang
- Director
- Writer
Chinese-Kiwi Roseanne Liang first made a splash in 2005 with Banana in a Nutshell, which chronicled her romance with a European Kiwi. Later she turned her experiences into acclaimed movie My Wedding and Other Secrets. After making five seasons of web series Flat3/Friday Night Bites, Liang directed high profile short Do No Harm, award-winning TV series Creamerie and monster on a plane movie Shadow in the Cloud.
Screenography
Biography
The youngest child of immigrants from Hong Kong, Roseanne Liang was all set to follow her two sisters into medical school. But when the high school dux was encouraged by her siblings to defer for a year to try other things, Liang put aside becoming a doctor to concentrate on filmmaking.
Awards
2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Drama Series: Creamerie
Nominated for Best Director - Drama: for Creamerie
Nominated for Best Script - Comedy (with Shoshana McCallum): for Creamerie
“It takes a person outside of culture to really see it for what it is, and I get the best of both worlds. I get to take from everything and then maybe mush it together in a way that has never been seen before...”
More information
Official website for Roseanne Liang
Official website for 2017 short film Do No Harm
Creamerie interview, The List, December 2021
Extended Spinoff interview, July 2020
Shadow in the Clouds interview, Pan-Asian Screen Collective website, January 2021
Roseanne Liang makes The Alice Initiative list of female directors to watch, Stuff, January 2018