David Henry Hwang

Rapidly appeared on the theatrical landscape with his first play "FOB" (1980), which opened at the New York Shakespeare Festival when Hwang was in his early twenties. He followed his premiere with a number of plays, including "Family Devotions" and "The Sound of a Voice", all produced at the Festival. Hwang catapulted to international fame with "M. Butterfly". The 1988 play was produced first on Broadway and later in numerous other venues. Telling the story of a French diplomat who was romantically involved with a Chinese opera star who he believed to be a woman but was in fact a man, the play was immensely popular, both critically and commercially.Hwang adapted and executive produced the film version of "M. Butterfly" (1993), which was directed by David Cronenberg and starred Jeremy Irons and John Lone. Perhaps it was a tribute to the fantastic spectacle of the original, as well as stories of how the script was softened, that audiences were not as interested in the film version as they were in the play. Hwang continued writing for film, however, with the script of the failed "Golden Gate" (1994), an interracial love story set in 1950s San Francisco.

Rapidly appeared on the theatrical landscape with his first play "FOB" (1980), which opened at the New York Shakespeare Festival when Hwang was in his early twenties. He followed his premiere with a number of plays, including "Family Devotions" and "The Sound of a Voice", all produced at the Festival. Hwang catapulted to international fame with "M. Butterfly". The 1988 play was produced first on Broadway and later in numerous other venues. Telling the story of a French diplomat who was romantically involved with a Chinese opera star who he believed to be a woman but was in fact a man, the play was immensely popular, both critically and commercially.

Hwang adapted and executive produced the film version of "M. Butterfly" (1993), which was directed by David Cronenberg and starred Jeremy Irons and John Lone. Perhaps it was a tribute to the fantastic spectacle of the original, as well as stories of how the script was softened, that audiences were not as interested in the film version as they were in the play. Hwang continued writing for film, however, with the script of the failed "Golden Gate" (1994), an interracial love story set in 1950s San Francisco.

CAST: (feature film)