Loo Hui Phang

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Loo Hui Phang
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Born (1974-11-12) 12 November 1974 (age 49)
Laos
NationalityFrench
Known forComic book artist

Loo Hui Phang (born 12 November 1974) is a French writer and film director. [1]

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Biography

The daughter of a Chinese father and Vietnamese mother, Hui Phang was born in Laos and grew up in Normandy. She studied modern literature and cinema. In 1997, she moved to Paris, where she became involved in independent cinema and graphic novels. Hui Phang has also written plays for children. [2] [3]

In 2014, she prepared an immersive installation based on George Orwell's Animal Farm for the Pulp Festival at the La Ferme du Buisson  [ fr ]. The following year, at the same festival, she created an installation based on Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher . [4]

Selected work

Picture books

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Graphic novels

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Films

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References

  1. "Loo Hui Phang". Les Archives du Spectacle (in French). 1974-11-12. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Loo Hui Phang" (in French). Édition Dupuis.
  3. 1 2 3 "Loo Hui Phang, portrait d'une scénariste aventurière". Culturebox (in French). May 10, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Exposition Loo Hui Phang Synoptique". 45e Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême (in French).
  5. "Loo Hui Phang". Atlantide, les Mots du Monde à Nantes. Archived from the original on 2017-04-18.