A lush adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Amy Tan, THE JOY LUCK CLUB (1993) featured casting by AFI Alum and AFI Conservatory Faculty Heidi Levitt (Class of 1987), who established a close collaboration with director Wayne Wang – with whom she would subsequently work with on projects including SMOKE and BLUE IN THE FACE....

SAVING FACE, directed by Alice Wu and starring Michelle Krusiec (DWW Class of 2021) and Joan Chen, follows Wilhelmina “Wil” Pang, a gay Chinese-American doctor whose life is upended when she finds herself juggling her unwed, pregnant mother unexpectedly moving in with her and a burgeoning relationship with a ballet dancer (Lynn Chen). Click Here…

AFI alum and AFI Conservatory faculty Heidi Levitt (Class of 1987) worked as a Casting Director on THE JOY LUCK CLUB, establishing a close collaboration with director Wayne Wang, whom she would later work with on projects including SMOKE and BLUE IN THE FACE.  In this AFI Archive exclusive video, director Wayne Wang talks about…