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Christine Choy

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Born: September 17, 1949
Died: December 7, 2025

Biography

Christine Choy (born 1952) is a Chinese-born American documentary filmmaker. Choy was one of the first major Chinese American woman film makers. One of Choy's most acclaimed films, Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1988) is a multicultural film that was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary.

Known for

1988 Series 6.9

Who Killed Vincent Chin?

The Best Hotel on Skid Row

In The Name of the Emperor

Inside Women Inside

Mississippi Triangle

Namibia: Independence Now!

The Shot Heard 'Round the World

Filmography

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2023

The Balloonist

Crew (Thanks)

2022

2020

Our Lady of Loreto

Production (Executive Producer)

2016

Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy

Acting (Narrator) Writing (Writer)

ReOrienting Africa: The Chinese in Ghana

Directing (Director)

2009

Cinema Korea

Directing (Director)

2008

Long Story Short

Production (Producer) Directing (Director)

2006

Agent Yellow

Acting (Christine Choy) Directing (Director) Production (Producer)

2003

Sparrow Village

Directing (Director)

2001

Ha Ha Shanghai

Directing (Director)

1998

In The Name of the Emperor

Production (Producer) Directing (Director)

Electric Shadow

Directing (Director)

1997

The Shot Heard 'Round the World

Camera (Director of Photography) Production (Producer) Writing (Writer) Directing (Director)

1995

A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

Camera (Director of Photography)

1994

Not A Simple Story; Out in Silence

Crew (Cinematography) Directing (Director) Production (Co-Producer)

1993

Directing (Co-Director)

1992

Monkey King Looks West

Directing (Director)

1991

Yellow Tale Blues: Two American Families

Directing (Director)

Homes Apart: Korea

Directing (Director) Camera (Director of Photography) Production (Producer)

1990

The Best Hotel on Skid Row

Directing (Director)

1988

POV

Directing (Director) 1 EP

1987

Who Killed Vincent Chin?

Directing (Director) Camera (Camera Operator)

1985

Namibia: Independence Now!

Directing (Director)

1984

Mississippi Triangle

Production (Producer) Crew (Cinematography) Directing (Director) Production (Researcher)

1983

Fei Tien: Goddess in Flight

Directing (Director)

1982

Bittersweet Survival: Southeast Asian Refugees in America

Production (Executive Producer) Camera (Additional Camera) Directing (Director)

1980

To Love, Honor and Obey

Directing (Director)

1978

Inside Women Inside

Directing (Director) Production (Executive Producer) Camera (Assistant Camera)

1976

From Spikes to Spindles

Directing (Director)

1972

Teach Our Children

Directing (Director) Crew (Cinematography) Production (Producer)

Undated

Choy: The Making Of

Acting (Christine Choy)

Rodney King: Koreatown Reacts

Production (Producer) Directing (Director)