Christine Choy
Christine Choy | |||||||
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Choy in 1986 | |||||||
| Born | Chai Ming Huei 1952 (age 72–73) Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Manhattanville College | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, director, documentarian, journalist, activist | ||||||
| Known for | Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1988) | ||||||
| Political party | Black Panther Party | ||||||
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Documentary - Nominated (1989), "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" | ||||||
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| Chinese | 崔明慧 | ||||||
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| Hangul | 최명혜 | ||||||
| Revised Romanization | Choe Myeonghye | ||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Myŏnghye | ||||||
Christine Choy (born 1952) is a Chinese-American filmmaker. She is known for co-directing Who Killed Vincent Chin?, a 1988 documentary film based on the murder of Vincent Jen Chin, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. She co-founded Third World Newsreel, a film company focusing on people of color and social justice issues. As a documentary filmmaker, she has produced and directed more than eighty films. She is a professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.