English Movie Review Crazy Rich Asians - Cast & Crew

Nina Jacobson is a popular American film executive, and even amongst the few lady representatives to head the Hollywood production house. Later on, she even established her own production company, which rolled out super hit movies and minted billions at the box office. She began her film job as a documentary researcher, and later, she became a story reader in Disney House, in 1987. Next year, she chose to become the director of film development in the Silver Pictures Company. Although she had a demanding career in many Hollywood production houses, she only accepted to be the vice president for Universal Pictures. In 1995, she got herself associated with big Hollywood projects such as ‘Twelve Monkeys’ and ‘Dazed and Confused’, which were well appreciated at the box office. After a few years of her association with Universal, she joined another notable production house in Hollywood. She moved to Dreamworks Studio and was connected with the making of the movie, ‘What Lies Beneath’, which was an American psychological thriller-horror film that released in 2000. Her basic job was to listen to pitches for new films, understand its genre, pass the project, and later, the story was to be developed.

Jing Lusi was born to Chinese parents in Pudong, Shanghai on 16^th May 1985 and later they moved to England when she was about five years old. She is a Chinese-British Actor. Ata very little age of 10, she performed her first work on-stage that was at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton alongside Phillip Schofield. That was Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'. She completed her studies at the Peter Symonds College located in Winchester where she obtained A-grade and she graduated in law from University College, London. She is well versed in English and Mandarin.

Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, is an actress and a stuntwoman, notable for doing her stunts in her actions films in Hong Kong, gaining widespread recognition in the early 1990s. She was born on 6th August 1962 in Ipoh. She was born to Janet Yeoh, a lawyer and Yeoh Kian, an MCA politician. She started learning ballet just at the age of four. When she was 15, her family moved to London where she majored from the Royal Academy of Dance. But a spinal injury hampered her dreams, and she did a B.A degree in creative arts, minoring in drama. She won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant at the age of 20. She further won Queen of the Pacific beauty pageant and represented Malaysia in Miss World 1983. She debuted with martial arts movies like Yes, Madam, performing her stunts. She married Dickson Poon in 1987 and took a break from acting, but returned five years later after they separated. She made a comeback with the movie Police Story 3: Super Cop and a few other movies after that as well. She finally achieved wider fame when she appeared in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies. Her portrayal of Wai Lin was warmly received by critics, and the movie was one of the biggest hits that year. She also starred in the Chinese movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she received a BAFTA nomination. She performed all the fighting sequences on her own as well for both the movies. She learned English and Malay, and later Cantonese as well. She turned a producer with the 2002 film The Touch, through her production house, Mythical Films.

John Penotti is the President of SK Global, a business formed by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE), a Hollywood-based independent film finance and production company, and Ivanhoe Pictures, a globally oriented local-language content company. Since his first collaboration with famous filmmaker Sidney Lumet, John has created over 45 films and has been a major industry executive. Crazy Rich Asians, an adaptation of Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Michelle Yeoh, Constance Wu, and Henry Golding, was produced and co-financed by John & Ivanhoe Pictures, Warner Bros., and Color Force.

Brian Tyler is known as Brain Theodore Tyler, was born on 8th May 1972 in Orange County, California, the U.S. She is an American music composer, conductor, producer, arranger, songwriter, and musician. Brian did his schooling from his hometown. He belonged from an industry backgrounded family, as his grandfather was a director who won various awards for his works.

Mary is an American costume designer who began her career at twelve. At a very early age, she started designing clothes for theaters and drama competitions.

Known for his portrayal of Leslie Chow in The Hangover franchise and Ben Chang in the NBC networks produced "The Community," Ken Jeong is an American actor and comedian. Jeong is also a licensed physician by profession. Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong, as he was originally named, was born to Young and Don-Keung Jeong, who were immigrants from South Korea. Ken pursued his education at the Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was an active member of the student’s council who participated in the school's High IQ team. Ken also played violin in the school orchestra, and consequently was presented with the Greensboro Youth of the Year, for his achievements. Jeong's father was initially reluctant to let him pursue acting as a career, and put him through medical school at the Duke University, followed by the University of North Carolina for an advanced degree. Jeong practiced internal medicine at the Ochsner Medical Centre, New Orleans, and also performed stand-up gigs at the Improv and Laugh Factory. Jeong was declared the winner of "Big Easy Laff-Off," and was encouraged to pursue acting by relocating to Los Angeles. Ken's prior experience in comedy led him to his television debut in The View, produced by NBC networks. Following which he appeared in series such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, "The Office," and Boston Legal.

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