Pauline Chan (Australian actress)
Pauline Chan (, ; born 1956) is an Australian actress, director, screenwriter and producer. Early life 
Born and raised 16 years in Vietnam, Pauline Chan was sent to Hong Kong during the Vietnam War. She is of Chinese descent. Chan attended high school, enrolled in drama school, and worked as an actress in Hong Kong. Later, she traveled to the United States and studied Film at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1980, Pauline Chan moved to Sydney, Australia. Career 
Pauline Chan made her acting debut debut in the 1987 George Miller produced Australian TV miniseries Vietnam. Chan also appeared alongside Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Denholm Elliott in the 1989 TV miniseries Bangkok Hilton. Chan's short film Dusty Hearts won the Special Mention Award in the Short Film category. at the 1991 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema. In 1994 Pauline Chan wrote and directed the film Traps. She also directed, wrote and produced the 2011 film 33 Postcards. Chan is set to direct the upcoming crime thriller Neponset Circle starring Guy Pearce and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Filmography

As actress 
1987 Vietnam  TV miniseries 
1989 The Flying Doctors  TV series 
1989 Simon Templar – Fear in Fun Park  TV series 
1989 Bangkok Hilton  TV miniseries 
1989 Cassidy  TV miniseries
1991 G.P. TV series 
1992 The Girl from Tomorrow  TV series 
1996 Little White Lies
1997 Paradise Road
1998 The Sugar Factory
2001 Sword of Honour

As director 
1989 The Space Between the Door and the Floor
1990  Hang Up
1991 Dusty Hearts
1994 Traps (also writer)
1996 Little White Lies
2002  Journey to Mongolia
2003  Tears and Fairytales
2011 33 Postcards

As producer 

1997  The Sugar Factory (feature film, company co-director)
2002  Rush Hour 2 (feature film, production manager)
2002  Journey to Mongolia (documentary)
2003  Tears and Fairytales (documentary)
2003  Belly of the Beast (feature film, associate producer)
2006  Ultraviolet (feature film, producer) 
2009 The Last Dragon – Search for the Last Pearl
2011  33 Postcards (feature film, producer and writer)
2017  Butterflies Across the Sea (TV series, producer)
2018  The Gateway (feature film, executive producer)

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1956 births
Australian film actresses
Australian television actresses
Australian film directors
Australian film producers
Australian women film directors
Hoa people
Hong Kong people of Hoa descent
Living people
Vietnamese emigrants to Hong Kong
Vietnamese emigrants to Australia
Australian people of Chinese descent
UCLA Film School alumni