{{Short description|American film maker}} {{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL|dateformat=dmy}} '''Robin Lung''' is a Chinese-American filmmaker and producer based in Hawai'i.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lau |first=Alan Chong |date=2022-11-08 |title=November 7, 2022–Arts Etc. |url=https://iexaminer.org/november-7-2022-arts-etc/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=International Examiner |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Kate |date=14 November 2016 |title=DOC NYC 2016 Women Directors: Meet Robin Lung — "Finding Kukan" |url=https://womenandhollywood.com/doc-nyc-2016-women-directors-meet-robin-lung-finding-kukan-2ebbe898cd0a/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=womenandhollywood.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Bernice |date=2019-05-31 |title=The first Chinese film to win an Oscar was lost for decades |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3012286/first-chinese-film-win-oscar-was-lost-decades-along-story |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bonnette |first=Sarah |date=23 October 2019 |title=Pontchartrain Film Festival will host Slidell native Shirley Thompson and her award-winning film "Finding Kukan" |url=https://www.nola.com/news/communities/st_tammany/article_8c5e0dd2-efe1-11e9-a91a-5b28c5f861c9.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=NOLA.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Griner |first=Allison |title=Finding Kukan and a piece of Chinese-American history |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/3/6/finding-kukan-and-a-piece-of-chinese-american-history |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Cabalo |first=Lanaly |date=21 January 2017 |title=Robin Lung shares filmmaking lessons learned |url=https://www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org/single-post/2017/01/21/robin-lung-shares-filmmaking-lessons-learned |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=Hawaiʻi Women in Filmmaking}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honoring 100 Years of Chinese-American Women in Film: Nov. 10 at The Seattle Public Library |url=https://www.spl.org/about-us/news-releases/film-festival-celebrating-chinese-american-actresses-on-nov-10 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.spl.org}}</ref> Lung is most known for her documentary ''Finding Kukan'', which focuses on the overlooked producer of Kukan, Li Ling A.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Balk |first=Emily |date=17 May 2018 |title=Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage at WGBH on May 22 with Film Premieres and Conversation with Local Luminaries |url=https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/press/celebrate-asian-pacific-american-heritage-at-wgbh-on-may-22-with-film-premieres-and-conversation-with-local-luminaries |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.wgbh.org}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Valcourt |first=Katrina |date=2017-02-08 |title=How One Female Chinese-American Filmmaker Inspired Another, Decades Later |url=https://www.honolulumagazine.com/how-one-female-chinese-american-filmmaker-inspired-another-decades-later/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Honolulu Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
Lung graduated from Kalāheo High School in 1978.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Martha |date=April 2019 |title=Alumni Spotlight* Robin Lung — Film Producer/Director/Writer/Editor |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62b0fbdb831aea152bde727c/t/62ed7aa7d191e47e57d0e10e/1659730600205/Kalaheo-Foundation-News+2019-04.pdf |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> She later went on to attend and graduate from Stanford University and Hunter College.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Yingzi |first=Tan |date=18 August 2015 |title=Research results in lucky discovery for Sino-American filmmaker[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2015-08/18/content_21630291.htm |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref> She is married to artist Paul Levitt.<ref name=":5" />
In 2008, Lung produced and wrote the documentary "Washington Place: Hawaii's First Home," which focused on Queen Liliuokalani of Hawai'i.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radke |first=Jill |date=2008-11-20 |title=2010 Historic Hawaii Foundation News: Washington Place Documentary to Premiere on PBS December 4, 8:30 p.m. |url=https://historichawaiifoundation.blogspot.com/2008/11/washington-place-documentary-to.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=2010 Historic Hawaii Foundation News}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> Lung was the associate producer for the 2008 documentary ''Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority.''<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/patsy-mink-ahead-of-the-majority/cast/1000241665/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=2012 LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR |url=https://www.friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org/images/dldocs/mcnallyposter.pdf |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org}}</ref> Lung was an additional producer on NOVA's "Killer Typhoon," which was released in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Killer Typhoon |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/killer-typhoon/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.pbs.org |date=22 January 2014 |language=en-US}}</ref> In October 2015, she was selected as one of the 10 women selected for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers's Diverse Women in Media Residency Lab that took place in Vermont, alongside Sarita Khurana and Melissa Haizlip.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2015 |title=NALIP Announces 10 Selected Projects for 2015 Diverse Women in Media Residency Lab at Artist Retreat Center in Vermont, October 3-11 |url=https://www.nalip.org/nalip_announces_10_selected_projects_for_2015_diverse_women_in_media_residency_lab_at_artist_retreat_center_in_vermont_october_3_11 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=NALIP |language=en |archive-date=2020-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919222424/https://www.nalip.org/nalip_announces_10_selected_projects_for_2015_diverse_women_in_media_residency_lab_at_artist_retreat_center_in_vermont_october_3_11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, Lung's documentary ''Finding Kukan''. It was shown at DOCNYC, a documentary film festival in November 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jao |first=Charline |date=2016-11-16 |title=Director Robin Lung on Uncovering History in Finding Kukan |url=https://www.themarysue.com/robin-lung-interview/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}</ref> It had been nominated for several awards at the Hawaii International Film Festival, CAAMFest, and Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valcourt |first=Katrina |date=2016-11-02 |title=Local Documentary Reveals Story of Lost Oscar-Winning Film in "Finding Kukan" |url=https://www.honolulumagazine.com/local-documentary-reveals-story-of-lost-oscar-winning-film-in-finding-kukan/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Honolulu Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-22 |title=2017 CAAMFest Award Winners! |url=https://caamedia.org/blog/2017/03/22/2017-caamfest-award-winners/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=CAAM Home |language=en-US}}</ref> It also won best "Notable Films for Adults" for 2019 by the American Library Association in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding Kukan {{!}} Awards & Grants |url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/finding-kukan |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ala.org}}</ref> Lung attended the Chinese American Women in History Conference 2019 at the Chinese American Museum DC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinese American Women in History Conference 2019 – 1882 Foundation |url=https://1882foundation.org/cawh2019/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |language=en}}</ref>
It was announced on April 5, 2022 that Lung is one of the twenty 2022 ITVS Humanities Documentary Development Fellows, along with Rodrigo Dorfman.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2022 |title=Announcing the ITVS Humanities Documentary Development Fellows |url=https://itvs.org/blog/announcing-the-humanities-documentary-development-fellows-2022 |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=itvs.org}}</ref> On April 7, 2022 Lung participated in a Webinar hosted by the Historic Hawaii Foundation titled "The Preservation of the Nancy Bannick Collection at the Hawai‘i State Archives" alongside Architectural Historian Dr. Don Hibbard and Hawai‘i State Archivist Dr. Adam Jansen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2022 |title=View the recording: The Preservation of the Nancy Bannick Collection at the Hawai'i State Archives, a webinar |url=https://historichawaii.org/2022/03/17/bannickcollection/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Historic Hawaii Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> In November 2022, Lung attended the Hawai’i International Film Festival and showed a short documentary film called “Nancy Bannick: Saving Honolulu’s Chinatown,” which is about photo journalist Nancy Bannick and her work to preserve Honolulu’s Chinatown in the face of urban renewal.<ref name=":0" />
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