Karen Fang

Karen Fang is a film scholar and cultural critic who writes about visual and literary arts.  She is the author of Arresting Cinema: Surveillance in Hong Kong Film, a juror and commentator for museums and film programs around the globe, and a contributor to the nationally broadcast public radio series Engines of Our Ingenuity.  Her latest book is Background Artist, a forthcoming biography of Bambi artist and Disney Legend Tyrus Wong.

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Background Artist out in print!

 

Background Artist named Honorable Mention in 2025 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award (Adult Nonfiction)