By Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Most people probably know Alan Yang’s credits from “Parks and Recreation” or “The Good Place,” but “Tigertail” is his most personal story to date.
Yang wrote and directed the Netflix film that explores the story of Asian American immigration. It follows Pin Jui, played by Tzi Ma, as a young man in Taiwan who moves to America in search of a better life.
Reflecting on the past meant the film could be told through two distinct periods and show Pin Jui’s story in Taiwan and present-day New York with his daughter Angela (Christine Ko).
For production designer, Amy Williams, the key was for her to tell Yang’s story and to be authentic to what immigrant décor looked like when building her sets. “I asked what
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