Adele Lim is a Malaysian American film and television producer and screenwriter. She is best known as a screenwriter for the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians. She has given support to young writers as mentor and speaker for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).[1]
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Nationality | Malaysian |
Education | Emerson College |
Occupation | Screenwriter, Producer |
Known for | Crazy Rich Asians |
Lim was born in Malaysia[2] and is of Malaysian Chinese descent.[3] She attended Malaysia's Sri Aman Girls School in Petaling Jaya. She started writing as a teenager and undergraduate in the lifestyle section of a local daily.[4] She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts with a degree in TV/Film in 1996.[5]
Lim started her career as a script coordinator for Xena: Warrior Princess,[3] getting the job despite her resume being, as she described, "nonexistent".[6] She has written for TV series such as One Tree Hill, Life Unexpected, Reign, Star-Crossed, Private Practice and Lethal Weapon.
In 2018, Lim was the co-screenwriter for the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians.[7] [3] She has reportedly left writing on the sequel, following reports that she was offered significantly less pay than her white, male co-writer Peter Chiarelli.[8][9] Warner Brothers defended the offer, citing the difference in experience between the two.[10]
Lim was recruited by Disney to develop an animated feature film Raya and the Last Dragon. She served as screenwriter alongside Qui Nguyen.[11]
Title | Year | Role | Notes |
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Crazy Rich Asians | 2018 | Screenwriter | [3] |
Raya and the Last Dragon | 2021 | Screenwriter | |
Untitled film | TBA | Directorial debut, writer, and producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Script Coordinator | 1 episode |
2001 | State of Grace | Script Coordinator | |
2001 - 2002 | Digimon: Digital Monsters | Writer | 20 episodes[12] |
2002 | John Doe | Co-Writer | 1 episode |
2003 - 2004 | Las Vegas | Story Editor | 22 episodes, Writer - 3 episodes |
2004 - 2005 | Executive Story Editor | 24 episodes | |
2006 | Pepper Dennis | Co-producer | 5 episodes, Writer - 2 episodes |
2006 - 2007 | One Tree Hill | Co-producer | 11 episodes, Writer - 1 episode |
2008 | Producer | 13 episodes, Writer - 1 episode | |
2008 - 2009 | Life on Mars | Supervising Producer | 17 episodes, Writer - 3 episodes |
2010 | Life Unexpected | Consulting Producer | 2 episodes |
2010 | Supervising Producer | 9 episodes | |
2010 - 2011 | Co-executive Producer | 11 episodes | |
2011 - 2012 | Private Practice | Co-executive Producer | 22 episodes, Writer - 2 episodes |
2012 | Missing | Consulting Producer | 7 episodes, Writer - 1 episode |
2014 | Star-Crossed | Executive Producer | 12 episodes, Show Runner - Pilot, Writer - 2 episodes |
2014 - 2015 | Reign | Co-executive Producer | 22 episodes, Writer - 3 episodes |
2016 - 2017 | Lethal Weapon | Co-executive Producer | 17 episodes, Writer - 2 episodes |
2018 | Dynasty | Writer | 1 episode |
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