Meet Chang Baoting’s daughter
Grace Chang, Writer-Director of The 3rd Mushroom.
GRACE CHANG
Is the daughter of Xiang Sheng master Chang Baoting.
She holds a Bachelor degree in performing art and a Master degree in Film Directing from SVA. She has been working in writing, acting, and film directing.
In 2022, she wrote and directed the short film Baozi with Style, which won the Best Director Award and Best Short Film Award at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Film School.
In 2019, she wrote and directed the short film A Missing Piece, which won the Golden Angel Award at the 15th Chinese American Film Festival.
In 1993, as an actress, she portrayed Lin Xiao’s opera singer in the iconic Hollywood production The Joy Luck Club.
GRACE CHANG… LIFE IN ARTS…
Grace Chang
The author and creator of four feature film scripts
STRINGS
A feature film script, currently adapted into a completed short film.
INTERWINED
a completed feature film script, awaiting further development.
A SWAN’S LEAP
a completed feature film script, awaiting further development.
THE 3rd MUSHROOM
A feature film script about Grace Chang’s father, currently in
Preparing for pre-production.
A missing piece
Baozi style
Dish washer
Films directed by Grace Chang
Director’s statement
It took me five years to complete this script, but I wasn’t fully satisfied. Not until I gathered the courage to retreat alone to my seaside cottage, spending a year in solitude, did I finally shape the script into the film in my mind that it needed to be.
This is a deeply personal story for me—not just as the writer and director, but as a daughter who misses my father and wants to carry on and share his legacy.
My father was a master performing artist who dedicated himself entirely to his art. He taught me through his actions that art is the lifeblood of my family.
His unwavering commitment to art profoundly influenced me and inspired me to create this story.
Grace Chang
My Passion
When I think of my father, I see a life where art was his very soul.
This film is not just a tribute to his resilience and dedication to his art, but a celebration of the human spirit. His story shows us that even in the most troubled times we can keep moving forward.
If my father could hold on to hope, so can we.
Grace's father in real life
My father on the right and his brothers in the family teahouse theater, with my grandfather in the middle.