Adele Lim

Malaysian screenwriter and producerTemplate:SHORTDESC:Malaysian screenwriter and producer
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**Adele Lim** is a Malaysian American film and television producer and screenwriter. She is best known for writing films *Crazy Rich Asians* and *Raya and the Last Dragon*. She has given support to young writers as mentor and speaker for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).

## Early life

Lim was born in Malaysia and is of Malaysian Chinese descent. 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. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts with a degree in TV/Film in 1996.

## Career

Lim started her career as a script coordinator for *Xena: Warrior Princess*, getting the job despite her resume being, as she described, "nonexistent". 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*. 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. Warner Brothers defended the offer, citing the difference in experience between the two.

Lim was recruited by Disney to develop an animated feature film *Raya and the Last Dragon*. She served as screenwriter alongside Qui Nguyen.

## References

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1. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Ramos, Dino-Ray (19 Mar 2019). "CAPE Teams With Adele Lim, Daniel Chun, Walter Hamada And Others For Annual New Writers Fellowship". *Deadline.com*. Retrieved 17 Aug 2019.
2. ↑ Adele Lim. IMDb.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tangcay, Jazz (August 21, 2018). Adele Lim "Representation Matters" Says the Malaysian Co-Writer of Crazy Rich Asians. awardsdaily.com.
4. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Wong, June H.L. (17 May 2017). "Rooting for this CRA-zy movie". *the Star Online*. Retrieved 12 Aug 2019.
5. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Begum, Mumtaj (12 Dec 2012). "It's in the script". *The Star*. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019.
6. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>S. Indramalar, Ann (8 Feb 2013). "TV dramas are nothing without writers". *The Star/Asia News Network*. Retrieved 8 Oct 2019.
7. ↑ Yamato, Jen (August 10, 2018). 'Crazy Rich Asians': Adele Lim brought experience, authenticity to the script. *Los Angeles Times*.
8. ↑ Sherman, Maria. Crazy Rich Asians Co-Writer Left Sequel After Learning White Male Colleague Earned Around 10 Times Her Salary (en-US).
9. ↑ 'Crazy Rich Asians' Co-Writer Exits Sequel Amid Pay Disparity Dispute (Exclusive) (en) (4 September 2019).
10. ↑ 'Crazy Rich Asians' Co-Writer Exits Sequel Amid Pay Disparity Dispute (Exclusive) (4 September 2019).
11. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Chan, Kenneth (12 Oct 2018). "Malaysia-born screenwriter Adele Lim working on Disney film". *The Star*. Retrieved 17 Aug 2019.
12. ↑ Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999-2003) Full Cast & Crew.

## External links

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* Adele Lim in Writers Guild of America West

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