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Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Christine Choy Dies at 76

12/18/2025

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Christine Choy died December 7 in the Bronx at age 76 from cancer, confirmed by her son Fleeta Siegel.
She taught at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts since 1988.
She made films addressing race, identity, and privilege.
Her Oscar-nominated Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) earned a Peabody Award and was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry in 2021.

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Christine Choy died December 7 in the Bronx at age 76 from cancer, confirmed by her son Fleeta Siegel.
She taught at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts since 1988.
She made films addressing race, identity, and privilege.
Her Oscar-nominated Who Killed Vincent Chin? (1987) earned a Peabody Award and was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry in 2021.