Min Tai
{{short description|Chinese novelist and film producer}}
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| other_names = Tammy Tai
| birth_place = Shaanxi, China
| years_active = 2004–present
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Min "Tammy" Tai ({{zh|c=邰敏|p=Tái Mǐn}}) is a Chinese novelist{{Cite web|url=https://book.douban.com/tag/%E9%82%B0%E6%95%8F|title=豆瓣图书标签: 邰敏|website=book.douban.com|language=zh-cmn-Hans|access-date=2018-10-30}} and film producer. Born in Shaanxi, China, she is the author of nine Chinese novels{{Cite web|url=https://book.douban.com/author/553300/|title=Douban|access-date=January 1, 2019}} including One Night in Beijing [夜北京].{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B001C9MXGM|title=夜北京|website=Amazon|access-date=January 1, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/2015-05-21/doc-iavxeafs7870069.shtml|title=《夜北京》戛纳办酒会 电影主创答谢媒体|website=ent.sina.com.cn|access-date=2019-01-02}} MetroStyle dubbed her the Carrie Bradshaw of China.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_59812ebb0100unur.html|title=Tammy Tai -- Interview of < Metrostyle> Nov/2011_邰敏_新浪博客|website=blog.sina.com.cn|access-date=2018-10-30}}
Career
Tai is a former model, and was part of the top ten in the 2005 Miss Universe Beijing pageant. She has studied directing and script-writing, and previously worked as an assistant director for the 2013 film Legendary: Tomb of the Dragon.{{Citation|title=Legendary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2369041/|access-date=2018-10-30}} Tai was a producer on the 2019 film Number One (拿摩一等),{{Cite web |title=拿摩一等 (豆瓣) |url=https://movie.douban.com/subject/27157989/ |access-date=2018-10-30 |website=movie.douban.com |language=zh-cmn-Hans}} directed by sixth generation Chinese director Ah Nian.
In 2021, she served on the International Competition Jury at the 37th Warsaw Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=WARSZAWSKI FESTIWAL FILMOWY |url=https://wff.pl/festival-2021/jury |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=wff.pl/}} The English translation of her novel One Night in Beijing [夜北京] was published by Paget in November 2021.{{Cite book |title=One Night in Beijing - Tammy Tai |isbn=3033089585 }}
In 2022, Tai was the lead actress and producer of a short film based on her novel My Dear Stranger. The film,{{Citation |last=George |first=Melanie Joanne |title=My Dear Stranger |date=2022-05-31 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20783414/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_my%2520dear%2520stra |type=Short, Drama |access-date=2023-05-16 |others=Anton Kind, Min Tai}} directed by Melanie Joanne George, received the Best Experimental Film award at the Golden Harvest Film Festival Season 2,{{Cite web |date= |title=Golden Harvest Film Festival |url=https://goldenharvestff.com/ |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=Golden Harvest Film Festival}} and winner of the Film on Women category at the World Film Carnival Singapore (May 2022).{{Cite web |title=World Film Carnival Singapore |url=https://worldfilmcarnival.com/1079-2/ |access-date=July 4, 2022}}
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