Malaysian national treasure artist Yeo Ziqiong celebrated her 60th birthday last week and was also awarded an honorary doctorate in art by the American Film Institute (AFI)! She recently posted a live photo, excitedly shouting to her mother: She finally recognizes me now!
Following the Degras Achievement Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Yang Ziqiong received an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the American Film Institute (AFI) yesterday (13th), becoming the first Asian to receive an honorary degree from the AFI. Filmmakers who have received this honor include David Keith Lynch, Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Helen Mirren, Paul Schrader, Quentin Tarantino and other well-known directors.
Yang Ziqiong posted a photo of the doctorate, and said: "This makes her mother the happiest mother in the world, she now finally recognizes herself as an adult with a serious job, she can go around telling others that my daughter is a doctor", more funny said: "Mom, I am not a real doctor, I will not prescribe drugs." ”
Not only that, Yang Ziqiong will also cooperate with the "Avengers" series Of Joe Russo & Anthony Russo to star in the Netflix movie "The Electric State", and the starring lineup also includes "Little 11" Millie Bobby Brown and "Star Lord" Chris Pratt, who became popular with "Stranger Things".
Adapted from swedish artist Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel of the same name, The Land of Electro-Illusion is set in a retro-futuristic strip about a teenage girl who has lost her parents and accompanies an eccentric wanderer through the American West in search of her unaccounted for her missing brother.