Van Ling is a producer and creator of DVD menus for many popular movies, including the Star Wars DVDs. Ling graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California film school.[1] Ling has had a highly successful career as a visual effects supervisor for many major motion pictures and television, including Titanic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Walking Dead, The Abyss, Starship Troopers, Dr. Dolittle, Vanilla Sky and many others.[2] Ling also had a brief cameo in James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic, as the Chinese man, who was in real-life, a Chinese passenger booked under the name of Fang Lang (original name Wing Sun Fong, 方榮山), whom Fifth Officer Harold Lowe rescued from the sea.[3]

He directed Cliffs of Freedom, an indie drama film starring Christopher Plummer, Billy Zane, Lance Henriksen, Tania Raymonde, Jan Uddin, Raza Jaffrey, Patti LuPone, Costas Mandylor, and Kevin Corrigan.[4]

References

  1. http://www.vanlingpro.com/bio.html
  2. "Van Ling". IMDb.
  3. "Janesville man shares untold story of his father, a Titanic survivor". GazetteXtra. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. "Cliffs of Freedom Cast and Crew". mubi. Retrieved September 10, 2018.


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