Madeleine Lim (born 11 May 1964) is an award-winning filmmaker,
producer, director, cinematographer and LGBTQ activist. She is the
founding Executive Director of the Queer Women of Color Media Arts
Project (QWOCMAP), and an adjunct professor of film studies at the
University of San Francisco. Lim is also a co-founder of SAMBAL
(Singaporean & Malaysian Bisexual Women and Lesbians) and the US Asian
Lesbian Network in the San Francisco Bay Area.Madeleine Lim was born
in Singapore in 11 May 1964. Her mother was born in China and adopted
by Singaporean parents when she was 6, and her father was born in
Malacca, and is of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Portuguese descent. At
the age of nine, Lim's parents separated. Her mother later remarried
to Lim's half-German and half-Spanish stepfather. She lived with her
parents until she was 23 years old.Lim studied at the Convent of the
Holy Infant Jesus for her primary and secondary school education. She
then went to Catholic Junior College and finished her diploma in the
College of Physical Education.At the age of 23, she moved to San
Francisco to escape persecution by the Singaporean government for her
work as a young lesbian artist-activist. She holds a B.A. in Cinema
from San Francisco State University, where she was awarded Outstanding
Cinema Student of the Year. Since 2004, she has been an adjunct
professor of film studies at the University of San Francisco.
producer, director, cinematographer and LGBTQ activist. She is the
founding Executive Director of the Queer Women of Color Media Arts
Project (QWOCMAP), and an adjunct professor of film studies at the
University of San Francisco. Lim is also a co-founder of SAMBAL
(Singaporean & Malaysian Bisexual Women and Lesbians) and the US Asian
Lesbian Network in the San Francisco Bay Area.Madeleine Lim was born
in Singapore in 11 May 1964. Her mother was born in China and adopted
by Singaporean parents when she was 6, and her father was born in
Malacca, and is of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Portuguese descent. At
the age of nine, Lim's parents separated. Her mother later remarried
to Lim's half-German and half-Spanish stepfather. She lived with her
parents until she was 23 years old.Lim studied at the Convent of the
Holy Infant Jesus for her primary and secondary school education. She
then went to Catholic Junior College and finished her diploma in the
College of Physical Education.At the age of 23, she moved to San
Francisco to escape persecution by the Singaporean government for her
work as a young lesbian artist-activist. She holds a B.A. in Cinema
from San Francisco State University, where she was awarded Outstanding
Cinema Student of the Year. Since 2004, she has been an adjunct
professor of film studies at the University of San Francisco.
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