Edward Yang
Born: 1947-11-06 in Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc
Died: 2007-06-29
Known For: Directing
Biography
Edward Yang (Chinese: 楊德昌; pinyin: Yáng Déchāng; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. Yang's singular visual style has been defined by deliberate pacing, long takes, fixed camera, few closeups, empty spaces, and cityscapes. His films prominently feature themes of struggle between tradition and modernity, and between business and art, set against the backdrop of an evolving Taiwanese society.
Filmography
2007
- The Wind ... (Director)
2002
- The Trigger ... (Producer)
2000
- Yi Yi as Pianist (uncredited)
1998
1997
- First Love Unlimited as Tap's step-father
- New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor Edition ... (Director)
1996
- Mahjong ... (Director)
1994
- A Confucian Confusion ... (Writer)
1993
- When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang as Self
- Growth Period ... (Director)
1992
- Likely Consequence ... (Director)
1991
- A Brighter Summer Day ... (Director)
1986
- Terrorizers ... (Director)
- Adult Game ... (Director)
1985
- Taipei Story as Bartender (uncredited)
1984
- A Summer at Grandpa's as Guanglin
1983
- That Day, on the Beach ... (Writer)
1982
- In Our Time ... (Director)
- The Winter of 1905
1981
- Happy Single Lady
- Duckweed ... (Director)