
Person
Chen Kun-hou
Directing · Born 1939-07-25 · Taichung, Taiwan
Biography
CHEN Kun-hou (born 25 July 1939 in Taichū, Japanese Formosa) is a Taiwanese film director and cinematographer. He is known for his film Growing Up (1983), one of the films that initiated the Taiwan New Cinema movement. Chen was also the cinematographer for several of fellow director HOU Hsiao-hsien's earlier films.
Known for

Golden Horse Awards
Self

Twin Daggers
Director

Colorful Mind
Director

He Never Gives Up
Director of Photography
Love Is an Elusive Wind
Camera Operator

A Summer at Grandpa's
Director of Photography

Come Fly with Me
Director of Photography
Woman Guerrillero with Two Guns
Camera Operator

Qingtong & Kuihua
Director

My Mother's Teahouse
Director
Filmography
- 2026Qingtong & KuihuaDirector
- 2012The Triangle LandDirector
- 2009Colorful MindDirector
- 2008Twin DaggersDirector
- 1988My Mother's TeahouseDirector
- 1987Osmanthus AlleyDirector
- 1986DriftersDirector
- 1986The ScalperDirector of Photography
- 1985His MatrimonyDirector
- 1985My Favorite SeasonDirector of Photography
- 1984A Summer at Grandpa'sDirector of Photography
- 1984Out of the BlueDirector of Photography
- 1983The Sandwich ManDirector of Photography
- 1983The Boys from FengkueiDirector of Photography
- 1983That Day, on the Beach
- 1983Growing UpDirector
- 1982The Green, Green Grass of HomeSupervising Producer
- 1982Six Is CompanyDirector
- 1981The Merry CoupleDirector of Photography
- 1981Play While You PlayDirector of Photography
- 1981LongingDirector
- 1980Spring in AutumnDirector
- 1980The Story of a Small TownDirector of Photography
- 1980Cute GirlDirector of Photography
- 1979A Sorrowful WeddingDirector of Photography
- 1979He Never Gives UpDirector of Photography
- 1979Good Morning, TaipeiDirector of Photography
- 1978Lover on the WaveDirector of Photography
- 1977The Glory of the SunsetDirector of Photography
- 1976The Lucky BumpkinDirector of Photography
- 1976Come Fly with MeDirector of Photography
- 1972Four WindsDirector of Photography
- 1972Love Is an Elusive WindCamera Operator
- 1971Indebted for Life and LoveDirector of Photography
- 1971Woman Guerrillero with Two GunsCamera Operator
- 1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf
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