Person
Edward Yang
Directing · 1947–2007 · Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc
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.
Known for
A Brighter Summer Day
Director
Yi Yi
Pianist (uncredited)
Taipei Story
Bartender (uncredited)
Terrorizers
Director
A Summer at Grandpa's
Guanglin
A Confucian Confusion
Writer
Mahjong
Director
That Day, on the Beach
Writer
In Our Time
Director
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Self
Filmography
- 2007The WindDirector
- 2002The TriggerProducer
- 2000Yi YiPianist (uncredited)
- 1998Jam
- 1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaSelf
- 1997First Love UnlimitedTap's step-father
- 1997New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor EditionDirector
- 1996MahjongDirector
- 1994A Confucian ConfusionWriter
- 1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangSelf
- 1993Growth PeriodDirector
- 1992Likely ConsequenceDirector
- 1991A Brighter Summer DayDirector
- 1986TerrorizersDirector
- 1986Adult GameDirector
- 1985Taipei StoryBartender (uncredited)
- 1984A Summer at Grandpa'sGuanglin
- 1983That Day, on the BeachWriter
- 1982The Winter of 1905
- 1982In Our TimeDirector
- 1981DuckweedDirector
- 1981Happy Single Lady
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