Edward Yang
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.
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Movies (22)
The Wind
Director (Directing)
2007
The Trigger
Producer (Production)
2002
Yi Yi
as Pianist (uncredited)
2000
Jam
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
1998
First Love Unlimited
as Tap's step-father
1997
New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor Edition
Director (Directing)
1997
Mahjong
Director (Directing)
1996
A Confucian Confusion
Writer (Writing)
1994
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Self
1993
Growth Period
Director (Directing)
1993
Likely Consequence
Director (Directing)
1992
A Brighter Summer Day
Writer (Writing)
1991
Terrorizers
Director (Directing)
1986
Adult Game
Director (Directing)
1986
Taipei Story
as Bartender (uncredited)
1985
A Summer at Grandpa's
as Guanglin
1984
That Day, on the Beach
Director (Directing)
1983
The Winter of 1905
1982
In Our Time
Director (Directing)
1982
Duckweed
Director (Directing)
1981
Happy Single Lady
1981