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.

Directed

1. Yi Yi (2000) — Director
2. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) — Director
3. Terrorizers (1986) — Director
4. Taipei Story (1985) — Director
5. That Day, on the Beach (1983) — Director
6. Mahjong (1996) — Director
7. A Confucian Confusion (1994) — Director
8. In Our Time (1982) — Director
9. Likely Consequence (1992) — Director
10. Duckweed (1981) — Director
11. The Wind (2007) — Director
12. Growth Period (1993) — Director
13. Adult Game (1986) — Director
14. New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor Edition (1997) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Yi Yi (2000) — Pianist (uncredited)
2. Taipei Story (1985) — Bartender (uncredited)
3. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) — Guanglin
4. Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) — Self
5. First Love Unlimited (1997) — Tap's step-father
6. When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993) — Self
7. Jam (1998)
8. Happy Single Lady (1981)
9. The Winter of 1905 (1982)