Edward Yang
Directing
November 6, 1947
Died June 29, 2007 (59 years old)
中国上海, Shanghai, Cina
9
Acting Credits
14
Directed
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 busin...
Known For
Filmography
Yi Yi
2000
as Pianist (uncredited)
7.9
Jam
1998
7.5
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
as Self
5.5
First Love Unlimited
1997
as Tap's step-father
6.8
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
as Self
6.7
Taipei Story
1985
as Bartender (uncredited)
7.5
A Summer at Grandpa's
1984
as Guanglin
7.5
The Winter of 1905
1982
Happy Single Lady
1981