Directing
Edward Yang
ZH, CN, JA cinema · 22 credits
Born
6 November 1947
Died
29 June 2007 (aged 59)
Birthplace
Shanghai, China
Also known as Yang Dechang · Te-Chang Yang · 楊德昌 · 에드워드 양 · 양더창 · 杨德昌
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
Filmography
The Wind
Director
The Trigger
Producer
Yi Yi
as Pianist (uncredited), Writer, Director
Jam
Actor
First Love Unlimited
as Tap's step-father
Mahjong
Director, Writer
A Confucian Confusion
Writer, Director, Production Design
Growth Period
Director, Writer
Likely Consequence
Writer, Director
A Brighter Summer Day
Writer, Director
Terrorizers
Writer, Director
Adult Game
Director
Taipei Story
as Bartender (uncredited), Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
A Summer at Grandpa's
as Guanglin, Original Music Composer
That Day, on the Beach
Director, Writer
The Winter of 1905
Actor, Writer
In Our Time
Director, Writer
Duckweed
Director, Writer, Music Director