Edward Yang
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1947-11-06 · 中国上海, Shanghai, Cina
- Died
- 2007-06-29
Known for
- Yi Yi (2000) — Pianist (uncredited)
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991) — Director
- Terrorizers (1986) — Director
- Taipei Story (1985) — Bartender (uncredited)
- That Day, on the Beach (1983) — Writer
- A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) — Guanglin
- Mahjong (1996) — Director
- A Confucian Confusion (1994) — Writer
- In Our Time (1982) — Director
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1998) — Self
- Likely Consequence (1992) — Director
- First Love Unlimited (1997) — Tap's step-father
- When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang (1993) — Self
- Jam (1998)
- Duckweed (1981) — Director
- The Wind (2007) — Director