
Edward Yang
Directing
Born: 1947-11-06 · Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc
Died: 2007-06-29
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
🎬 Movies (22)

The Wind
2007
Director

The Trigger
2002
Producer

Yi Yi
2000
Director

Jam
1998

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Self

First Love Unlimited
1997
Tap's step-father
New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor Edition
1997
Director

Mahjong
1996
Director

A Confucian Confusion
1994
Director

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
Self

Growth Period
1993
Director

Likely Consequence
1992
Director

A Brighter Summer Day
1991
Director

Terrorizers
1986
Director

Adult Game
1986
Director

Taipei Story
1985
Director

A Summer at Grandpa's
1984
Guanglin

That Day, on the Beach
1983
Director

The Winter of 1905
1982

In Our Time
1982
Director
Happy Single Lady
1981

Duckweed
1981
Director