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Edward Yang

Director, Writer, Actor, Composer, Additional Credits
Born November 6, 1947Died June 29, 2007 (59 years)
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

  • Yi Yi
  • A Brighter Summer Day
  • The Terrorizers
  • Taipei Story
  • Mahjong
  • A Confucian Confusion
  • That Day, on the Beach
  • In Our Time
  • A Summer at Grandpa's
  • First Love Unlimited

Edward Yang Filmography

2007
2000
Yi Yi · as Pianist (uncredited)
1997
First Love Unlimited · as Tap's Step-Father
1985
Taipei Story · as Bartender (uncredited)
1984
A Summer at Grandpa's · as Guanglin

1985
Taipei Story · as Original Music Composer
1984
A Summer at Grandpa's · as Original Music Composer

1996
1995
The Century of Cinema (TV Series) · as Self

1994
A Confucian Confusion · as Production Designer

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