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Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Hou Hsiao-hsien

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 8, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Mei County, Guangdong, China

Biography

Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.

Known For

Acting
2021Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'Self - archival
2020Keep Rolling
2016Dragon Girls!Himself
2016The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden HorseSelf
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf
2013Past PresentSelf
2012A Special DaySelf
2010I Wish I KnewSelf
2009Let the Wind Carry MeSelf
2008In the Golden Age of Chinese CraftsmanshipVoice
2008My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life StorySelf
2007Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master ClassHimself
2004Métro LumièreSelf
2002Our Time, Our StorySelf
1999HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaSelf
1993Talking with OzuSelf
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangSelf
1990Sunless Days
1988I Love Mary
1986SoulBoy-Boy
1985Taipei StoryLung
1984The Bike & I
1983The Boys from FengkueiArong's Sister's Boyfriend
1983That Day, on the BeachAh Cai's Executive
1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf
Production
2025MongrelExecutive Producer
2024Daughter's DaughterExecutive Producer
2023Be with MeExecutive Producer
2023Old FoxExecutive Producer
2022I RememberProducer
2022SaluteProducer
2022Twisted StringsExecutive Producer
2020The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled DreamsProducer
2018Father to SonExecutive Producer
2018BabyExecutive Producer
2017Missing JohnnyProducer
2015The AssassinExecutive Producer
2014Paradise in ServiceExecutive Producer
2013Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from AboveExecutive Producer
2013Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from AboveProducer
2011Return TicketExecutive Producer
2011Liu Xiaodong: Hometown BoyProducer
2010One DayExecutive Producer
2010Taipei ExchangesProducer
2007ReflectionsProducer
2001Mirror ImageExecutive Producer
1998Flowers of ShanghaiExecutive Producer
1996Why Don't We Sing?Producer
1995A Borrowed LifeExecutive Producer
1995Heartbreak IslandExecutive Producer
1993Treasure IslandSupervising Producer
1992Dust of AngelsProducer
1991Raise the Red LanternExecutive Producer
1991King of ChessProducer
1988All for TomorrowProducer
-LOMA - Our HomeExecutive Producer
Directing
2015The AssassinDirector
201110 Plus 10Director
2008In the Golden Age of Chinese CraftsmanshipDirector
2007Flight of the Red BalloonDirector
2007To Each His Own CinemaDirector
2005Three TimesDirector
2004Café LumièreDirector
2001Millennium MamboDirector
1998Flowers of ShanghaiDirector
1996Goodbye South, GoodbyeDirector
1995Good Men, Good WomenDirector
1993The PuppetmasterDirector
1989A City of SadnessDirector
1987Daughter of the NileDirector
1986Dust in the WindDirector
1986Adult GameDirector
1985The Time to Live and the Time to DieDirector
1984A Summer at Grandpa'sDirector
1983The Boys from FengkueiDirector
1983The Sandwich ManDirector
1982The Green, Green Grass of HomeDirector
1981Play While You PlayDirector
1980Cute GirlDirector
Writing
2015The AssassinScreenplay
2007Flight of the Red BalloonWriter
2005Three TimesWriter
2004Café LumièreWriter
1985The Time to Live and the Time to DieWriter
1985My Favorite SeasonWriter
1985Taipei StoryScreenplay
1984A Summer at Grandpa'sWriter
1984Out of the BlueWriter
1983Ah FeiWriter
1983Growing UpScreenplay
1982The Green, Green Grass of HomeWriter
1982Six Is CompanyWriter
1981Play While You PlayWriter
1981LongingWriter
1980Spring in AutumnWriter
1980Cute GirlScreenplay
1979Chu LienScreenplay
1979It Was Rainy Last NightScreenplay
1979Good Morning, TaipeiScreenplay
1978Lover on the WaveScreenplay
1975The Revenge of Two ExorcistsScreenplay