Edward Yang
Director
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 business and art, set against the backdrop of an evolving Taiwanese society.
Filmography
Yi Yi
as Pianist (uncredited) 2000
Taipei Story
as Bartender (uncredited) 1985
A Summer at Grandpa's
as Guanglin 1984
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self 1998
First Love Unlimited
as Tap's step-father 1997
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Self 1993
Jam
1998
Happy Single Lady
1981