As Director, As Writer
Yi Yi
2000
7.9
Edward Yang
Acting
Birth Date
November 6, 1947
Place of Birth
Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc
Date of Death
June 29, 2007
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Jam
1998
5.0
As Actor
First Love Unlimited
1997
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Mahjong
1996
7.5
As Director, As Writer
A Confucian Confusion
1994
7.7
As Actor
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Likely Consequence
1992
6.9
As Director, As Writer
A Brighter Summer Day
1991
8.3
As Director, As Writer
Terrorizers
1986
7.4
As Director, As Writer
Taipei Story
1985
7.5
As Actor
A Summer at Grandpa's
1984
7.4
As Director, As Writer
That Day, on the Beach
1983
7.7
As Director, As Writer
In Our Time
1982
7.2
As Director, As Writer
Duckweed
1981
7.0