Hsiao-hsien Hou Biography (1947-)

Born April 8, 1947, in Meihsien, Canton Province, China. Career: Director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Worked as assistant to several directors beginning, 1974; director, 1981--; previously worked as an electronic calculator salesman. Awards, Honors: Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, 1989, for Pei-ch'ing ch'eng-shih; Independent Spirit Award nomination,best foreign film, 1991, for Beiqing chengshi; Jury Prize, Cannes FilmFestival, 1993, FIPRESCI Award, Istanbul International Film Festival, 1994,for Hismeng jensheng. Golden Palm Award nomination, Cannes Film Festival 1995, Silver Screen Award, Singapore International Film Festival, specialachievement honor, 1996, for Haonan haonu; Golden Palm Award nomination, 1996, for Nanguo zaijan, nanguo; Golden Palm Award nomination, 1997, for Hai shan hua..

Nationality: Chinese
Gender: Male
Occupation: director, producer, screenwriter, actor
Birth Details: April 8, 1947; Canton, China

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director, Except Where Indicated
Chiu shih liu-liu-te t'a (also known as Cute Girl and Lovable You), 1981
Feng-erh t'i-t'a-ts'ai (also known as Cheerful Wind and Play While You Play), 1982
Tsai na ho-pan ch'ing-ts'ao-ch'ing (also known as Green Grass of Home), 1982
"Son's Big Doll," Erh-tzu-te ta wan-ou (also known as The Sandwich Man), 1983
Producer, Hsiao pi te ku shih (also known as Growing Up), 1983
Feng-kuei-lai te jen (also known as The Boys from Fengkueiand All the Youthful Days), 1983
Tung-tung-te chia-ch'i (also known as A Summer at Grandpa's), 1984
Dongdong de Jiaqi, 1984
T'ung nien wang-shih (also known as The Time to Live and the Time to Die), 1985
Lien-lien feng-ch'en (also known as Dust in the Wind and Rite of Passage), 1986
Ni-lo-ho nu-erh (also known as Daughter of the Nile), 1987
Pei-ch'ing ch'eng-shih (also known as A City of Sadness andGolden Horse), 1989
Associate producer, The King of Chess, 1989
Executive producer, Da hong deng long gao gao gua (also known as Raise the Red Lantern), Orion Classics, 1991

Executive producer, Shaolin Ye, An La! (also known as Dust of Angels), 1992
Hsimeng jensheng (also known as The Puppetmaster), 1993
Executive producer, Duo-Sang (also known as A Borrowed Life), 1994
Haonan haonu (also known as Golden Horse and Good Men, Good Women), 1995
Executive producer, Qunian dongtian (also known as Heartbreak Island), 1995
Nanguo zaijan, nanguo (also known as Goodbye South, Goodbye), 1996
And executive producer, Hai shan hua (also known as Flowers ofShanghai and Hou Xiaoxian), 1998
Producer, Borderline, 1999
Film Appearances
Qingmei Zhuma (also known as Taipei Story), 1985
Lao niang gou sao (also known as Soul), 1986
Voice of The Fence, K'ung-pu fen-tzu, 1986
Himself, Meiyou taiyang de rizi (also known as Sunless Days), 1990
Yang+/-Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema, 1996
Himself, Cinema de notre temps: Hou Hsiao Hsien (also known as HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsaio-Hsien and Hou hsiao-hsien hau hsiang), 1997
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Six Is Company, 1982
Hsaio pi te ku shih (also known as Growing Up), 1983
Dongdong de Jiaqi, 1984
T'ung nien wang-shih (also known as The Time to Live and the Time to Die), 1985
Qunian dongtian (also known as Heartbreak Island), 1995

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