Edward YANG

Director

Country: TAIWAN

Biography

Film director and screenwriter, Edward Yang was born in Shanghai, raised in Taipei. He was an accomplished Manga artist at the age of twelve. He chose to pursue science and technology, and went on to earn advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering in the US. Following a career in micro-computer design in Seattle, Yang returned to Taipei in 1981 to realize his life-long dream of becoming a filmmaker. The first film project he participated as writer/director, In Our Time (1982), is recognized as the ground breaking film for the Taiwan New Wave. He has since worked in film and theatre. The award winning feature films he made include That Day, on the Beach (1983), Taipei Story (1985), The Terroriser (1986), A Brighter Summer Day (1991), A Confucian Confusion (1994), Mahjong (1996), and Yi Yi (1999), which won him the Best Director's prize in Cannes 2000.

Films presented in Cannes

2009 - GU LING JIE SHAO NIAN SHA REN SHI JIAN (A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY) - Cannes Classics Director
2007 - MAN OF CINEMA: PIERRE RISSIENT - Cannes Classics Actor
2000 - YI YI - In Competition Director, Screenplay
1994 - DULI SHIDAI - In Competition Set Designer, Director, Screenplay

Awards

2000 - Award for Best Director - YI YI - Long métrage

Member of the Jury

2005 - Courts métrages Cinéfondation - President
2001 - Sélection officielle - Member