Edward YANG

Director, Actor

Taiwan

Edward YANG

Film director and screen writer, Edward Yang was born in China, raised in Taiwan. He was an accomplished Manga (Japanese style comics) artist at the age of 12. 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.

Jury attendance

  • President Cinéfondation & Short Films, 2005
  • Member Feature films, 2001

Feature films

GU LING JIE SHAO NIAN SHA REN SHI JIAN

Cannes Classics, 2009Director, Screenplay

MAN OF CINEMA: PIERRE RISSIENT

Cannes Classics, 2007Actor

YI YI

In Competition - Feature Films, 2000Director, Screenplay

DULI SHIDAI

In Competition - Feature Films, 1994Production Design, Director, Screenplay

Awards

YI YI

In Competition - Feature Films, 2000
2000 Award for Best Director
Director, Screenplay