Edward Yang
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.
Known For
Top 9 Movies
Yi Yi
2000
Taipei Story
1985
A Summer at Grandpa's
1984
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Jam
1998
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993
First Love Unlimited
1997
The Winter of 1905
1982