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Taiwanese film director
Hsiao Ya-chuan (born 20 December 1967) is a Taiwanese film director.
Career
Born in 1967, Hsiao attended what later became
Taipei National University of the Arts .
[1] Commenting on his upbringing in 2018, Hsiao stated, "My father’s frugality created a sense of insecurity in me, as if the family could run out of money anytime. There was a feeling of poverty, where we never had enough to do the same things other people could."
[2] He began working closely with
Hou Hsiao-hsien ,
[3] and served as assistant director on Hou's
Flowers of Shanghai (1998).
[2]
[4] Hou has produced several of Hsiao's films, including
Mirror Image [
zh ] (2001),
Taipei Exchanges (2010), and
Father to Son (2018).
[2]
[5]
Hsiao first feature film, Mirror Image , won the Best Film Award at the 2001
Taipei Film Festival and another prize at the Fukuoka Film Festival.
[4]
[6] It was also shown at the
Cannes Film Festival in May.
[7] The next year, Mirror Image was shown as the opening feature at the
Taipei Film House .
[8] Hsiao worked for a time directing television commercials,
[2]
[9] before releasing Taipei Exchanges in 2010. The production, commissioned by the
Taipei City Government ,
[10] was shown at the Taipei Film Festival.
[11] In 2012, Hsiao directed Something’s Gotta Give , a segment of the anthology film
10+10 [
zh ] ,
[12] which screened at the
Berlin International Film Festival and
Stockholm International Film Festival . Hsiao's third feature film Father to Son was nominated for a 2018
VPRO Big Screen Award.
[2]
[13] It premiered at the 2018
International Film Festival Rotterdam .
[14] For his 2023 film
Old Fox , Hsiao won
Best Director at the
60th Golden Horse Awards .
[15]
Personal life
He has two children.
[2]
References
^
"Hsiao Ya-chuan" .
International Film Festival Rotterdam . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^
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b
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f Lim, Paige (25 February 2018).
"Like father, like son" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Davis, Edward L. (2009).
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture . Taylor & Francis. p. 150.
ISBN
9780415777162 .
^
a
b Yu, Sen-lun; Bartholomew, Ian (4 January 2001).
"Taipei Film Festival honors young filmmakers" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Lee, Daw-ming (2012).
Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema . Scarecrow Press. p. 194.
ISBN
9780810879225 .
^ Woodworth, Max (6 November 2001).
"Year's best Chinese films for free" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Yu, Sen-lun (10 May 2001).
"High hopes for Taiwanese directors on the Riviera" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Yu, Sen-lun (4 November 2002).
"Movies find a new home in old house" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Ho, Yi (30 December 2010).
"2010: Year in review: Taiwanese movies" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Ho, Yi (14 May 2010).
"FILM REVIEW: Pennies for their thoughts" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Shackleton, Liz (17 May 2017).
"Taiwan's Ablaze Image take 'Father To Son' " . Screen Daily . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ Mintzer, Jordan (21 February 2012).
"10+10: Berlin Film Review" . Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 25 February 2018 .
^ Lim, Paige (15 February 2018).
"An ode to Taipei and photography" . Taipei Times . Retrieved 24 February 2018 .
^ DeAeth, Duncan (5 January 2018).
"Two films to represent Taiwan at 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam" . Taiwan News . Retrieved 25 February 2018 .
^ Frater, Patrick (25 November 2023).
" 'Stonewalling' and 'Old Fox' Take Honors at Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Awards" .
Variety . Retrieved 27 November 2023 .
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