Edward Yang

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Edward Yang ( Chinese  楊德昌  /  杨德昌 , Pinyin Yáng Déchāng ; born November 6, 1947 in Shanghai , † June 29, 2007 in Beverly Hills , California ) was a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter .

Life

Edward Yang grew up in Taiwan, studied computer design in the United States and then worked for a company in Seattle . When he was thirty, he decided to return to his native Taiwan as a filmmaker. Basically he wrote the scripts for his films himself and first appeared as a screenwriter for Der Winter 1905 . His first film as a writer and director was That Day at the Beach . Together with Hou Hsiao-Hsien , he was one of the representatives of the Taiwanese Nouvelle Vague . For his film Yi Yi he received, among other things, the prize for best directorial work at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival .

Yang died of colon cancer in late June 2007 at the age of 59 in Beverly Hills, California . He leaves behind his wife, concert pianist Kaili Peng, a son (* 2001), a younger sister and a brother.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

As a director & screenwriter

  • 1982: In Our Time (光陰 的 故事 / 光阴 的 故事, Guangyīn de Gushì )
  • 1983: That Day on the Beach (海灘 的 一天 / 海滩 的 一天, Haitan de Yitian )
  • 1985: Taipei Story (青梅竹馬 / 青梅竹马, Qingmei Zhuma ) ... FIPRESCI Prize in Locarno
  • 1986: The Terrorizer / The Trace of Terror (恐怖份子, Kongbu Fenzi )
  • 1991: A Brighter Summer Day / A summer to fall in love with (牯 嶺 街 少年 殺人 事件 / 牯 岭 街 少年 杀人 事件, Gulingjie Shaonian Sharen Shijian )
  • 1994: A Confucian Confusion (獨立 時代 / 独立 时代, Duli Shidai )
  • 1996: Mahjong / Couples (麻將 / 麻将, Majiang )
  • 2000: Yi Yi - A One and a Two (一一, Yiyi )

As a producer

  • 1991: A Brighter Summer Day / A summer to fall in love with (牯 嶺 街 少年 殺人 事件 / 牯 岭 街 少年 杀人 事件, Gulingjie Shaonian Sharen Shijian )

As art director

  • 1991: A Brighter Summer Day / A summer to fall in love with (牯 嶺 街 少年 殺人 事件 / 牯 岭 街 少年 杀人 事件, Gulingjie Shaonian Sharen Shijian )
  • 1994: A Confucian Confusion (獨立 時代 / 独立 时代, Duli Shidai )

As an actor

  • 1984: Summer at Grandpa's (冬冬 的 假期, Dongdong de Jiaqi )
  • 1997: First Love Unlimited (初戀 無限 Ｔｏｕｃｈ! / 初恋 无限 Ｔｏｕｃｈ !, Chulian Wuxian Touch ) ... as Tap's stepfather
  • 2000: Yi Yi - A One and a Two (一一, Yiyi ) ... as a pianist in a cello concerto

literature

  • Edward Yang: Luckily Unlucky. In: Michael Berry: Speaking in images. Interviews with contemporary Chinese filmmakers. Columbia University Press, New York 2005, ISBN 0-231-13330-8 , pp. 272-295.

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personal data
SURNAME Yang, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai , China
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2007
Place of death Beverly Hills , California, United States