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Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Date of birth
Apr 8, 1947(age: 79)
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Hou Hsiao-hsien

Biography of Hou Hsiao-hsien:

Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.

Hou Hsiao-hsien has directed:

The Assassin(2015)
10 Plus 10(2011)
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship(2008)
To Each His Own Cinema(2007)
the electric princess house(2007)
Flight of the Red Balloon(2007)
Three Times(2005)
Café Lumière(2004)
Millennium Mambo(2001)
Flowers of Shanghai(1998)
Goodbye South, Goodbye(1996)
Good Men, Good Women(1995)
The Puppetmaster(1993)
A City of Sadness(1989)
Daughter of the Nile(1987)
Adult Game(1986)
Dust in the Wind(1986)
The Time to Live and the Time to Die(1985)
A Summer at Grandpa's(1984)
The Sandwich Man(1983)
The Boys from Fengkuei(1983)
The Green, Green Grass of Home(1982)
Play While You Play(1981)
Cute Girl(1980)

Hou Hsiao-hsien has acted in:

Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'(2021) ... as Self - archival
Keep Rolling(2020)
Dragon Girls!(2016) ... as Himself
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse(2016) ... as Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema(2014) ... as Self
Past Present(2013) ... as Self
A Special Day(2012) ... as Self
I Wish I Knew(2010) ... as Self
Let the Wind Carry Me(2009) ... as Self
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship(2008) ... as (voice)
My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story(2008) ... as Self
Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class(2007) ... as Himself
Métro Lumière(2004) ... as Self
Our Time, Our Story(2002) ... as Self
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien(1999)
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema(1998) ... as Self
Talking with Ozu(1993) ... as Self
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang(1993) ... as Self
Sunless Days(1990)
I Love Mary(1988)
Soul(1986) ... as Boy-Boy
Taipei Story(1985) ... as Lung
The Bike & I(1984)
The Boys from Fengkuei(1983) ... as Arong's Sister's Boyfriend
That Day, on the Beach(1983) ... as Ah Cai's Executive

Additional credits for Hou Hsiao-hsien:

Mongrel(2025)(Executive Producer)
Daughter's Daughter(2024)(Executive Producer)
Old Fox(2023)(Executive Producer)
Be with Me(2023)(Executive Producer)
Salute(2022)(Producer)
I Remember(2022)(Producer)
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams(2020)(Producer)
Baby(2018)(Executive Producer)
Father to Son(2018)(Executive Producer)
Missing Johnny(2017)(Producer)
The Assassin(2015)(Screenplay)
Paradise in Service(2014)(Executive Producer)
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above(2013)(Producer)
Return Ticket(2011)(Executive Producer)
Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy(2011)(Producer)
Taipei Exchanges(2010)(Producer)
One Day(2010)(Executive Producer)
Flight of the Red Balloon(2007)(Writer)
Reflections(2007)(Producer)
Three Times(2005)(Writer)
Café Lumière(2004)(Writer)
Mirror Image(2001)(Executive Producer)
Flowers of Shanghai(1998)(Executive Producer)
Why Don't We Sing?(1996)(Producer)
A Borrowed Life(1995)(Executive Producer)
Heartbreak Island(1995)(Executive Producer)
Treasure Island(1993)(Supervising Producer)
Dust of Angels(1992)(Producer)
Raise the Red Lantern(1991)(Executive Producer)
King of Chess(1991)(Producer)
All for Tomorrow(1988)(Producer)
The Time to Live and the Time to Die(1985)(Writer)
Taipei Story(1985)(Screenplay)
My Favorite Season(1985)(Writer)
A Summer at Grandpa's(1984)(Writer)
Out of the Blue(1984)(Writer)
Ah Fei(1983)(Writer)
Growing Up(1983)(Screenplay)
The Green, Green Grass of Home(1982)(Writer)
Six Is Company(1982)(Writer)
Play While You Play(1981)(Writer)
Longing(1981)(Writer)
Spring in Autumn(1980)(Writer)
Cute Girl(1980)(Screenplay)
Chu Lien(1979)(Screenplay)
It Was Rainy Last Night(1979)(Screenplay)
Good Morning, Taipei(1979)(Screenplay)
Lover on the Wave(1978)(Screenplay)
The Revenge of Two Exorcists(1975)(Screenplay)
LOMA - Our Home(Executive Producer)

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