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Bio: HOU HSIAO HSIEN

Born in 1947 in Guangdong Province, China, and moved with his family to Taiwan the following year. In 1972, after graduating from the Film and Performing Arts Department of National Taiwan Arts Academy he entered the world of cinema. His debut film was “Cute Girl” in 1980. He garnered attention for his compositional skills in 1983’s “The Sandwich Man” and it was from that time that he became known as a leading light of the “Taiwan New Wave”. “All the Youthful Days” in 1983 and “A Summer at Grandpa’s” in 1984 earned him the Golden Montgolfiere at the Nantes Three Continents Festival two years in a row, and he became a director of global renown. In 1985 “The Time to Live and the Time to Die” won the Berlin-Forum FIPRESCI Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989 “City of Sadness” based on the story of the incident of “28 February 1947”, a subject previously taboo in Taiwan, was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival, and became the first Chinese language film to be an international hit.

Since then, Hou has gone on to complete the so-called Taiwan modern trilogy of films with “The Puppetmaster” in 1993, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and “Good Men, Good Women” in 1995. With “Good Men, Good Women”, “Goodbye South, Goodbye” and “Flowers of Shanghai” all being selected for entry into competition at Cannes, and “Millennium Mambo” receiving the Prix du Jury at Cannes, “Café Lumiere” is selected in Venice Film Festival of 2003;

Hou's works are always eagerly anticipated and continue to be highly acclaimed.


HOU HSIAO HSIEN'S FILMOGRAPHY

1980 CUTE GIRLS

1981 CHEERFUL WIND

1982 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME
1982 Best Child Actress Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

1983 THE SANDWICH MAN (THE SANDWICH MAN segment)

1982 THE BOYS FROM FENGKUEI
1982 Best Film, Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes, France

1984 A SUMMER AT GRANDPA’S
1982 Best Film, Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes, France
1982 Best Director, Asia-Pacific Film Festival
1982 Special Mention, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland

1985 A TIME TO LIVE, A TIME TO DIE
1982 International Critics’ Award, Berlin Film Festival
1982 Best Film Outside Europe and America, Rotterdam Film Festival
1982 Special Jury Award,Asia-Pacific Film Festival
1982 Best Original Screenplay& Best Supporting Actress Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

1986 DUST IN THE WIND
1982 Best Cinematography and Best Editing, Festival des 3 Continents, Nantes, France

1987 DAUGHTER OF THE NILE
1982 Quinzaine, Cannes International Film Festival
1982 Special Jury Award, Toronto Film Festival
1982 Best Original Film Score Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

1989 A CITY OF SADNESS
1982 Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
1982 Best Director &Best Leading Actor Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

1993 THE PUPPETMASTER
1982 Special Jury Award, Cannes International Film Festival
1982 Best Cinematography & Best Make Up & Costume Design Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

1995 GOOD MEN, GOOD WOMEN
1982 Official Competition, Cannes International Film Festival
1982 Special Achievement Prize & Fipresci Prize, Singapore Film Festival
1982 Best Director & Best Art Director & Jury Award, Asia-Pacific Film Festival
1982 Best Best Director & Best Sound Effects & Best Screeenplay Adaptation Award, Golden Horse Film
1982 Festival

1996 GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE
1982 Official Competition, Cannes International Film Festival
1982 Best Original Film Song Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

1998 FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI
1982 Official Competition, Cannes International Film Festival
1982 Best Director & Best Art Director & Jury Award, Asia-Pacific Film Festival
1982 Best Art Director Special Jury Award, Golden Horse Film Festival

2001 MILLENNIUM MAMBO
1982 Grand Prix Technique, Cannes International Film Festival
1982 Silver Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival
1982 Best Director Award, Flanders International Film Festival Ghent
1982 Best Cinematography & Best Sound Effects & Best Original Film Score Award, Golden Horse Film
1982 Festival

2003 CAFE LUMIERE
1982 Asian Filmmaker of the Year Award, The Pusan International Film Festival

2005 THREE TIMES
1982 Official Competition, Cannes International Film Festival