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Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Director · Born April 8, 1947 · Mei County, Guangdong, China

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Biography

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.

Directed 24

2010s

  1. 2015
  2. 2011

    10 Plus 10

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    Director

  2. 2007
  3. the electric princess house

    Director

  4. 2005

    Three Times

    Director

  5. 2004
  6. 2001

1990s

  1. 1998

    Flowers of Shanghai

    Director

  2. Goodbye South, Goodbye

    Director

  3. 1995

    Good Men, Good Women

    Director

  4. 1993

    The Puppetmaster

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. 1987

    Daughter of the Nile

    Director

  3. 1986

    Adult Game

    Director

  4. Dust in the Wind

    Director

  5. 1985

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    Director

  6. 1984

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    Director

  7. 1983

    The Sandwich Man

    Director

  8. The Boys from Fengkuei

    Director

  9. 1982

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    Director

  10. 1981

    Play While You Play

    Director

  11. 1980

    Cute Girl

    Director

Produced 29

2020s

  1. 2025

    Mongrel

    Executive Producer

  2. 2024

    Daughter's Daughter

    Executive Producer

  3. 2023
  4. Be with Me

    Executive Producer

  5. 2022

    Salute

    Producer

  6. Twisted Strings

    Executive Producer

  7. I Remember

    Producer

  8. 2020

    The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2018

    Baby

    Executive Producer

  2. 2017

    Missing Johnny

    Producer

  3. 2015
  4. 2014

    Paradise in Service

    Executive Producer

  5. 2013
  6. 2011

    Return Ticket

    Executive Producer

  7. Hometown Boy

    Producer

  8. 2010

    Taipei Exchanges

    Producer

  9. One Day

    Executive Producer

2000s

  1. 2007

    Reflections

    Producer

  2. 2001

    Mirror Image

    Executive Producer

1990s

  1. 1998

    Flowers of Shanghai

    Executive Producer

  2. 1996

    Why Don't We Sing?

    Producer

  3. 1995

    A Borrowed Life

    Executive Producer

  4. Heartbreak Island

    Executive Producer

  5. 1993

    Treasure Island

    Supervising Producer

  6. 1992

    Dust of Angels

    Producer

  7. 1991
  8. King of Chess

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1988

    All for Tomorrow

    Producer

Wrote 22

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2005

    Three Times

    Writer

  3. 2004

1980s

  1. 1985

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    Writer

  2. My Favorite Season

    Writer

  3. 1984

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    Writer

  4. Out of the Blue

    Writer

  5. 1983

    Ah Fei

    Writer

  6. Growing Up

    Screenplay

  7. 1982

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    Writer

  8. Six Is Company

    Writer

  9. 1981

    Play While You Play

    Writer

  10. Longing

    Writer

  11. 1980

    Spring in Autumn

    Writer

  12. Cute Girl

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1979

    Chu Lien

    Screenplay

  2. It Was Rainy Last Night

    Screenplay

  3. Good Morning, Taipei

    Screenplay

  4. 1978

    Lover on the Wave

    Screenplay

  5. 1975

    The Revenge of Two Exorcists

    Screenplay

Acted in 10

2000s

  1. 2008

    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    Voice

1990s

  1. 1999

    HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien

    Movie

  2. 1990

    Sunless Days

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1988

    I Love Mary

    Movie

  2. 1986

    Soul

    Boy-Boy

  3. 1985
  4. 1984

    The Bike & I

    Movie

  5. 1983

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    Arong's Sister's Boyfriend

  6. That Day, on the Beach

    Ah Cai's Executive

Appearances16

2010s

  1. 2016
  2. The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    Self

  3. 2014

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Self

  4. 2013

    Past Present

    Self

  5. 2012

    A Special Day

    Self

  6. 2010

    I Wish I Knew

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Let the Wind Carry Me

    Self

  2. 2008

    My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story

    Self

  3. 2007

    Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class

    Himself

  4. 2004

    Métro Lumière

    Self

  5. 2002

    Our Time, Our Story

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Self

  2. 1993

    Talking with Ozu

    Self

  3. When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

    Self