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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.
Awards & recognition
- Asia's Most Influential Taiwan · 2021
- Golden Horse Award — Best Director · 2015
- Order of Brilliant Star · 2015
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · 2008
- Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize · 1999
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- Golden Horse Award — Best Director · 1995
- Golden Horse Award — Best Director · 1989
- Asian Film Award — Best Director
- National Cultural Award
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 2001 · nominated
Filmography19 titles
Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy
2011Producer
2011Producer
Daughter's Daughter
2024Executive Producer
2024Executive Producer
Old Fox
2023Executive Producer
2023Executive Producer
Taipei Story
1985as Lung
1985as Lung
A Time to Live and a Time to Die
1985Director, Writer
1985Director, Writer
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014as Self
2014as Self
The Boys from Fengkuei
1983as Arong's Sister's Boyfriend
1983as Arong's Sister's Boyfriend
Mirror Image
2001Executive Producer
2001Executive Producer
Daughter of the Nile
1987Director
1987Director
Millennium Mambo
2001Director
2001Director
Flowers of Shanghai
1998Director, Executive Producer
1998Director, Executive Producer
Paradise in Service
2014Executive Producer
2014Executive Producer
Taipei Exchanges
2010Producer
2010Producer
I Wish I Knew
2010as Self
2010as Self
The Green, Green Grass of Home
1982Director, Writer
1982Director, Writer
The Assassin
2015Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
2015Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Flight of the Red Balloon
2007Director, Writer
2007Director, Writer
Cute Girl
1980Director, Screenplay
1980Director, Screenplay
Father to Son
2018Executive Producer
2018Executive Producer