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Edward Yang (Chinese: 楊德昌; pinyin: Yáng Déchāng; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. Yang's singular visual style has been defined by deliberate pacing, long takes, fixed camera, few closeups, empty spaces, and cityscapes. His films prominently feature themes of struggle between tradition and modernity, and between business and art, set against the backdrop of an evolving Taiwanese society.
The roles that explain the career.
19 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Yi Yi | Director | Film |
| 2000 | Yi Yi | Writer | Film |
| 1998 | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Self | Film |
| 1997 | First Love Unlimited | Tap's step-father | Film |
| 1996 | Mahjong | Director | Film |
| 1996 | Mahjong | Writer | Film |
| 1994 | A Confucian Confusion | Director | Film |
| 1994 | A Confucian Confusion | Writer | Film |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | Director | Film |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | Writer | Film |
| 1986 | Terrorizers | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Terrorizers | Writer | Film |
| 1985 | Taipei Story | Bartender (uncredited) | Film |
| 1985 | Taipei Story | Director | Film |
| 1984 | A Summer at Grandpa's | Guanglin | Film |
| 1983 | That Day, on the Beach | Director | Film |
| 1983 | That Day, on the Beach | Writer | Film |
| 1982 | In Our Time | Director | Film |
| 1982 | In Our Time | Writer | Film |
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