Director

Edward Yang

Directing

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 143035

IMDb ID: nm0945981

Known for: Directing

Born: November 6, 1947

Died: June 29, 2007

Age: 59

Place of birth: Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1981 - 2007

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 7.56

Wikidata: Q716700

Also known as

Yang Dechang • Te-Chang Yang • 楊德昌 • 에드워드 양 • 양더창 • 杨德昌

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Director (9)Writer (4)Original Music Composer (2)Producer (1)

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Biography

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.