Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and film producer · China · On the map · Directors · Born 1947 · age 79
Hou Hsiao-hsien is a retired Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.
Hou Hsiao-Hsien is read about 446 times a day, in 28 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 3 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 102 days, one point a day.
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Old FoxFilm, Producer2022
Twisted StringsSeries, Producer2021Asia's Most Influential TaiwanAward2016
Dragon Girls!Film, Himself2015Golden Horse Award for Best DirectorAwardOrder of Brilliant StarAward2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaFilm2011
10 Plus 10Film, Director2009
Let the Wind Carry MeFilm2008Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward2007
To Each His Own CinemaFilm, Director2004
Café LumièreFilm, Director, Writer1999Fukuoka Asian Culture PrizeAward1995Golden Horse Award for Best DirectorAward
A Borrowed LifeFilm, 1995Producer1992
Dust of AngelsFilm, Producer1989Golden Horse Award for Best DirectorAward
A City of SadnessFilm, 1989Director1986
Dust in the WindFilm, Director1984
A Summer at Grandpa'sFilm, Director, Writer1982
The Green, Green Grass of HomeFilm, Director, Writer1980
Cute GirlFilm, Director, Writer1962
Golden Horse AwardsSeries1947Born8 April 1947People around Hou
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Shu Qi Hou directed The Assassin, Three Times and 10+10
Kenny Bee Hou directed Cute Girl (1994)
Jack Kao Hou directed A City of Sadness (1991)
Wu Nien-jen Also in Taipei Story and The Sandwich Man
Chu Tʻien-wen Also in Growing Up and The Boys from Fengkuei
Lim Giong Hou directed The Puppetmaster (1993)
Annie Yi Hou directed Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Yang Li-yin Also in The Sandwich Man (1983)
Edward Yang Directed That Day, on the Beach and Taipei Story
Doze Niu Hou produced Millennium Mambo (2001)
Yen Cheng-kuo Also in Cute Girl and Play While You Play
Gwei Lun-Mei Hou produced Taipei Exchanges (2010)
Anthony Chan Hou directed Cute Girl and Cheerful Wind
Tony Leung Hou directed A City of Sadness (1991)
Chang Chen Hou directed The Assassin and Three Times- Feng Fei-fei Hou directed Cute Girl and Cheerful Wind
Leon Dai Hou directed 10+10 (2011)
Joseph Chang Hou directed 10+10 (2011)- Lawrence Ko Hou directed Three Times and 10+10
Ethan Juan Hou produced Be With Me (2023)
Ko I-Chen Also in Taipei Story and 10 Plus 10
Nikki Hsieh Also in 10 Plus 10 and The Assassin
Jeanne Moreau Hou directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Anouk Aimée Hou directed To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
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Raise the Red Lantern 1991
Dust in the Wind 1986
A City of Sadness 1989
Taipei Story 1985
A Summer at Grandpa's 1984
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
103 credits on file
Television 2
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About this person
He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Other highly regarded works of his include The Puppetmaster (1993) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998).
