Hou Hsiao-hsien

Personal Info

Birthday

April 8, 1947

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Mei County, Guangdong

Also Known As

Hau Hau-Yin

Hou Syao-Syan

Hou Li

Hook Li

侯孝賢

허우 샤오시엔

侯孝贤

HHH

허우샤오셴

후효현

Lai Hou

Hou Hsiao-hsien

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.

Known For

Taipei Story

That Day, on the Beach

The Boys from Fengkuei

Soul

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

Filmography

2021
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
as Self - archival
2016
Dragon Girls!
as Himself
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
as Self
2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
2013
Past Present
as Self
2012
A Special Day
as Self
2010
I Wish I Knew
as Self
2009
Let the Wind Carry Me
as Self
2008
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
as Voice
My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story
as Self
2007
Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class
as Himself
2004
Métro Lumière
as Self
2002
Our Time, Our Story
as Self
1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
1993
Talking with Ozu
as Self
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
as Self
1986
Soul
as Boy-Boy
1985
Taipei Story
as Lung
1983
The Boys from Fengkuei
as Arong's Sister's Boyfriend
That Day, on the Beach
as Ah Cai's Executive