Edward Yang

Name: Edward Yang
Native name: 楊德昌
Also Known as: 杨德昌, Yang De Chang
Nationality: Taiwanese
Gender: Male
Born: November 6, 1947
Died: June 29, 2007

Edward Yang is considered one of the leading filmmakers of Taiwan's New Wave Cinema movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Yang went to university and lived in the United States before deciding to pursue his dream of filmmaking. His big break was in the anthology film, "In Our Time" (1982). Yang's "Taipei Story" (1985) starred his friend and director, Hou Hsiao Hsien, as well as Yang's future wife, Tsai Chin. His epic "A Brighter Summer Day" (1991) was critically acclaimed and is considered a masterpiece by many. He is, perhaps, best known for his final film, "Yi Yi" (2000), for which earned him Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival.

On June 29, 2007, Yang died after a seven-year battle with colon cancer. He was survived by his second wife, Kalli Peng, and his son, Sean.
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Year	Title	Type	Rating
1981	The Winter of 1905	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1984	Eleven Women	Drama	0.0
1981	Duckweed	Special	0.0

Year	Title	Type	Rating
2000	Yi Yi	Movie	7.9
1996	Mahjong	Movie	6.9
1994	A Confucian Confusion	Movie	7.5
1991	A Brighter Summer Day	Movie	7.7
1986	The Terrorizers	Movie	7.5
1985	Taipei Story	Movie	7.4
1983	That Day, on the Beach	Movie	7.5
1982	In Our Time	Movie	6.8

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1984	A Summer at Grandpa's	Movie	7.3

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1984	Out of The Blue	Movie	0.0

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2002	Our Time, Our Story Taiwanese Movie, 2002, [Himself] (Main Role)	[Himself] Main Role	0.0
2000	Yi Yi Taiwanese Movie, 2000, [Pianist in cello concert scene] (Guest Role)	[Pianist in cello concert scene] Guest Role	7.9
1997	First Love Unlimited Hong Kong Movie, 1997, (Support Role)	Support Role	7.5
1984	A Summer at Grandpa's Taiwanese Movie, 1984, (Support Role)	Support Role	7.3
1981	The Winter of 1905 Taiwanese Movie, 1981, Lieutenant Tanaka (Support Role)	Lieutenant Tanaka Support Role	0.0