Hou Hsiao-hsien
Known for directing · Born 8 April 1947 · 79 · Mei County, Guangdong, China
91 credits
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
The Assassin
2015
Millennium Mambo
2001
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
A City of Sadness
1989
Taipei Story
1985
Dust in the Wind
1986
Flowers of Shanghai
1998
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1985
Three Times
2005
The Boys from Fengkuei
1983
Café Lumière
2004
Flight of the Red Balloon
2007
Acting (26)
2021Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'Self - archivalFilm
2020Keep RollingFilm
2016Dragon Girls!HimselfFilm
2016The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden HorseSelfFilm
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelfFilm
2013Past PresentSelfFilm
2012A Special DaySelfFilm
2010I Wish I KnewSelfFilm
2009Let the Wind Carry MeSelfFilm
2008In the Golden Age of Chinese CraftsmanshipVoiceFilm
2008My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life StorySelfFilm
2007Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master ClassHimselfFilm
2004Métro LumièreSelfFilm
2002Our Time, Our StorySelfFilm
1999HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-HsienFilm
1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaSelfFilm
1993Talking with OzuSelfFilm
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangSelfFilm
1990Sunless DaysFilm
1988I Love MaryFilm
1986SoulBoy-BoyFilm
1985Taipei StoryLungFilm
1984The Bike & IFilm
1983The Boys from FengkueiArong's Sister's BoyfriendFilm
1983That Day, on the BeachAh Cai's ExecutiveFilm
1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf · 3 episodesSeries
Directing (23)
2015The AssassinDirector, Screenplay, Executive ProducerFilm
201110 Plus 10DirectorFilm
2008In the Golden Age of Chinese CraftsmanshipDirectorFilm
2007To Each His Own CinemaDirectorFilm
2007Flight of the Red BalloonDirector, WriterFilm
2007the electric princess houseDirectorFilm
2005Three TimesDirector, WriterFilm
2004Café LumièreDirector, WriterFilm
2001Millennium MamboDirectorFilm
1998Flowers of ShanghaiDirector, Executive ProducerFilm
1998Goodbye South, GoodbyeDirectorFilm
1995Good Men, Good WomenDirectorFilm
1993The PuppetmasterDirectorFilm
1989A City of SadnessDirectorFilm
1987Daughter of the NileDirectorFilm
1986Dust in the WindDirectorFilm
1986Adult GameDirectorFilm
1985The Time to Live and the Time to DieDirector, WriterFilm
1984A Summer at Grandpa'sDirector, WriterFilm
1983The Boys from FengkueiDirectorFilm
1983The Sandwich ManDirectorFilm
1982The Green, Green Grass of HomeDirector, WriterFilm
1980Cute GirlDirector, ScreenplayFilm
Production (28)
2025MongrelExecutive ProducerFilm
2024Daughter's DaughterExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Old FoxExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Be with MeExecutive ProducerFilm
2022SaluteProducerFilm
2022Twisted StringsExecutive ProducerSeries
2022I RememberProducerFilm
2020The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled DreamsProducerFilm
2018BabyExecutive ProducerFilm
2018Father to SonExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Missing JohnnyProducerFilm
2014Paradise in ServiceExecutive ProducerFilm
2013Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from AboveExecutive ProducerFilm
2011Return TicketExecutive ProducerFilm
2011Hometown BoyProducerFilm
2010Taipei ExchangesProducerFilm
2010One DayExecutive ProducerFilm
2007ReflectionsProducerFilm
2001Mirror ImageExecutive ProducerFilm
1996Why Don't We Sing?ProducerFilm
1995A Borrowed LifeExecutive ProducerFilm
1995Heartbreak IslandExecutive ProducerFilm
1993Treasure IslandSupervising ProducerFilm
1992Dust of AngelsProducerFilm
1991Raise the Red LanternExecutive ProducerFilm
1991King of ChessProducerFilm
1988All for TomorrowProducerFilm
—LOMA - Our HomeExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (14)
1985Taipei StoryScreenplayFilm
1985My Favorite SeasonWriterFilm
1984Out of the BlueWriterFilm
1983Growing UpScreenplayFilm
1983Ah FeiWriterFilm
1982Six Is CompanyWriterFilm
1981Play While You PlayWriter, DirectorFilm
1981LongingWriterFilm
1980Spring in AutumnWriterFilm
1979Good Morning, TaipeiScreenplayFilm
1979Chu LienScreenplayFilm
1979It Was Rainy Last NightScreenplayFilm
1978Lover on the WaveScreenplayFilm
1975The Revenge of Two ExorcistsScreenplayFilm