Hou Hsiao-hsien

Born: 1947-04-08

Birthplace: Mei County, Guangdong, China

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

Raise the Red Lantern
The Assassin
A City of Sadness
Millennium Mambo
Taipei Story
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
To Each His Own Cinema
Paradise in Service
Flowers of Shanghai
Goodbye South, Goodbye

Top Movie Credits

Raise the Red Lantern Executive Producer
The Assassin Executive Producer
Taipei Story Screenplay
Paradise in Service Executive Producer
Flowers of Shanghai Executive Producer