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Cheng Yu-Chieh
Cheng Yu-Chieh (born November 27, 1977) is a Taiwanese director, a screenwriter and an actor. His first feature film ''Do Over'' (一年之初) in 2006 won the top price in Taipei Film Festival and was invited to various international film festivals and gained Cheng international attention. Besides being a screenwriter and director, Cheng is also known as an actor. In 2008 his portrayal of the police officer, Pan Shi-Yuan, in Wang Shau-Di's TV drama ''Police et vous'' (波麗士大人) was highly appreciated by the audience. Additionally, in 2009, he played Xu Fang-Guo in Chen Hui-Ling's TV drama ''Autumn's concerto'' (下一站，幸福) . Cheng Yu-Chieh's second feature film, '' Yang Yang'' (陽陽), was released on August 7, 2009, and was selected for the Berlin Film Festival. In 2010, Cheng Yu-Chieh wrote and directed a five-episode mini-series entitled ''They explode the day before graduation'' (他們在畢業的前一天爆炸)'','' which premiered on Public Television Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served during the period of Japanese colonization. After World War II, the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) government assumed the administration of the university. The Ministry of Education reorganized and renamed the university to its current name on November 15, 1945, with its roots of liberal tradition from Peking University in Beijing by former NTU President Fu Ssu-nien. The university consists of 11 colleges, 56 departments, 133 graduate institutes, about 60 research centers, and a school of professional education and continuing studies. Notable alumni include Tsai Ing-Wen, current President of the Republic of China, former presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou, Turing Award laureate Andrew Yao, and Nobel Prize in Chemistry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Film Festival
The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; ) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first held in 1998, from September 28 to October 5. Currently chaired by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping Bin, Taipei Film Festival is the only festival in Taiwan that offers a New Talent Competition for aspiring directors from around the world and a Taipei Awards competition for Taiwanese filmmakers. The Festival screens around 200 films from more than 30 countries worldwide. With approximately 100,000 attendants each year, Taipei Film Festival has become one of the most influential film festivals in the Chinese-speaking world. History Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 Taipei Film Festival was the first in-person film festival to be held that year worldwide. Competition sections *International New Talent Competition - Films in this section must be a director's first or second feature. **Grand Prize **Spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Shaudi
Wang Shaudi () is a Taiwanese director, writer and film producer who has been involved in making such production as ''Life Plan A and B'', ''1000 Walls in Dream'' and ''Tropical Fish''. She has won multiple awards for her work including one for Best Screenplay at the Golden Horse Film Festival and one for Best Film at the Taipei Film Festival. In 2014 she was presented with the Taiwan National Award for Arts for her contributions to film making. Biography Wang was born in Taipei in 1953 and studied at the National Taiwan University of Arts before pursuing a master's degree in theatre at Trinity University in Texas. In 1979 she returned to Taiwan and later co-founded production company Rice Film International with fellow director Huang Li-Ming in 1992. After working on a number of television projects she writ and directed her first feature film '' Accidental Legend'' which was released in 1996. Two years later she directed the animation ''Grandma and Her Ghosts'' which went on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn's Concerto
Autumn's Concerto () is a 2009 Taiwanese drama series starring Ady An, Ann Hsu, and Vanness Wu of F4. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television and directed by Wei-ling Chen. The series was filmed from June to December 2009. The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV) on Sundays from 22:00 to 23:30 from October 4, 2009, to February 28, 2010. It was also shown on the cable network Sanlih E-Television on Saturdays from 21:00 to 22:30 from October 10, 2009, to March 6, 2010. ''Autumn's Concerto'' was nominated in 2010 for Best Marketing at the 45th Golden Bell Awards in Taiwan. The show has also broken records with its high ratings. Episode 18 (aired on 31 January 2010) achieved a score of 8.23, passing ''The Prince Who Turns into a Frog'' to become the second-highest rated Taiwanese idol drama, second only to '' Fated to Love You''. ''Autumn's Concerto'' airs on Hawaii's KIKU television every Saturday at 7:00 PM. Synopsis Ren Guang Xi (Vanness Wu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Yang (film)
''Yang-Yang'' is a 2009 Taiwanese film directed by Cheng Yu-Chieh. It is the director’s second feature film, and also the first film in Ang Lee and Khan Lee’s Tui Shou Ji Hua (Pushing Hands Project/推手計畫). The film stars Sandrine Pinna, Chang Ruei-Jia, and Huang Chien-Wei to tell the story of a Taiwanese-French biracial girl Yang-Yang, who struggles to balance the image of a nice girl expected of her in the society and her true self longing for love. Plot Yang-Yang, a Taiwanese-French biracial girl, has never seen his French biological father, nor can she speak French. Her high school life was disrupted when her mom decided to marry her track and field team coach for she has to adjust to living in a new family with her coach, and her teammate, Xiao-Ru, who is the coach’s daughter. The ambiguous relationship Yang-Yang has with Xiao Ru’s boyfriend has turned the two into rivals not only on the track but also in real life. Out of jealousy, Xiao-Ru plots agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Television Service
Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS Foundation/Public Television Service Foundation, ), also called Public Television Service (PTS, ), is the first independent public broadcasting institution in Taiwan, which broadcasts the Public Television Service Taiwan. Although first proposed in 1980, it was not until 1984 that the executive-level Government Information Office (GIO), which regulates mass media activities and serves as the government press bureau, attempted to create a separate entity that would produce public interest programs for broadcast on the then-existing three terrestrial networks. Nevertheless, the Executive Yuan (one of Taiwan's five branches of government or ''yuans'', and the one responsible for the GIO) later shifted the responsibility to the preexisting Chinese Public Television Broadcasting Development Fund. It was not until the early 1990s, following the lifting of martial law, that legislative efforts striving to create a public television stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
46th Golden Bell Awards
The 46th Golden Bell Awards (Mandarin:第46屆金鐘獎) was held on October 21, 2011 at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... The ceremony was broadcast live by CTV. Winners and nominees Below is the list of winners and nominees for the main categories. References External links Official website of the 46th Golden Bell Awards {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Bell Awards 2011 *2011 2011 television awards 2011 in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
38th Golden Horse Awards
The 38th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第38屆金馬獎) took place on December 8, 2001 at Hualien Stadium in Hualien County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... References 38th 2001 film awards 2001 in Taiwan {{film-award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Walking (film)
is a 2008 Japanese film edited, written, and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. The film is a portrait of a family over roughly 24 hours as they commemorate the death of the eldest son. The film was widely praised by critics and won the Golden Astor for Best Film at the 2008 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Plot The Yokoyama family come together every year to commemorate the death of the eldest son, Junpei, who accidentally drowned 12 years ago while saving the life of a boy. His father Kyohei, a retired doctor, and mother Toshiko are joined by their surviving son Ryota, who has recently married a widow (Yukari) with a young son (Atsushi), and their daughter Chinami, her husband and their children. Ryota resents knowing that Junpei was the favorite son, whose belongings are still left untouched by Toshiko, and that his parents attribute positive memories of him to Junpei; a bitter Kyohei, who is still mourning his son, has always been disappointed that Ryota went into ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panay (film)
''Panay'' is a 2015 feature film directed by Taiwanese director Cheng Yu-Chieh and Lekal Sumi Cilangasan. It is inspired by a true story. Panay is a very common female name among the Taiwanese Indigenous tribe, it simply stands for the beautiful spike of rice. This is one of the few Taiwanese movies that filmed from an indigenous perspective. Through the cross ethnic cooperation between two directors, Cheng Yu-Chieh (Han) and Lekal Sumi (Pangcah). Actors are mostly new to the stage, they are fresh yet persuasive. The movie was being awarded the Audience Choice Award from the Taipei Film Festival. Panay's theme song "Aka Pisawad "Aka Pisawad" (Mandarin: 不要放棄) is a song written and sung by Suming, an Amis singer, and is the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film "Wawa No Cidal". The song won the Best Original Song for a Movie at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in ..." won the Best Original Film Song of the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. Plot Panay worked in the city as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Tenant
''Dear Tenant'' () is a 2020 Taiwanese drama film directed by Cheng Yu-chieh starring Mo Tzu-yi, Chen Shu-fang and Runyin Bai. It was primarily filmed in Keelung city and contains themes such as homosexuality, euthanasia and adoption rights. The film won both Best Leading Actor for Mo and Best Supporting Actress for Chen at the 57th Golden Horse Awards. Cast * Mo Tzu-yi as Lin Jian-yi (林健一) * Chen Shu-fang as Zhou Xiu-yu (周秀玉) * Runyin Bai as Wang You-yu (王悠宇) * Yao Chun-yao as Wang Li-wei (王立維) * Jay Shih Jay Shih (; born 31 October 1983) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and television host. He debuted as one half of the Mandopop duo Awaking, with the other being Wesley Chia. As an actor, he has appeared in television series including ''Miss No Go ... as Wang Li-gang (王立綱) Awards and nominations References External links * {{authority control 2020 LGBT-related films 2020 films LGBT-related romantic drama films Gay-related film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
