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Ho Wi-ding (; born 30 November 1971) is a
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-born
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ese filmmaker.


Life and career

Ho was born in
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of Chinese ethnic background, and he graduated from Tisch School of the Arts at
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. In 2001, he moved to Taipei where his sister lived in, and started working on commercials and shorts. He finished his feature debut ''
Pinoy Sunday ''Pinoy Sunday'' (Chinese: 台北星期天 (traditional); pinyin: Táiběi Xīngqítiān; lit: "Taipei Sunday") is a 2009 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed by Ho Wi Ding about two overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan who get themselves in an adve ...
'' in 2010, winning him the Best New Director Award at
47th Golden Horse Awards The 47th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official lang ...
. His third feature ''
Cities of Last Things ''Cities of Last Things'' ( zh, 幸福城市) is a drama film, directed by Ho Wi Ding and released in 2018.
'' had its world premiere at the
2018 Toronto International Film Festival The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to ...
, and was awarded the
Platform Prize The Platform Prize is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to films of "high artistic merit that also demonstrate a strong directorial vision.""TIFF 2018 Awards: ‘Green Book’ Wins the People’s Choice Award, Upsetting ‘A Star Is Born’"
''
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'', September 16, 2018.
Ho married Taiwanese film director . The pair co-directed ''
Terrorizers ''The Terrorizers'' is a 1986 drama film by acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang. Plot The film concerns the coincidental interactions between three groups of people in Taipei: a young woman and the tough petty criminal gang of Native Taiw ...
.


Filmography


Feature films

*''
Pinoy Sunday ''Pinoy Sunday'' (Chinese: 台北星期天 (traditional); pinyin: Táiběi Xīngqítiān; lit: "Taipei Sunday") is a 2009 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed by Ho Wi Ding about two overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan who get themselves in an adve ...
'' (2010) *''
Beautiful Accident ''Beautiful Accident'' ( zh, 美好的意外) is a 2017 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed by Ho Wi Ding and co-produced by Chen Kun. The film stars Gwei Lun-mei, Chen Kun, Wang Jingchun, Ouyang Nana, and William Wang. It is a remake of the 201 ...
'' (2017) *''
Cities of Last Things ''Cities of Last Things'' ( zh, 幸福城市) is a drama film, directed by Ho Wi Ding and released in 2018.
'' (2018) *''
Terrorizers ''The Terrorizers'' is a 1986 drama film by acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang. Plot The film concerns the coincidental interactions between three groups of people in Taipei: a young woman and the tough petty criminal gang of Native Taiw ...
'' (2021)


Telefilms

*''My Elder Brother in Taiwan'' (2012) *''The Biggest Toad in the Puddle'' (2015)


References


External links

* 1971 births Living people New York University alumni Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian film directors Taiwanese film directors Malaysian emigrants to Taiwan {{Taiwan-film-director-stub