Lee Kang-sheng () (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
,
film director and
screenwriter. He has appeared in all of
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese ...
's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include ''The Missing'' in 2003 and ''
Help Me Eros'' in 2007.
Career
Lee was working at an arcade when he was asked by
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese ...
to act in his TV film ''Boys''. This started a working relationship that has lasted over 30 years and Tsai said that he would never make another movie without Lee.
Awards
Lee has received recognition for his acting by winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002
Cinemanila International Film Festival The Cinemanila International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Manila, Philippines. It was founded by Filipino filmmaker Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz in 1999. The focus of the festival is on the cinema of the Philippines as well as Southea ...
for ''
What Time Is It There?'' and getting nominated for a
Golden Horse Award
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is us ...
in 1994 for ''
Vive L'Amour''.
Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, ''The Missing''. At the 2004
Rotterdam International Film Festival
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...
, he won the KNF Award, the
NETPAC Award and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004
Pusan International Film Festival
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, a special mention at the
Ljubljana International Film Festival and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival.
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Internet Movie Database; retrieved 2007-11-08
His second directorial effort, ''
Help Me Eros'' in 2007, was nominated for a
Golden Lion at the
Venice Film Festival
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. It won a special jury award at the 2007
World Film Festival of Bangkok.
Filmography
As actor
As screenwriter-director
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References
External links
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at Senses of Cinema
The Unprofessional: An Interview with Lee Kang-sheng
at UCLA Asia Institute
Conversation with Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng
at Asia Society
1968 births
Living people
Male actors from Taipei
Taiwanese male film actors
Film directors from Taipei
Taiwanese screenwriters
Taiwanese male television actors
20th-century Taiwanese male actors
21st-century Taiwanese male actors
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