Umin Boya (born March 1, 1978), also known as Ma Chih-hsiang(), is a

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(half aborigine on his father's side) writer, director and actor, and director of the historical baseball film ''

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'' (2014). He also starred in

Wei Te-sheng Wei Te-sheng (born 16 August 1969) is a Taiwanese film director and screenwriter. He directed ''Cape No. 7'', currently the highest grossing domestic Taiwanese film and the second highest-grossing film in Taiwanese film history. Early life We ...

's '' Seediq Bale'' (2011).

Career

Acting

Boya has appeared in a number of Taiwanese films and TV dramas, his first film role in Sung Pe Liu's ''Angels of Vengeance'' (1993). His first major role was in Wang Shaudi’s TV series Big Hospital, Little Doctor (2000). In 2002, he appeared in Wen-tang Cheng's ''Somewhere Over the Dreamland'' (which won a Golden Horse Award for Best Taiwanese Film of the Year) and played "Ming-hsien" in Ming-tai Wang's ''Brave 20'' (2002). In 2003, he appeared in the TV series ''Crystal Boys'' as A-Fong and ''Banquet'' (2003-2004) where, for his work in both series, he received nominations for a Golden Bell (Taiwan's equivalent to the Emmys) Best Supporting Actor award. In 2004, he played the role of "Hsiao Chi" in

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film director Sylvia Chang's ''20 30 40'' (2004), and in 2008, he played the character of Liar #1's Father in Ya-che Yang's ''Orz Boyz'' (2008). In 2009, he acted in the role of Lee An-Yi in the TV series ''Police Et Vous'' and ''Justice for Love''. In 2011, he starred as Temu Walis in

's historical epic, '' Seediq Bale'' (2011), which was split into two parts in some jurisdictions: Part 1 (The Sun Flag) and Part 2 (The Rainbow Bridge). He was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actor" award at the 2012

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for his performance in the film. In 2012, he appeared as Hsiang in Taiwanese director Chao-jen Hsu's ''Together'' (2012), and in 2014-2015, he appeared as the character "Canon" in the Taiwanese TV series ''Mr. Right Wanted''.

Directing

Boya made his directing debut with the mini-series ''Promised Not to Cry'', which he won a Golden Bell Award in the Best Director category. In 2014, Boya made his feature film directorial debut with ''

'', a historical period piece about Taiwan's legendary high school baseball team. Boya first got involved with the project when

mentioned doing a smaller film about baseball, which he had interest in because he was a former baseball player himself.Cinevue, POINT OF INTEREST: INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR UMIN BOYA OF KANO, http://www.asiancinevision.org/point-of-interest-interview-with-director-umin-boya-of-kano/ The film was also written and produced by

and won Audience Awards at the

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(where it also won a

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), the Osaka Asian Film Festival and the

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(where actor Yu-Ning Tsao won a Best Supporting Actor award). ''Kano'' is also the 6th highest grossing Taiwanese domestic film of all time.

References

External links

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Interview with Umin Boya and Wei Te-sheng
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boya, Umin 1978 births Taiwanese film directors Living people People from Hualien County 20th-century Taiwanese male actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors Taiwanese screenwriters Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese television directors Chinese Culture University alumni