Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Hou Hsiao-hsien

Directing 79 April 8, 1947

Mei County, Guangdong, China

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.

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Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern

7.9 1991 Movie
The Assassin

The Assassin

6.4 2015 Movie
Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

7.0 2001 Movie
A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

7.5 1989 Movie
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

6.4 2007 Movie
Golden Horse Awards

Golden Horse Awards

9.0 1962 TV Show
Taipei Story

Taipei Story

7.5 1985 Movie
Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

6.9 1998 Movie
Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

7.6 1986 Movie
The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

7.2 1985 Movie
Three Times

Three Times

6.9 2005 Movie
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

7.2 1983 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Mongrel

    Movie Executive Producer

  2. 2024
    Daughter's Daughter

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2023
    Old Fox

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 2023
    Be with Me

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 2022
    Salute

    Movie Producer

  6. 2022
    Twisted Strings

    TV show Executive Producer

  7. 2022
    I Remember

    Movie Producer

  8. 2021
    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    Movie Self - archival

  9. 2020
    Keep Rolling

    Movie

  10. 2020
    The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

    Movie Producer

  11. 2018
    Baby

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 2018
    Father to Son

    Movie Executive Producer

  13. 2017
    Missing Johnny

    Movie Producer

  14. 2016
    Dragon Girls!

    Movie Himself

  15. 2016
    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    Movie Self

  16. 2015
    The Assassin

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2014
    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Movie Self

  2. 2014
    Paradise in Service

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2013
    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Movie Producer

  4. 2013
    Past Present

    Movie Self

  5. 2012
    A Special Day

    Movie Self

  6. 2011
    Return Ticket

    Movie Executive Producer

  7. 2011
    10 Plus 10

    Movie Director

  8. 2011
    Hometown Boy

    Movie Producer

  9. 2010
    I Wish I Knew

    Movie Self

  10. 2010
    Taipei Exchanges

    Movie Producer

  11. 2010
    One Day

    Movie Executive Producer

  12. 2009
    Let the Wind Carry Me

    Movie Self

  13. 2008
    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    Movie Voice

  14. 2008
    My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story

    Movie Self

  15. 2007
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class

    Movie Himself

  16. 2007
    To Each His Own Cinema

    Movie Director

  17. 2007
    the electric princess house

    Movie Director

  18. 2007
    Flight of the Red Balloon

    Movie Director

  19. 2007
    Reflections

    Movie Producer

  20. 2005
    Three Times

    Movie Director

  21. 2004
    Métro Lumière

    Movie Self

  22. 2004
    Café Lumière

    Movie Director

  23. 2002
    Our Time, Our Story

    Movie Self

  24. 2001
    Millennium Mambo

    Movie Director