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Edward Yang
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Died aged 59
Also known asYang Dechang, Te-Chang Yang, 楊德昌, 에드워드 양, 양더창, 杨德昌GenderMaleNationalityTaiwanBorn06/11/1947Born inShanghai, ChinaDied29/06/2007 (aged 59)Died inLos AngelesCausecolorectal cancerWikidataQ716700 ↗Buried atWestwood Village Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#143035 ↗

Edward Yang was a Taiwanese and American filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a pioneer in the Taiwanese New Wave of the 1980s, alongside fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. Yang was regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Taiwanese cinema. He won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film Yi Yi.

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Filmography8 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2000Yi YiMoviePianist (uncredited)53
1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaMovieSelf51
1998JamMovie—51
1997First Love UnlimitedMovieTap's step-father50
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangMovieSelf46
1985Taipei StoryMovieBartender (uncredited)38
1984A Summer at Grandpa'sMovieGuanglin37
1982The Winter of 1905Movie—35