Hou Hsiao-hsien

Directing

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Born April 8, 1947Mei County, Guangdong, China69 credits

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.

Known For

Mongrel
8.0

Mongrel

Movie

2025

Daughter's Daughter
7.7

Daughter's Daughter

Movie

2024

Old Fox
7.6

Old Fox

Movie

2023

Be with Me
4.3

Be with Me

Movie

2023

Twisted Strings
7.0

Twisted Strings

TV

2022

Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
8.0

Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

Movie

2021

Filmography

Mongrel
2025MongrelExecutive ProducerMovie
Daughter's Daughter
2024Daughter's DaughterExecutive ProducerMovie
Old Fox
2023Old FoxExecutive ProducerMovie
Be with Me
2023Be with MeExecutive ProducerMovie
Twisted Strings
2022Twisted StringsExecutive ProducerTV
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
2021Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'as Self - archivalMovie
Keep Rolling
2020Keep RollingMovie
Baby
2018BabyExecutive ProducerMovie
Father to Son
2018Father to SonExecutive ProducerMovie
Dragon Girls!
2016Dragon Girls!as HimselfMovie
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
2016The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horseas SelfMovie
The Assassin
2015The AssassinDirectorMovie
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinemaas SelfMovie
Paradise in Service
2014Paradise in ServiceExecutive ProducerMovie
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
2013Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from AboveExecutive ProducerMovie
Past Present
2013Past Presentas SelfMovie
A Special Day
2012A Special Dayas SelfMovie
Return Ticket
2011Return TicketExecutive ProducerMovie
10 Plus 10
201110 Plus 10DirectorMovie
I Wish I Knew
2010I Wish I Knewas SelfMovie
One Day
2010One DayExecutive ProducerMovie
Let the Wind Carry Me
2009Let the Wind Carry Meas SelfMovie
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
2008In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanshipas VoiceMovie
My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story
2008My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Storyas SelfMovie
Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class
2007Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Classas HimselfMovie
To Each His Own Cinema
2007To Each His Own CinemaDirectorMovie
Flight of the Red Balloon
2007Flight of the Red BalloonDirectorMovie
Three Times
2005Three TimesDirectorMovie
Métro Lumière
2004Métro Lumièreas SelfMovie
Café Lumière
2004Café LumièreDirectorMovie
Our Time, Our Story
2002Our Time, Our Storyas SelfMovie
Millennium Mambo
2001Millennium MamboDirectorMovie
Mirror Image
2001Mirror ImageExecutive ProducerMovie
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-HsienMovie
Flowers of Shanghai
1998Flowers of ShanghaiDirectorMovie
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinemaas SelfMovie
Goodbye South, Goodbye
1996Goodbye South, GoodbyeDirectorMovie
A Borrowed Life
1995A Borrowed LifeExecutive ProducerMovie
Good Men, Good Women
1995Good Men, Good WomenDirectorMovie
Heartbreak Island
1995Heartbreak IslandExecutive ProducerMovie
The Puppetmaster
1993The PuppetmasterDirectorMovie
Talking with Ozu
1993Talking with Ozuas SelfMovie
When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yangas SelfMovie
Raise the Red Lantern
1991Raise the Red LanternExecutive ProducerMovie
Sunless Days
1990Sunless DaysMovie
A City of Sadness
1989A City of SadnessDirectorMovie
I Love Mary
1988I Love MaryMovie
Daughter of the Nile
1987Daughter of the NileDirectorMovie
Adult Game
1986Adult GameDirectorMovie
Soul
1986Soulas Boy-BoyMovie
Dust in the Wind
1986Dust in the WindDirectorMovie
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1985The Time to Live and the Time to DieDirectorMovie
Taipei Story
1985Taipei Storyas LungMovie
My Favorite Season
1985My Favorite SeasonWriterMovie
A Summer at Grandpa's
1984A Summer at Grandpa'sDirectorMovie
Out of the Blue
1984Out of the BlueWriterMovie
The Bike & I
1984The Bike & IMovie
The Sandwich Man
1983The Sandwich ManDirectorMovie
The Boys from Fengkuei
1983The Boys from Fengkueias Arong's Sister's BoyfriendMovie
That Day, on the Beach
1983That Day, on the Beachas Ah Cai's ExecutiveMovie
Ah Fei
1983Ah FeiWriterMovie
The Green, Green Grass of Home
1982The Green, Green Grass of HomeDirectorMovie
Six Is Company
1982Six Is CompanyWriterMovie
Play While You Play
1981Play While You PlayWriterMovie
Longing
1981LongingWriterMovie
Spring in Autumn
1980Spring in AutumnWriterMovie
Cute Girl
1980Cute GirlDirectorMovie
Golden Horse Awards
1962Golden Horse Awardsas SelfTV
L
—LOMA - Our HomeExecutive ProducerMovie