Born in Shanghai in 1947 and raised in Taiwan, Yang died in Los Angeles in 2007. He was a leading figure of the Taiwan New Cinema, with intricate, cool portraits of life in modern Taipei. He won the director prize at Cannes for Yi Yi.
Filmography
- That Day, on the Beach (1983)
- Taipei Story (1985)
- The Terrorizers (1986)
- A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
- A Confucian Confusion (1994)
- Mahjong (1996)
- Yi Yi (2000)