Born in Hong Kong in 1957, Stanley Kwan studied mass communications and worked at the television company TVB. His films often portray women's struggles in love with sympathy. Rouge (1987) is a ghost story, Center Stage (1991) a biopic of the silent star Ruan Lingyu, and Red Rose White Rose (1994) an adaptation of Eileen Chang. He came out as gay in the documentary Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996), and Hold You Tight (1998) won the Teddy and Alfred Bauer Prize at Berlin. Lan Yu (2001) won him the Golden Horse award for best director.
Filmography
- Women (1985)
- Love Unto Waste (1986)
- Rouge (1987)
- Center Stage (1991)
- Red Rose White Rose (1994)
- Hold You Tight (1998)
- Lan Yu (2001)
- Everlasting Regret (2005)