
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Biography
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.
Acting (25 movies)

Past Present
2013

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

Taipei Story
1985

HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
1999

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
2008

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998

Métro Lumière
2004

Soul
1986

I Love Mary
1988

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014

I Wish I Knew
2010

The Bike & I
1984

Talking with Ozu
1993

Let the Wind Carry Me
2009

Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class
2007

A Special Day
2012

Our Time, Our Story
2002

Dragon Girls!
2016

The Boys from Fengkuei
1983

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
2016

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

That Day, on the Beach
1983

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
1993

Keep Rolling
2020

Sunless Days
1990
Directing (23 movies)

Millennium Mambo
2001

Three Times
2005

Flight of the Red Balloon
2007

To Each His Own Cinema
2007

Flowers of Shanghai
1998

Dust in the Wind
1986

The Time to Live and the Time to Die
1985

A City of Sadness
1989

Café Lumière
2004

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
2008

A Summer at Grandpa's
1984

The Puppetmaster
1993

The Green, Green Grass of Home
1982

Daughter of the Nile
1987

Good Men, Good Women
1995

Play While You Play
1981

The Boys from Fengkuei
1983

Goodbye South, Goodbye
1996

Cute Girl
1980

The Sandwich Man
1983

The Assassin
2015

10 Plus 10
2011

Adult Game
1986
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Revenge of Two Exorcists | 1975 | Screenplay |
| Lover on the Wave | 1978 | Screenplay |
| It Was Rainy Last Night | 1979 | Screenplay |
| Good Morning, Taipei | 1979 | Screenplay |
| Chu Lien | 1979 | Screenplay |
| Cute Girl | 1980 | Screenplay |
| Spring in Autumn | 1980 | Writer |
| Longing | 1981 | Writer |
| Play While You Play | 1981 | Writer |
| The Green, Green Grass of Home | 1982 | Writer |
| Six Is Company | 1982 | Writer |
| Growing Up | 1983 | Screenplay |
| Ah Fei | 1983 | Writer |
| Out of the Blue | 1984 | Writer |
| A Summer at Grandpa's | 1984 | Writer |
| My Favorite Season | 1985 | Writer |
| Taipei Story | 1985 | Screenplay |
| The Time to Live and the Time to Die | 1985 | Writer |
| All for Tomorrow | 1988 | Producer |
| King of Chess | 1991 | Producer |
| Raise the Red Lantern | 1991 | Executive Producer |
| Dust of Angels | 1992 | Producer |
| Why Don't We Sing? | 1995 | Producer |
| Heartbreak Island | 1995 | Executive Producer |
| A Borrowed Life | 1995 | Executive Producer |
| Flowers of Shanghai | 1998 | Executive Producer |
| Mirror Image | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| Café Lumière | 2004 | Writer |
| Three Times | 2005 | Writer |
| Reflections | 2007 | Producer |
| Flight of the Red Balloon | 2007 | Writer |
| One Day | 2010 | Executive Producer |
| Taipei Exchanges | 2010 | Producer |
| Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy | 2011 | Producer |
| Return Ticket | 2011 | Executive Producer |
| Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above | 2013 | Producer |
| Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above | 2013 | Executive Producer |
| Paradise in Service | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| The Assassin | 2015 | Screenplay |
| The Assassin | 2015 | Executive Producer |
| Missing Johnny | 2017 | Producer |
| Father to Son | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| Baby | 2018 | Executive Producer |
| The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams | 2020 | Producer |
| I Remember | 2022 | Producer |
| Salute | 2022 | Producer |
| Be With Me | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Old Fox | 2023 | Executive Producer |
| Daughter's Daughter | 2024 | Executive Producer |
| Mongrel | 2025 | Executive Producer |