Hou Xiaoxian

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Early experience

Hou Xiaoxian was born on April 8, 1947 in Meixian, Guangdong Province. When he was 4 months old, he moved to Taiwan with his family. He wanted to live as a guest for several years, but he could not return to his hometown due to political reasons. After several places, his family settled in Fengshan, Kaohsiung. After he failed in the joint college entrance examination, Hou Xiaoxian enlisted in the military service in 1966. During this period, he watched a British film crossroads, and decided to enter the film industry. In 1969, Hou Xiaoxian, who finished his military service, was admitted to the film department of the National Academy of Arts. In 1972, after graduation, Hou Xiaoxian failed to enter the film industry. In eight or nine months, he could only work as a computer salesman.

Acting experience

In 1973, it happened that the crew of "heart has thousands of knots" directed by Li Xing wanted to find a recording, so the school teacher recommended Hou Xiaoxian. As a result, Hou Xiaoxian formally set foot in the film industry, learning from Li Xing. On December 6, 1974, the love movie "near water tower" was released.

In September 1975, the fantasy film "peach blossom girl fighting Duke Zhou" was released, which was Hou Xiaoxian's first script. February 13, 1978, as a writer of the love comedy "I come from the waves" released. In 1979, Hou Xiaoxian worked as a screenwriter in the love movie "Good Morning Taipei" directed by Li Xing, and was nominated for the best adapted screenplay award of the 17th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In 1980, Hou Xiaoxian made his first full-length film, the slick one. On November 18, 1981, the self-made and self directed love movie "the wind kicks" was released, starring Zhong Zhentao, Feng Feifei and Chen you.

On November 27, 1982, the director's feature film "green grass on the riverside" was released. The film, starring Zhong Zhentao and Jiang Ling, was nominated for the best feature film award of the 19th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards, while Hou Xiaoxian was nominated for the best director award.

On January 29, 1983, the feature film "the story of Xiao Bi", as producer and screenwriter, was released and won the best adapted screenplay award of the 20th Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film. On September 2, the feature film "the big doll of my son", CO directed by Wan Ren and Zeng Zhuangxiang, was released and won the best work award at the West Mannheim Film Festival. In the same year, the feature film "the man from the wind cupboard" was directed 》When it was released, the film won the best work award of the 6th Nantes three continents Film Festival, and was nominated for the best feature film award of the 21st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award, while Hou Xiaoxian was nominated for the best director award. In the same year, the feature film "Rapeseed" was released, and Hou Xiaoxian won the best adapted screenplay award of the 21st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award.

In 1984, he directed the feature film "winter's holiday" co starred by Wang qiguang, Yan Zhengguo and Li Shuzhen, which won the best work award of the 7th Nantes three continents Film Festival, and Hou Xiaoxian won the best director award of the 30th Asia Pacific Film Festival.

On August 3, 1985, he directed and participated in the screenplay of the feature film "childhood past", which won the 36th Berlin International Film Festival Bixi new film forum award. Hou Xiaoxian won the best original script award of the 22nd Taiwan Golden Horse Award for the film. In the same year, he and Cai Qin starred in the feature film "childhood plum, bamboo and horse" directed by Yang Dechang, in which Hou Xiaoxian played a teenager "Alon", the owner of the cloth shop who was born as a national baseball player, was nominated for the best actor award in the 22nd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards for his role.

On August 22, 1987, the director's feature film "the daughter of the Nile" was released, starring Yang Lin, Yang Fan, Xin Shufen, etc., which won the special award for film critics of the 5th International Youth Film Festival in Turin, Italy; on September 13, the director's love film "love dust" premiered, starring Wang Jingwen, Xin Shufen, Li Tianlu, and Hou Xiaoxian relied on it He won the best director award at the International Film Festival in triea, Portugal.

In 1989, he directed the feature film "tragic city", CO starring Chen songyong, Liang Chaowei and Xin Shufen. The film won the Golden Lion Award at the 46th Venice International Film Festival, and Hou Xiaoxian won the best director award at the 26th Golden Horse Award for the film.

On September 6, 1991, the producer's feature film "chess king" was released; on September 10, 1991, the producer's feature film "red lantern hanging high" premiered. On September 13, 1993, the biographical film "a dream of life" was released. It was co starred by Li Tianlu and Lin Qiang, and won the jury award of the main competition unit of the 46th Cannes International Film Festival.

In 1994, Hou Xiaoxian worked as a producer in the feature film Duosang directed by Wu nianzhen. On May 22, 1995, the feature film "good men and good women" was released. It was co starred by Yi Nengjing, Lin Qiang and Gao Jie, and was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 48th Cannes International Film Festival. Hou Xiaoxian won the best director award of the 32nd Taiwan Golden Horse Award for his film.

On May 13, 1996, the director's feature film goodbye to the South premiered. Gao Jie, Yi Nengjing and Xu Guiying co starred in the film and were shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 49th Cannes International Film Festival.

On October 1, 1998, the feature film "flowers on the sea" was released. It was co starred by Tony Leung, Carina Lau and Michelle Li. It was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 51st Cannes International Film Festival and won the grand prize of the 35th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards jury.

In 2000, Hou Xiaoxian founded "tease film network". In 2002, Hou Xiaoxian established the Taiwan Film Culture Association and served as its president. On May 19, 2001, the director's love film "the name of the rose of the Millennium Mambo" was released. The film, CO starring Gao Jie, Shu Qi and Duan Junhao, was shortlisted in the main competition unit of the 54th Cannes International Film Festival.

In 2003, he directed the feature film "coffee time", which is Hou Xiaoxian's first foreign film shot in a foreign language and won the Golden Tulip award at the 24th Istanbul Film Festival. Hou Xiaoxian won the Asian filmmaker of the year award at the 9th Busan International Film Festival.

On October 28, 2005, the love film "the best time" was released. The film, starring Shu Qi and Zhang Zhen, entered the main competition unit of the 58th Cannes International Film Festival and was nominated for the best Asian Film Award of the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards and the best feature film award of the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. Hou Xiaoxian won the 42nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for this film Nominated for best director.

On May 17, 2007, the director's feature film "the journey of the red balloon" was released, CO starring Juliet Binoche and song Fang. In August, Hou Xiaoxian was awarded the Golden Leopard Award for lifelong achievement at the 60th International Film Festival in Locarno. On October 29, Hou Xiaoxian won the Kurosawa award at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese to win the award. On November 11, Hou Xiaoxian won the Kurosawa award Hou Xiaoxian took over the post of director general of the Taiwan directors' Association.

In February 2008, the documentary "craftsmanship in the golden age", directed by the director, was released. On April 10, 2009, Hou Xiaoxian was elected chairman of the Golden Horse Award for Taiwan film. On May 14, 2010, the producer's love movie "the 36th story" was released; on July 2, Hou Xiaoxian appeared in the documentary "Legend of the sea".

On March 16, 2011, the documentary "Jincheng boy" was released as producer; on December 16, the short film collection "10 + 10" jointly shot with Zhu Yanping, Wang Xiaodi and Wang Tong was released, and Hou Xiaoxian was responsible for the unit of "string of gold", which was shortlisted for the full scene unit of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

On August 2, 2013, the campus youth comedy "youth school" was released as a guest star; on November 1, 2013, the documentary "seeing Taiwan" was released as a producer. On March 8, 2014, the war movie "Orchid Pavilion" was released; on March 27, Hou Xiaoxian won the lifelong achievement award of the 8th Asian Film Awards.

On August 27, 2015, the ancient costume martial arts film "Assassin Nie yinniang" was released, which won the best feature film award of the 52nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the best film award of the 10th Asian Film Award. Hou Xiaoxian won the best director award of the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, the best director award of the 52nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the best director award of the 10th Asian Film Award Awards.

On November 5, 2016, the documentary "daily conversation" was released as a producer. On December 15, 2017, the feature film "Johnny Keck" was released. On October 19, 2018, the feature film "baby" was released.

On August 24, 2020, Hou Xiaoxian won the lifetime achievement award of the 57th Golden Horse Award.

Personal life

Hou's father, a former director of education in Meixian County, Guangdong Province, died at the age of 12. His mother died when he was 17, and his grandmother died when he was 18. Hou Xiaoxian also has a brother and a sister.

Hou Xiaoxian's wife is Cao Baofeng, and they have a daughter, Hou Yunhua. She majored in theater design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania. After returning to Taiwan, she became the cooperation and integration manager of Taiwan Film Culture Association. On January 26, 2007, she married Cai Junfei, the son of CAI Guanlun, the former leader of Sihai gang.

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