Director , Scriptwriter
Chang Tso-Chi was born in Jiayi, Taiwan, in 1961. He first majored in electrical engineering and then went on to study film and drama at the Chinese Culture University, graduating in 1987. He found work in the film industry as a camera assistant and very quickly moved on to work as an assistant director, first to Yu Kan-Pi, then to Yim Ho and Tsui Hark. In 1988, he worked as Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s first assistant director on ‘A City of Sadness’. His first work “Ah Chung’ used unprofessional actors to demonstrate a special Taiwanese cermemony Ba Jia Jiang (Eight Generals). This film won the ‘Special Jury Prize’ at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and Pusan Film Festival (‘New Currents’ section). The film also received awards for ‘Best Director’ at the Thessalonika Film Festival, and ‘Grand Prix du Jury’ and ‘Best Photography’ at Zhuhai Film Festival, China. The film ‘Darkness and Light’ was awarded ‘Grand Prix’, ‘Tokyo Gold Prize’ and ‘Asian Film Award’ (Tokyo International Film Festival) for best picture. At the Singpore Film Festival the film won ‘Best Film’ and the ‘FIPRESCI Award’. The film ‘Best of Times’ was selected for the Venice Film Festival competition and was awarded ‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Actor’ at the Singapore Film Festival. His most recent film is ‘How Are You,Dad?’.
1994 Midnight Gunshots (Anye Qiangsheng)
1996 Ah Chung (Zhong-zai)
‘Best Director’, Thessalonika Film Festival
‘Special Jury Prize’, Asia-Pacific Film Festival
‘Special Jury Prize’, Pusan Film Festival ‘New Currents’ section
‘Best Supporting Actress’, Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan
‘Grand Prix du Jury’ & ‘Best Photography’, Zhuhai Film Festival, China
Selected for 12 other international festivals
1999 Darkness and Light (Hei’an zhi Guang)
‘Grand Prix’, ‘Tokyo Gold Prize’ and ‘Asian Film Award’, Tokyo International Film Festival
‘Best Picture’ and ‘Best Newcomer’, Taipei Film Festival
‘Best Film’, ‘FIPRESCI Award’ and ‘NETPAC Award’, Singapore Film Festival
Four Golden Horse Awards, including ‘Best Screenplay’
Official Selection for the Quinzaine des Realisateurs, Cannes,
and 14 other international festivals
2002 The Best of Times (Meili Shiguang)
‘Best Feature Film’, ‘Audience Choice Award’ and ’Best Taiwanese Film of the Year’, the 39th Golden Horse Awards
2005 The Holy Ridge TV
the first TV series made by film in taiwan.
200 Soul of Demon
Golden Horse Film Festival-Opening Film
58th Berlin Film Festival-Panorama
2009 How are you, Dad?
11th Taipeai Film Festival-Closing film
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Intimate Encounter |
| 2022 | Flotsam and Jetsam |
| 2019 | Synapses |
| 2015 | Thanatos Drunk |
| 2013 | A Time in Quchi |
| 2011 | Ten Plus Ten |
| 2010 | When Love Comes |
| 2009 | How are you,Dad? |
| 2008 | Soul of A Demon |
| 2002 | The Best of Times |
| 1999 | Darkness & Lights |
| 1996 | Ah Chung |
1994 Midnight Revenge
1995 Ah-Chung
1999 Darkness and Light
2001 The Best of Times
2006 Soul of Demon
2009 How are you, Dad?
2010 When Love Comes
2011 10+10 (segment "
2013 A Time in Quchi
2015 Thanatos, Drunk
2017 Sparkles