Director , Scriptwriter , Actors/Actress
Born on the 27th of Nov. 1977 in Tainan, Taiwan, with BA in Economics at National Taiwan University, Cheng started experimenting with V8 when he was a freshman and participated in several student productions and 16mm film productions for practical training. In junior year, Cheng shot his first 16mm short, Babyface, in which he worked as director, screenwriter and actor. After Babyface, he temporarily left school to concentrate on his second 16mm short film Summer Dream, which entered several international Film Festivals, and Cheng was seen as one of the most promising Taiwanese young talents. In 2006, his first feature Do Over was selected for the International Week of Film Critics in Venice and invited by various international film festivals, such as Vancouver, Athena, and Pusan.
In addition to directing, Cheng is also passionate about acting. In 2008 he played a major role in the TV drama, Police et Vous, and gained enormous popularity. Now Cheng is active in Taiwan’s film and TV industry as an actor and director.
Babyface (16mm, short film) Director/Screen writer/Actor
Vancouver International Film Festival
2002 Summer, dream (16mm, short film) Director/Screen writer
Vancouver International Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Golden Horse Award - Best Short Film
Taipei film festival-Best narrative film
2006 Do Over (35mm, feature length) Director/Screen writer
International Week of Film Critics in Venice
Vancouver International Film Festival
Athena International Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Golden horse award－Best film editing, Best Original film score, Formosa film award
Taipei film festival-Grand Prize & Audience’s choice award
2009 Yang Yang (35mm, feature length) Director/Screen writer
Berlin International Film Festival – Panorama
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Taipei Film Festival – Opening Film
Nominations
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards Best Director "Dear Tenant"
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Screenplay "Dear Tenant"
2015 The 52th Golden Horse Awards Best Adapted Screenplay "Wawa No Cidal"
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| 2024 | In Search of a Mixed Identity |
| 2020 | Dear Tenant |
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Awards
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards - Best Leading Actor (for Tzu-Yi MO), Best Supporting Actress (for Shu-Fang CHEN) and Best Original Film Score (for Fran CHEN)
2020 Taipei Film Awards – Best Actor - MO Tzu-yi
Nominations
2021 Asian Film Awards - Best Actor - MO Tzu-yi
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards - Best Narrative Feature, Best Director (for Yu-Chieh CHENG) and
Best Original Screenplay (for Yu-Chieh CHENG)
2020 Taipei Film Awards –
Best Supporting Actress - CHEN Shu-fang
Best Art Design - CHEN Po-jen
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| 2017 | The Village of No Return |
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Nominations
2017 Best Leading Actress, Best Art Direction and Best Makeup & Costume Design at the 54th Golden Horse Awards
2017 Best Narrative Feature of Taipei Film Awards
2017 NETPAC Award at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea)
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| 2015 | Wawa No Cidal |
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2015 Taipei Film Festival-Audience Choice Award
2015 Singapore International Film Festival-Opening Film 2015 ICFT-UNESCO Fellini Award Nomination 2015 Golden Horse Awards-Best Original Film Song |
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| 2014 | One Minute More |
| 2014 | Design 7 Love |
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2015 WorldFest-Houston International Film and
Video Festival-Grand Remi Award for Best Feature 2014 Golden Horse Awards - Best Visual Effects and Best New Performer Nominations 2014 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival |
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| 2012 | My Little Honey Moon |
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Opening film of 2012 New Taipei City Film Festival, Best TV film Actor of 2012 Golden Bell Awards
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| 2011 | Days We Stared at the Sun |
| 2011 | The Blackout Village |
| 2011 | My Transformed Family |
| 2011 | Ten Plus Ten |
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2011 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Opening Film
2012 Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin Panorama
Platinum Remi Award for Art Direction in the category of Film & Video Production at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in 2013 (winner)
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| 2010 | Close to You |
| 2010 | MonGa |
| 2009 | YangYang |
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2009 Berlin International Film Festival – Panorama
2009 Taipei Film Festival –Special Jury Prize, Best Actress, Best Music, NEW TALENT COMPETITION – Audience’s Choice Award 2009 46th Golden Horse Awards – FIPRESCI Prizes, 6 nominations 2009 Asia Pacific Film Festival -- Best leading actress 2010 Asian Film Awards – nominated for Best Actress and Best Cinematographer Festivals -- Hong Kong IFF, Locarno IFF, Vancouver IFF, Film Festival Ghent, Tokyo IFF, Pusan IFF, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Hawaii IFF, Torino Film Festival |
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| 2008 | Winds of September |
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2008 Hong Kong International Film Festival
2008 Shanghai International Film Festival, Asia Newcomer, Best Film 2008 Golden Horse Awards, Best Original Screenplay 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada 2008 Hawaii International Film Festival 2008 Pusan International Film Festival,window of asia 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival,Winds of Asia 2008 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2008 Jury Special Award, Best New Talent, Best Screenplay, Media Choice Award of Taipei Film Festival 2009 33th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Best Screenplay |
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| 2007 | Spider Lilies |
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2007 Berlin Film Festival, Teddy Bear Awardr(Panorama)
2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, Best International Film 2007 Asian Film Festival in Roma, Best Film |
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| 2006 | The Pain of Others |
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2005 South Taiwan Film Film And Vedio Festival
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| 2006 | Do Over |
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Awards
2006 Formosa Filmmaker Award, Best Editing, and Best Original Film Score of the 43rd Golden Horse Awards
2003 Grand Prize of Excellent Screenplay Award
2006 Grand Prize and Audience Choice Awards of Taipei Film Awards
2007 Best Film and Best Director of the 1ST Taiwan New Movie Awards
2007 The 1st Taiwan New Movie Awards (of the Directors Guild of Taiwan)
Festivals
2007 Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival
2006 Venice International Film Critics' Week
2006 Competition of the Athens International Film Festival
2006 Dragons and Tigers of the Vancouver Film Festival
2006 A Window on Asian Cinema of the Busan International Film Festival
2006 Winds of Asia of the Tokyo International Film Festival
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| 2001 | SUMMER, DREAM |
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2001 The 38TH Golden Horse Awards, Best Short Live Action Film
2002 Taipei Film Festival, Best Fictional Film/Video Award in the Professional Section of Citizen Video/Film Competition 2002 The 21st Vancouver International Film Festival, Dragons and Tigers Section 2002 The 15th Tokyo International Film Festival, Asian Cinema Competition Section 2002 The 7th Pusan International Film Festival, Wide Angle Section 2002 The 22nd Hawaii International Film Festival |
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| 2001 | LOVE ME TONIGHT |
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2001 Taipei Golden Horse Festival
2002 Taipei Film Festival, Citizen Vision Program Nominated 2002 The 25th Golden Harvest Awards for Short Film and Video, Excellent Short Film 2002 The South Taiwan Film & Video Festival 2002 Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards |
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| 2000 | BABYFACE |
2000 Babyface (16mm, short film) Director/Screen writer/Actor
2002 Summer, dream (16mm, short film) Director/Screen writer
2006 Do Over (35mm, feature length) Director/Screen writer
2009 Yang Yang (35mm, feature length) Director/Screen writer
