Actors/Actress
Jack Kao is an actor born in 1958. He met producer Chang Hua-kun and Hou Hsiao-hsien of Evergreen Film Company by chance in 1987, prompting his first collaboration with Hou by playing a role in Hou's "Daughter of the Nile." In 1992, he had his first gangster role in "Dust of Angels" by Hsu Hsiao-ming and had successfully portrayed the gangster role who is faithful and loyal to his clan. Later he has played a lot of different roles in numerous films and TV dramas. He also won the Golden Bell Award for best supporting role.
Nominations
2009 The 46th Golden Horse Awards The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
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| 2024 | GATAO: Like Father Like Son |
| 2021 | City of Lost Things |
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2021 Annecy International Animated Film Festival-Contrechamp Competition
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| 2021 | GATAO - The Last Stray |
| 2019 | Han Dan |
| 2018 | GATAO 2：Rise of The King |
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Nominations
2018 Be st Supporting Actor, Best New Performer, and Best Original Film Song of the 55th Golden Horse Awards
2018 The main competition of the Hawaii International Film Festival
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| 2018 | Two Wrongs Make a Right |
| 2018 | Cities of Last Things |
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2018 Toronto International Film Festival - Platform Competition
2018 Busan International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema
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| 2018 | The Scoundrels |
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2018 Busan International Film Festival - A Window on Asian Cinema
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| 2017 | The Gangster's Daughter |
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New York Asian Film Festival (Official Competition)
Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema (Opening Film, Season V)
Los Angeles Taiwanese Film Biennial (Opening Film)
Women Make Waves Film Festival (Official Competition)
Hawaii International Film Festival
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| 2015 | The Assassin |
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2015 Busan International Film Festival -Gala Presentation
2015 Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival - Opening Film 2015 Cannes Film Festival - Best Director, Cannes Soundtrack Award |
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| 2014 | Zombie Fight Club |
| 2014 | Taipei Factory I |
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2013 The Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival – Special opening screening.
A Window on Asia Cinema – Busan Int'l Film Festival |
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| 2013 | Anywhere Somewhere Nowhere |
| 2012 | Bad Girls |
| 2012 | Zombie 108 |
| 2010 | Zoom Hunting |
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Selected by TPG (Tokyo Project Gathering) Won awards in Golden Horse Film & TV co-production Meeting
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| 2010 | ME,19 |
| 2009 | A Place of One`s OWN |
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Awards
2010 Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor of the 10th Chinese Film Media Awards
2009 Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Design, and Audience Choice Award of the 11th Taipei Film Awards
Nominations
2009 Best Supporting Actress of the 46th Golden Horse Awards
2009 FIPRESCI Prize of the 33rd Kong International Film Festival
Selections
2009 The 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival – Taiwan's New Generation
Festivals
2009 The 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival
2009 Chicago International Film Festival
2009 Stockholm International Film Festival
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| 2009 | Ghosted |
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2009 Berlin Film Festival (Panorama)
2009 Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2009 London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009 Hong Kong International FF 2009 Torino GLBT Film Festival |
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| 2009 | How are you,Dad? |
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2009 14th Pusan International Film Festival
2009 10th Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival 2009 6th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival. 2009 11th Taipei Film Festival-Closing film 2009 7th Yilan International Film Festival- Opening Film |
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| 2008 | Parking |
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2008 Golden Horse Award, Best Art Direction
2008 Golden Horse Award, FIPRESCI Prize 2008 Festival de Cannes 2008 Pusan International Film Festival,window of asia 2009 Adelaida Film Festival, World Cinema |
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| 2008 | God Man Dog |
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Awards
2008 Tagesspiegel Readers’ Jury Award, Internationale Forum des Jungen Films at Berlin International Film Festival
2008 E-Changer Award, Official Competition at Fribourg International Film Festival
2008 Best Screenplay (Singing Chen, Yi-An Lou) at Durban International Film Festival
2008 Asian Film Festival Roma, won Best Actress (Tarcy Su)
2008 Best Actor (Jack Kao) of the 2nd Asian Film Awards
Nominations
2008 Best New Director (Singing Chen) at Asian Film Festival Barcelona
2008 Grand Jury Award – Best Narrative Feature Film and Young Audience Jury Award of the Creteil International Women’s Film Festival
2008 Best Narrative Feature of the 10th Taipei Film Awards
2008 Taiwan's New Generation of the Hong Kong International Film Festival
2008 The Focus on Asia of the Fukuoka International Film Festival
2007 Best Original Screenplay (Singing Chen, Yi-An Lou), Best Art Direction (Mei-Ching Huang), and Best Film Editing (Singing Chen) of the 44th Golden Horse Awards
2007 New Currents of the Busan International Film Festival
2007 Vancouver International Film Festival
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| 2005 | Love’s Lone Flower |
| 2001 | MILLENNIUM MAMBO |
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2001 The 6th Pusan International Film Festival, A Window on Asian Cinema Section, A Window on Asian Cinema Award
2001 The 21st Hawaii International Film Festival, Golden Maile Awards Competition Section 2001 The 20th Vancouver International Film Festival 2001 The 37th Chicago International Film Festival, Silver Hugo Award 2001 The 28th Gent International Film Festival, Best Director Award 2001 The 54th Cannes International Film Festival, Best Technical Award 2001 The 38th Golden Horse Awards Best Cinematography, Best Original Score. Best Sound Effects 2002 The 31st International Film Festival Rotterdam 2002 The 4th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema2001 The 45th San Francisco International Film Festival 2002 Karlovy Vary International Film 2002 The 16th Fribourg International Film Festival |
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| 2000 | HIDDEN WHISPER |
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2000 The 37th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor nominated
2000 The 53rd Cannes International Film Festival, International Film Critics Week Section 2000 The 2nd Cinemanila International Film Festival 2000 Edinburgh International Film Festival 2000 The 5th Pusan International Film Festival, New Currents Competition Section 2000 The 45th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2001 The 15th Fribourg International Film Festival, Best New Director Award, Best Script Award |
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| 1999 | A CHANCE TO DIE |
| 1999 | 驚動天地 |
| 1998 | FLOWER OF SHANGHAI |
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1998 Asia-Pacific Film Festival
• Winner - Best Director (Hou Hsiao-Hsien) • Winner - Best Art Direction (Huang Wen-Ying) |
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| 1996 | GOODBYE SOUTH,GOODBYE |
| 1995 | 好男好女 |
| 1993 | Treasure Island |
| 1993 | 十大槍擊要犯之殺生狀元 |
| 1992 | Dust of Angels |
| 1991 | A Piggy Tale |
| 1990 | PEONY BIRDS |
| 1990 | 阿嬰 |
| 1989 | A City of Sadness |
| 1987 | Daughter of the Nile |
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2016 Berlin International Film Festival-Retrospective - Berlinale Classics
1987 Golden Horse Awards: Best Score 1987 Italy Turin Intl. Fest.: Special Jury Award 1988 Hong Kong Intl. Film Fest. 1988 Cannes Intl. Film Fest. 1988 Pesaro Film Fest. 1988 Jerusalem Film Fest. 1988 La Rochelle International Film Festival 1988 Gijon Intl. Film Fest. for Children & Young People 1988 Edinburgh Film Fest. 1988 Locarno Intl. Film Fest. 1988 The New York Film Fest. 1988 Toronto Intl. Film Fest. 1988 Vancouver Intl. Film Fest. 1988 Mostra Intl.de Cinema 1988 Chicago Intl. Film Fest. 1988 London Film Fest. 1989 Boston Film Fest.?Seattle Intl. Film Fest. 1990 Orleans Cinema Festival, France 1991 Montreal World Film Fest. |
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