Director , Scriptwriter , Executive Producer、Position(導演Director,編劇Screenwriter)

Giddens KO – Director, Screenwriter, and Executive Producer

Born in 1978 in Changhua and graduated from Department of Management Science of National Chiao Tung University, Giddens Ko started to publish novels online in 2000. He won many literary awards for his works involving diverse subjects, which were widely popular among young people, making him a best-selling novelist. Several of his novels have been adapted into movies, including The Killer Who Never Kills, The Tenants Downstairs, Café·Waltlng·Love, You Are the Apple of My Eye, etc.

You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) is his first directorial feature, for which he also served as a screenwriter for the first time. The film was commercially and critically successful in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Southeast Asian countries. In 2017, he released his second feature film, Mon Mon Mon Monsters.

His latest work is Till We Meet Again, which earned him the nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay of the 58th Golden Horse Awards and Best Screenplay of the 24th Taipei Film Awards. In July, 2022, he won Best Director of Taipei Film Awards for this film.