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Patrick Chou
Patrick Chou Yi-hsien () is a Taiwanese cinematographer best known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Giddens Ko. He won Best Cinematography in the 14th Taipei Film Awards with the drama film ''Young Dudes'' (2012) and Best Cinematography for a Drama Series in the 55th Golden Bell Awards with Netflix crime series '' Nowhere Man'' (2019). Biography Chou began working part-time after graduating from junior high school in a factory, and later became a wedding photography assistant. He began to learn cinematography by that time, and went on to become a cinematographer for advertising and television companies. In 2011, Chou made his feature film cinematographic debut in feature films with the romance film ''You Are the Apple of My Eye'', directed by Giddens Ko. Since then, Chou has become a frequent collaborator with Ko over the next decade. In the following year, he worked as the cinematographer for the drama film ', for which he won Best Cinematography in the 14th Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (website)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror Media
Mirror Media () is a Taiwanese media company. It was founded in 2016 as an eponymous tabloid magazine, and also owns the subsidiaries , , , Mirror Voice (鏡好聽) and MBRAVO (鏡采創意). Background Pei Wei was chief editor and publisher of the Taiwanese edition of '' Next Magazine''. During his tenure as editor, Pei was credited with the growth of ''Next Magazine''. A number of articles published in the magazine during his editorship resulted in legal action against ''Next'', as well as Pei personally. A 2002 report on allegations of embezzlement within the National Security Bureau resulted in a raid of company offices. For reports on the personal lives of politicians published within ''Next Magazine'', Pei has been subject to lawsuits alleging libel and defamation. Mirror Media was founded in 2016, with Pei leading a group of former ''Next Magazine'' employees. Mirror Media subsequently became the main competitor of ''Next Magazine''. Television , a subsidiary of Mirror Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Talents Society
''Dead Talents Society'' () is a 2024 Taiwanese horror comedy film directed and co-written by John Hsu (filmmaker), John Hsu, starring Chen Bolin, Sandrine Pinna, Gingle Wang, Eleven Yao, Bai Bai, and Super Idol (Taiwanese TV series)#Series overview, Soso Tseng. Set in a fictional underworld where ghosts can linger in the mortal realm by competing to haunt humans, the film follows a rookie ghost (Wang) as she embarks on a journey to find her own uniqueness under the tutelage of a passionate agent (Chen) and a washed-up diva (Pinna). The film had its world premiere at the Taipei Film Festival, 26th Taipei Film Festival on 28 June 2024, and released theatrically on 7 August in Taiwan. Plot Catherine, a renowned underworld diva known for haunting a hotel, is betrayed by her protégé, Jessica, who surpasses her at the Golden Ghost Awards with a series of jump scare videos on the internet, leading to a decline in Catherine's popularity. Four years later, an unnamed rookie ghost dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hsu (filmmaker)
John Hsu () is a Taiwanese film director. His debut feature film '' Detention'' (2019), was based on the video game of the same name. It was nominated for twelve prizes at the 56th Golden Horse Awards and won five, including Best Adapted Screenplay, shared by Fu Kai-ling and Chien Shih-keng Chien Shih-keng (; born 1980) is a Taiwanese screenwriter. Chien was credited in '' All You Need Is Love'' (2015), then worked on ''The Tag-Along'' (2015) and ''The Tag-Along 2 ''The Tag-Along 2'' is a 2017 Taiwanese horror film directed by Chen .... Hsu also won Best New Director. References External links * * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Taiwanese film directors {{Taiwan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Shampoo
''Miss Shampoo'' () is a 2023 Taiwanese romantic comedy film directed and written by Giddens Ko. Marking his fourth feature, the film was adapted from Ko's 2010 novel '. It stars Vivian Sung, Daniel Hong, Kai Ko, Emerson Tsai, and Ying Wei-min, and centers on a Triad (organized crime), triad boss (Hong) who falls in love with a hairstylist (Sung) after she saves him from an assassination attempt. Giddens Ko originally pitched to adapt ''Precisely Out of Control'' into a feature film for 21st Century Fox, the proposal was scrapped due to Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, the company's acquisition. Ko revived the project while producing ''Bad Education (2022 film), Bad Education'' (2022), choosing to adapt only the fourth chapter of the novel with Machi Xcelsior Studios, following their collaboration on ''Till We Meet Again (2021 film), Till We Meet Again'' (2021). Principal photography took place from August to October 2022 in Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taoyuan, and New Tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Golden Horse Awards
The 58th Golden Horse Awards () were held on November 27, 2021, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language films of 2020 and 2021. In the news Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee chief executive announced that the Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year Award goes to texture artist Frank Chen, who leads the Frank Creation Co., Ltd. that contributed to nine of the nominated films this year. During the awards show, ''Revolution of Our Times'' has received '' Best Documentary'' as both the judges and the audience were praised on this documentary film, awhile the filmmaker Kiwi Chow didn't attend the event that night, concerned for his security issues. Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nownews
EBC News () is a satellite cable news channel operated by Eastern Television in Taiwan. It was a free-to-air studios television launched on 1 January 1990. It was a holder channel for BBC News. It was another presenter news for Donald MacCormick. ETTV Asia News ETTV Asia News (, Pinyin: Dōngsēn yazhou xīnwén tái) is a satellite cable news channel operated by Eastern Television in Southeast Asia. It was a free-to-air studios television launched on 2002. EBC Asia News is 24-hour all-news channel specially designed to serve Asian viewers, The News Content is 24 Hours Nonstop Telecasting From Domestic Channels - EBC News and EBC News Americas, Some Commercial Only Aired International Feed with Original Programme Promos and Advertising due the Copyright, The Channel is Available on Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, Also Received Satellite Across Asia Pacific Countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Australia and New Zealand and More. ETTV News Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till We Meet Again (2021 Film)
''Till We Meet Again'' (; lit: ''Old Moon''; formerly known as ''Sushi Restaurant Legend'') is a 2021 Taiwanese romantic fantasy comedy film, based on the novel of the same name by Giddens Ko. Directed and written by Giddens Ko, and starring Kai Ko, Gingle Wang, Vivian Sung and Umin Boya, it had its premiere at 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival as opening film on 8 July 2021, and was released theatrically on November 24, 2021, in Taiwan. It is also available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions on April 2, 2022. Plot Killed by lightning, Ah Lun arrives at the underworld with no memories. He is given 2 choices: reincarnate as a snail, or take up a priesthood to accumulate virtuous virtues so that he can reincarnate as a human being. Ah Lun decides to try to become a Yue Lao, a God of love. Teamed up with Pinky, a girl with an explosive personality, both of them manage to overcome their dislike for one another and pass the final test to become a Yue Lao. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South China Morning Post
The ''South China Morning Post'' (''SCMP''), with its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Morning Post'', is a Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule. Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The ''SCMP'' prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an digital media, online news website. The newspaper circulation, newspaper's circulation has been relatively stable for years—the average daily circulation stood at 100,000 in 2016. In a 2019 survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the ''SCMP'' was regarded relatively as the most credible paid newspaper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
57th Golden Horse Awards
The 57th Golden Horse Awards () was held on November 21, 2020 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honored the best in Chinese-language Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the wor ... films of 2019 and 2020. The ceremony was televised by TTV. In the news Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee chief executive attributed the lower number of films submitted to the 57th Golden Horse Awards to fewer submissions of short films, not primarily to a boycott announced by the government of the People's Republic of China in August 2019. Winners and nominees References External links Official website of the Golden Horse Awards {{DEFAULTSORT:Golden Horse Awards, 57 57th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Horse Award For Best Cinematography
The Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography () is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards, a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. From the 1st Golden Horse Awards in 1962 to the 14th Golden Horse Awards in 1977, this award was called the Golden Horse Award for Best Color Cinematography. During that time, a Golden Horse Award for Best Black and White Cinematography was also awarded 5 times. Superlatives Since 1990, the following cinematographers have received two or more Best Cinematography awards: Winners and nominees :''Note: Original titles are in traditional Chinese A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays ....'' 1990s 2000s 2010s External links Official website Official website {{Golden Horse Film Awards Golden Horse Film A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
