Chung Mong-hong (; born 1965), also known by his

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, Nagao Nakashima (; or in zh, p=Zhōngdǎo Zhǎngxióng), is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Career

Chung received

Golden Horse Award for Best Director The Golden Horse Award for Best Director is an award presented annually at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards. Winners and nominees 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Academy Award for Best Director * Asian Film Award for Bes ...

for his film '' The Fourth Portrait'' in 2010 at the 47th Golden Horse Awards. His film ''

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'' was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but was not nominated. He won the

and Best Feature at the 56th Golden Horse Awards for his film '' A Sun'' in 2019. Chung originally used the pseudonym "Nagao Nakashima" in ''

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'' after he took over the role of cinematographer following the previous one "abruptly quitting". He continued to use the name to credit himself separately as the director or photography in all the films he directed up to '' The Falls'', where he credited himself in the role using his actual name.

Filmography

Director

Features

* 2008 : ''

'' (停車) * 2010 : '' The Fourth Portrait'' (第四張畫) * 2013 : ''

'' (失魂) * 2016 : '' Godspeed'' (一路順風) * 2019 : '' A Sun'' (陽光普照) * 2021 : '' The Falls'' (瀑布) * 2024 : '' The Embers''

Documentaries

* 2006 : ''Doctor'' (醫生)

Cinematographer and producer

* 2017 : '' The Great Buddha +'' (大佛普拉斯) * 2020 : '' Classmates Minus'' (同學麥娜絲) * 2020 : '' A Leg'' (腿)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chung, Mong-Hong 1965 births Living people Taiwanese film directors Taiwanese screenwriters Taiwanese people of Hakka descent Taiwanese cinematographers