Jonathan Chang (張洋洋) ( zh, poj=Tiuⁿ Iûⁿ-iûⁿ;

Wade–Giles Wade–Giles ( ) is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from the system produced by Thomas Francis Wade during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert Giles's '' A Chinese–English Dictionary'' ...

: Chang Yang2 Yang2) (born May 1, 1991) is a Taiwanese actor, most known for his role as "Yang Yang" in

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese and American filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a pioneer in the Taiwanese New Wave of the 1980s, alongside fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. Yang was reg ...

's 2000 film '' Yi Yi''.

Career

Chang was selected to play "Yang Yang" in

's film '' Yi Yi'' (2000) when he was only nine years old, which Yang won the Cannes Best Director award for that year. The film ended up winning a number of awards, including ranking #3 or higher on various "Top 10 Films of the Decade" lists, covering the decades spanning from 1990 to 2000. After ''Yi Yi'', Chang appeared in the feature film ''Da-Yu: The Touch of Fate'' (2006), directed by Chih-yuan Pan, where he played the title character, Da-Yu. The film ended up being nominated for four awards at the 2006

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: Best Supporting Actor (Matt Chung-Tien Wu), Best Original Screenplay (Chih-yuan Pan and Hsueh-Jung Liu), Best New Performer (Matt Chung-Tien Wu) and the Formosa Award. Chang next appeared in the feature film ''God Man Dog'' as the character Hsien. The film was directed by Singing Chen, and won the Reader Jury of the "Tagesspiegel" Award at the 2008

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or Berlinale. The film also won a Best Screenplay award (for writers Singing Chen and Lou Yi-an) at the 2008

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, and the E-Changer award for Singing Chen at the 2008

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. In 2012, Chang starred in the short film ''Before Summer Rain'' directed and written by Hong-ren Chen aka Isara Chen. The film screened at a number of film festivals, including the 2014

and the 2014

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) – formerly known as VC FilmFest – is an annual film festival presented by Visual Communications (VC). It was established in 1983 by Linda Mabalot as a vehicle to promote Asian Pacific Amer ...

.Before Summer Rain, 2014 LAAPFF, In the film, Chang plays the older brother of the main character, his sister. The older brother eventually gets cancer, which tests the bonds between the siblings.

Filmography

* Yi Yi (2000) * Before Summer Rain (2012)

References

External links

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Jonathan Chang Credits on Douban (Mandarin)Interview with Jonathan Chang (Mandarin)Jonathan Chang Discusses a Film Project (Mandarin)
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