Ying Liang (; born 1977) is a Chinese independent film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Ying Liang graduated from the Department of Directing at the Chongqing Film Academy and

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. His short film ''The Missing House'' (2003) won the best script award at the Beijing Student Film Festival, and Critics Award at the Hong Kong Independent Short Film Festival. After the success of his short films, he directed his first feature film '' Taking Father Home'' (2005), which won awards at the Tokyo Filmex Film Festival, the

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, and the

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. ''Taking Father Home'' was also selected at more than 30 international film festivals including those taking place in

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, and

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. In 2006, Ying made '' The Other Half'', which is supported by the

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(HBF) from the

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. The film also won the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo Filmex Film Festival. In 2012, When Night Falls earned him the Best Director award and Nai An won the Best Actress award at the

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. In 2018, he released his autobiographical feature film A Family Tour, which debuted at the International Competition section of the Locarno Film Festival, was screened at the 56th

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, and was the closing film at the 18th Kaohsiung Film Festival. He was one of the part-time lecturers of Film/TV School,

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and

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. He also was one of the part-time researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University, programming for the Chinese Documentary Film Festival (Hong Kong), and one of the founders of the Chinese Independent Documentary Lab (Hong Kong).

Filmography

As director

Awards

Woosuk Award
at the Jeonju International Film Festival for '' The Other Half'' 2007 * Special Jury Award at the Singapore International Film Festival for '' The Other Half'' 2007 * The Special Jury Prize Kodak VISION Award at Tokyo Filmex Film Festival for '' The Other Half'' 2006 * SKYY Prize for First Feature at the

for '' Taking Father Home'' 2006 * Golden Digital Award at the

for '' Taking Father Home'' 2006 *

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Prize at the Singapore International Film Festival for '' Taking Father Home'' 2006 * Special Mention NETPAC Award at the Singapore International Film Festival for '' Taking Father Home'' 2006 * Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo Filmex Film Festival for '' Taking Father Home'' 2005 * Best Live Action Short Film at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for ''A Sunny Day''《九月二十八日·晴》 2016 * NETPAC Award at the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema for '' A Family Tour'' 2019

References

External links

*
An interview with Ying Liang, director of Good Cats
with David Walsh on the '' World Socialist Web Site'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Ying, Liang Film directors from Shanghai Writers from Shanghai 1977 births Living people