Wang Shaudi

Wang Shaudi
Wang in 2010
Background information
Chinese name 王小棣
Born (1953-08-15) August 15, 1953
Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Wang Shaudi (Chinese: 王小棣; pinyin: Wáng Xiǎodì) is a Taiwanese director, writer and film producer who has been involved in making such production as Life Plan A and B, 1000 Walls in Dream and Tropical Fish. She has won multiple awards for her work including one for Best Screenplay at the Golden Horse Film Festival and one for Best Film at the Taipei Film Festival.[1] In 2014 she was presented with the Taiwan National Award for Arts for her contributions to film making.[2]

Biography

Wang was born in Taipei in 1953 and studied at the National Taiwan University of Arts before pursuing a master's degree in theatre at Trinity University in Texas. In 1979 she returned to Taiwan and later co-founded production company Rice Film International with fellow director Huang Li-Ming in 1992. After working on a number of television projects she writ and directed her first feature film Accidental Legend which was released in 1996.[3] Two years later she directed the animation Grandma and Her Ghosts which went on to win awards at the Taipei Film Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival.[4]

Selected filmography

Director

Year Title Ref.
1996 Accidental Legend [5]
1997 Yours and Mine
1998 Grandma and Her Ghosts
2004 Bear Hug
2010 Fantôme, Où es-tu
2011 10+10

References

  1. ↑ "Talents and Resources - Directors". Taipei Film Commission. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "國家文藝獎 王小棣淚謝黃黎明". Epoch Times. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Taiwanese Filmmakers Wang Shaudi And Huang Liming In Conversation With Kinema". Kinema. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Grandma and Her Ghosts". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "WANG Shau-di". Taiwancinema.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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