La famille de Hou Hsiao-hsien émigre à Taiwan pendant la prise de pouvoir des communistes en 1949. Enfant et adolescent, il se passionne déjà pour le cinéma et visionne de très nombreux films. Il part alors pour Taipei où il s’inscrit à l’Académie des Arts de Taïwan dans le département film. Il en sort diplômé en 1972. Après quelques expériences en tant qu’assistant réalisateur, il réalise son premier film, Cute Girl en 1980. L’ensemble de son oeuvre a connu un très grand succès : Hou Hsiao-Hsien est aujourd’hui reconnu internationalement et il a reçu de nombreux prix importants.
HOU Hsiao-Hsien
08/04/1947 (Meixian)
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter
![HOU Hsiao-Hsien](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/individu/x/xxx-jpg-161x215.jpg)
Films programmed at the festival
Goodbye South, Goodbye
(NANGUO ZAIJIAN, NANGUO)
(NANGUO ZAIJIAN, NANGUO)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Café lumière](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/c/cafe-161x85.jpg)
Café lumière
(Kohi Jikou)
(Kohi Jikou)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Cheerful Wind](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/c/cheerful_wind12-jpg-161x85.jpg)
Cheerful Wind
(Feng er ti ta cai)
(Feng er ti ta cai)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Good Men, Good Women](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/g/good-161x85.jpg)
Good Men, Good Women
(Haonan Haonu)
(Haonan Haonu)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![City of Pain](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/a/a-city-of-sadness-hou-hsiao-hsien-161x85.jpg)
City of Pain
(Beiginq Chengshi)
(Beiginq Chengshi)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Daughter Of The Nile](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/d/daughter_of_the_nile-161x85.jpg)
Daughter Of The Nile
(Ni luo he nu er)
(Ni luo he nu er)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
The Puppetmaster
(Hsimeng rensheng)
(Hsimeng rensheng)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Flowers of Shanghai](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/u/unnamed-file-161x85.jpg)
Flowers of Shanghai
(Hai shang hua)
(Hai shang hua)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![All the Youthful Days](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/l/lesgarconsdefengkwei-161x85.jpg)
All the Youthful Days
(Feng-kuei-lai-te jen)
(Feng-kuei-lai-te jen)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Lien lien feng chen](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/l/lien-lien-feng-chen-1-161x85.jpg)
Lien lien feng chen
(Lien lien feng chen)
(Lien lien feng chen)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Millennium Mambo](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/m/millenium-mambo-2001-02-g-660x467-src-161x85.jpg)
Millennium Mambo
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![Dust in the Wind](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/p/poussi-res-dans-le-vent-07-161x85.jpg)
Dust in the Wind
(Lian lian feng chen)
(Lian lian feng chen)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
![The Assassin](https://www.3continents.com/wp-content/uploads/thumbs/micro/t/the-assassin-hou-hsiao-hsien-161x85.jpg)
The Assassin
(Nie yin niang)
(Nie yin niang)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
Summer at Grandpa’s
(Dong dong de jiaqi)
(Dong dong de jiaqi)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU
The time to live and the time to die
(Tong nien wang shi)
(Tong nien wang shi)
by Hsiao-Hsien HOU