Chung Mong-hong

Chung Mong-hong
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Jiadong, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer

Chung Mong-hong (Chinese: 鍾孟宏; pinyin: Zhōng Mènghóng; born 1965), also known by his pseudonym, Nagao Nakashima (Japanese: 中島長雄, romanized: Nakashima Nagao; or in pinyin: Zhōngdǎo Zhǎngxióng), is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Career

Chung received Golden Horse Award for Best Director for his film The Fourth Portrait in 2010 at the 47th Golden Horse Awards. His film Soul was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^[1]^[2] He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Best Feature at the 56th Golden Horse Awards for his film A Sun in 2019.^[3]

Chung originally used the pseudonym "Nagao Nakashima" in Parking 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.^[4]

Filmography

Director

Features

2008 : Parking (停車)
2010 : The Fourth Portrait (第四張畫)
2013 : Soul (失魂)
2016 : Godspeed (一路順風)
2019 : A Sun (陽光普照)
2021 : The Falls (瀑布)

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

^ "Taiwan submits Soul to Oscar race". Screendaily. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
^ "Oscars: Taiwan Nominates 'Soul' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
^ Grater, Tom (November 23, 2019). "'A Sun', 'Detention' Top Winners At Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards". Deadline. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
^ Brzeski, Patrick (13 December 2021). ""This Film Is About the Process of Understanding Each Other": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'The Falls' Director Chung Mong-hong". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

External links

Chung Mong-hong at IMDb

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan

You Are the Apple of My Eye (2012)
Back to 1942 (2013)
So Young (2014)
Coming Home (2015)
The Assassin (2016)
Godspeed (2017)
The Great Buddha + (2018)
Dying to Survive (2019)
An Elephant Sitting Still (2020)
American Girl (2021/22)
In Search of Lost Time (2023)
The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2024)

v t e Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Doe Ching (1962) Li Han-hsiang (1963) Li Hsing (1965) Li Han-hsiang (1966) Lee Chia (1967) Pai Ching-jui (1968) Pai Ching-jui (1969) Chang Tseng-chai (1970) Ting Shan-hsi (1971) Li Hsing (1972) Cheng Kang (1973) Liu Yi (1975) Chang Pei-cheng (1976) Chang Tseng-chai (1977) Li Hsing (1978) King Hu (1979) Wang Chu-chin (1980) Tsui Hark (1981) Alex Cheung (1982) Chen Kun-hou (1983) Johnny Mak (1984) Chang Yi (1985) John Woo (1986) Wang Toon (1987) Alex Law (1988) Hou Hsiao-hsien (1989) Yim Ho (1990) Wong Kar-wai (1991) Wang Toon (1992) Ang Lee (1993) Tsai Ming-liang (1994) Hou Hsiao-hsien (1995) Jiang Wen (1996) Fruit Chan (1997) Joan Chen (1998) Ann Hui (1999) Johnnie To (2000) Stanley Kwan (2001) Fruit Chan (2002) Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (2003) Johnnie To (2004) Stephen Chow (2005) Peter Chan (2006) Ang Lee (2007) Peter Chan (2008) Leon Dai (2009) Chung Mong-hong (2010) Ann Hui (2011) Johnnie To (2012) Tsai Ming-liang (2013) Ann Hui (2014) Hou Hsiao-hsien (2015) Feng Xiaogang (2016) Vivian Qu (2017) Zhang Yimou (2018) Chung Mong-hong (2019) Chen Yu-hsun (2020) Clara Law (2021) Laha Mebow (2022) Hsiao Ya-chuan (2023)

Golden Horse Award for Best Director