Lou Yi-an (Chinese: 樓一安) is a Taiwanese writer and director devoted to both the cinema and television industry. He is known for his dark humor, character-driven intricate story lines. He often portrays the working class and the migrants in a context of social and racial discrimination.
Lou Yi-an | |
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樓一安 | |
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| Born | Taipei |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Script-writer |
He got noticed in 2006 when he won the Best Director in a Miniseries award from the 41st Golden Bell Awards in 2006. Later in 2007 he won, together with Singing Chen the Best Original Screenplay award at the 44th Golden Horse Awards.[1] Several of Lou's films also include Chen's work, such as the short Waterfront Villa Bonita (2007), Bundled (2000), God Man Dog (2007) and Lou's first long-feature as a director A Place of One's Own (2009)[2][3] that focused on poor people living in New Taipei City.[2]
In 2010, he wrote A gloomy Salad Day, a TV series that talk about teenage-hood.
In 2013, Lou was commissioned by the Hakka Television Service to make The Losers. Lou drew inspiration for the project from the Hakka band Labor Exchange, specifically the album Night March of the Chrysanthemums.[3] the film touched on Taiwanese culture, social and racial issues caused by class and age gaps. It portrayed rural life in Meinong, Kaohsiung.[4][5] Due to The Losers heavy subject matter, Lou was advised not to theatrically release it.[3] As a result, the film was shown for one week only at the Spot Huashan Cinema in Taipei.[3] In April 2016, Lou traveled to London to attend a screening of The Losers at SOAS, University of London.[6]
In 2015, he directed and co-wrote White Lies, Black Lies, different from the previous works, it focus on the psychological aftermath of murders committed in 1960s Wanhua District of Taipei. It is Lou Yi-an's first successfully commercial big screen movie.
In 2018, he then returned to television with the TV series Roseki which is also well appraised by the public and confirmed his renown in Taiwan. Roseki is a 14 episodes long drama that relates the life of the famous Taipei writer and singer Lu Ho-juo during the Japanese colonization, alternating between the singer's stage life and personal life. The show was premiered on Hakka TV.[7]
In 2021 he worked as a director and screenwriter on the TV series Heaven on the 4th Floor as well as Goddamned Asura for which he earned a Best Screenplay award at the Taipei Film Festival as a Best original screenplay nomination at the Taiwanese Golden Horse Film Festival.
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Bundled (我叫阿銘啦) | (Assistant-director) | No |
| 2007 | God Man Dog (流浪神狗人) | No | Yes (Co-writer) |
| 2009 | A Place of One's Own（一席之地） | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | The Losers (廢物) | Yes | Yes |
| 2016 | White Lies, Black Lies (失控謊言) | Yes | Yes (Co-writer) |
| 2022 | Goddamned Asura | Yes | Yes (Co-writer) |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 快樂的出航 (no English title) | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | A gloomy Salad Day (死神少女) | No | Yes |
| 2013 | 月光森林 (no English title) | Yes | (Co-writer) |
| 2018 | Roseki (臺北歌手) | Yes | (Co-writer) |
| 2021 | Heaven on the 4th Floor (四樓的天堂) | No | Yes |
Short Film
edit| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 花願 (no English title) | Yes | No |
| 2007 | Waterfront Villa Bonita (水岸麗景) | Yes | Yes |
| 2012 | When Yesterday Comes(昨日的記憶), segment "The Clock" (阿霞的掛鐘) | No | (Co-writer) |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Festival | Award | Status | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Taipei Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Won | Goddamned Asura |
| 2022 | Taipei Film Festival | Best Editing | Nominated | Goddamned Asura|Goddamned Asura |
| 2021 | Golden Horse | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | Goddamned Asura |
| 2018 | Golden Bell | Best Writing for a Television Series | Won | Roseki |
| 2018 | Golden Bell | Creative Program Award | Won | Roseki |
| 2018 | Golden Bell | Best Directing for a Television Series | Nominated | Roseki |
| 2018 | Asian Academy Creative Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | Roseki |
| 2018 | Asian Academy Creative Awards | Best Direction (Fiction) | Nominated | Roseki |
| 2016 | Chinese Young Generation Film Forum | Jury Award | Won | [1]White Lies, Black Lies |
| 2014 | Fukuoka Asian Film Festival | Grand Prix | Won | The Losers |
| 2016 | Taipei Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Nominated | [2]White Lies, Black Lies |
| 2009 | Taipei Film Festival | Audience Award | Won | A Place of One's Own |
| 2009 | Taipei Film Festival | Grand Prix | Nominated | A Place of One's Own |
| 2009 | Bratislava International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Nominated | A Place of One's Own |
| 2008 | Durban International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Won | God Man Dog |
| 2007 | Golden Horse | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | God Man Dog |
| 2006 | Golden Bell | Miniseries Writer Award | Won | 快樂的出航 (no English title) |
References
edit- ^ "The 44th Golden Horse Awards nominations and winners". Taipei Times. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Location, location, location" (PDF). Taipei Times. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d Ho Yi (14 May 2014). "The land of stories". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Ho Yi (31 December 2014). "YEAR IN REVIEW: Taiwanese Cinema". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Ho Yi (9 May 2014). "Movie review: The Losers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Tony (19 April 2016). "Taiwan in the spotlight". Taipei Times. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Mo Zi-yi on playing novelist Lu He-ruo in new TV drama". Taipei Times. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
External links
edit- Lou Yi-an at IMDb
- Lou Yi-an at the Hong Kong Movie Database
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