Lee Kang-sheng
Template:Chinese name Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor Lee Kang-sheng (Chinese: 李康生; pinyin: Lǐ Kāngshēng) (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007. He also appears in Tsai Ming-liang's award-winning film No No Sleep (2015), in a series of statically filmed urban scenes without dialogue.
Career
In 1989, Lee was working at an arcade when he was asked by Tsai Ming-liang to act in his TV film, All the Corners of the World.[1] This started a working relationship that has lasted 20 years, and Tsai said that he would never make another movie without Lee.[2]
Awards
Lee has received recognition for his acting, winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival for What Time Is It There? He was nominated for a Golden Horse Award in 1994 for Vive L'Amour.
Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, The Missing. At the 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival, he won the KNF Award, the NETPAC Award, and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival, a special mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival, and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival.[3]
His second directorial effort, Help Me Eros in 2007, was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It won a special jury award at the 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok.
Filmography
As actor
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | All the Corners of the World | Ah-tong (television) |
| 1991 | Boys | |
| 1992 | Rebels of the Neon God | Hsiao-kang |
| 1994 | Vive L'Amour | Hsiao-kang |
| 1996 | A Drifting Life | |
| 1997 | Sweet Degeneration | Chun-sheng |
| 1997 | The River | Hsiao-kang |
| 1998 | The Hole | The Man Upstairs |
| 1999 | Ordinary Heroes | Tung |
| 2000 | Sunny Doll | |
| 2001 | What Time Is It There? | Hsiao-kang |
| 2002 | A Way We Go | Ah Hui |
| 2002 | The Skywalk Is Gone | Hsiao-kang |
| 2003 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Projectionist |
| 2005 | The Wayward Cloud | Hsiao-kang |
| 2006 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Hsiao-kang |
| 2007 | Help Me Eros | Ah Jie |
| 2009 | Face | Kang, the director |
| 2013 | Stray Dogs | Hsiao-kang |
| 2014 | Afternoon | Himself |
| 2015 | No No Sleep | |
| 2016 | The Tenants Downstairs | Prof Kuo Li |
As screenwriter-director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Missing | |
| 2007 | Help Me Eros | Won special jury award at 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok |
| 2009 | Taipei 24H |
References
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External links
- Lee Kang-sheng at IMDb
- Lee Kang-sheng at AllMovie
- Lee Kang-sheng at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Missing: An Interview with Lee Kang-sheng at Senses of Cinema
- The Unprofessional: An Interview with Lee Kang-sheng at UCLA Asia Institute
- Conversation with Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng at Asia Society
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