Chen Hwai-en

Chen Hwai-en (Chinese: 陳懷恩; born 1959) is a Taiwanese film director and cinematographer.

He began working with Hou Hsiao-hsien in 1983, as a script supervisor.[1] Chen's debut feature film Island Etude (2006)[2] was shown at the Taipei Film Festival,[3] and served as Taiwan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film after Lust, Caution was rejected.[4][5]

A few of Chen's documentaries have been funded by entrepreneur Tung Tsu-hsien, namely The Untrammeled Traveler (2011) about writer Yu Kuang-chung,[6] and Man-fei (2017), titled for its subject, choreographer Lo Man-fei.[7]

  1. ^ Coleman, Lindsay; Miyao, Daisuke; Schaefer, Roberto (2016). Transnational Cinematography Studies. Lexington Books. p. 119. ISBN 9781498524285.
  2. ^ Ho Yi (27 April 2007). "Life is like riding a bike..." Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ Ho Yi (22 June 2007). "Taipei Film Festival in a bind". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ^ Knegt, Peter (18 October 2007). "A Record 63 Countries Vying For Best Foreign-Language Oscar Nod". IndieWire. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Oscar organizers reject nomination for Lee blockbuster". Taipei Times. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  6. ^ Ho Yi (22 April 2011). "Movie review: From the flames". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. ^ Li, Lauly (18 September 2017). "FEATURE: Pegatron chief wants to help creative people shine". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.