Chang Yung-hsiang (26 October 1929 – 8 October 2021[1]) was a Taiwanese screenwriter and director originally from Yantai, China, generally considered one of the most prolific and successful screenwriters in Taiwan.
Chang Yung-hsiang | |||||||
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Born | |||||||
Died | 8 October 2021 Los Angeles, California, United States | (aged 91)||||||
Alma mater | |||||||
Awards | Golden Horse Awards – Best Screenplay 1972 Indebted for Life and Love 1975 Land of the Undaunted 1978 He Never Gives Up Best Original Screenplay 1979 The Story of a Small Town Best Adapted Screenplay 1981 If I Were for Real Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張永祥 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张永祥 | ||||||
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Chang adapted a number of Chiung Yao novels for film.[2] He had received six Golden Horse Awards over the course of his career.[3] In 2016, Chang became the first screenwriter to receive the Golden Horse for lifetime achievement.[4] Among Chang's other awards included the 1976 National Award for the Arts . He died in Los Angeles, California on 8 October 2021.[5]
Filmography
editFilms
edit- Parent's Love (1964)
- Beautiful Duckling (1965)
- The Bridge (1966)
- Fire Bulls (1966)
- Orchids and My Love (1966)
- Lonely Seventeen (1967)
- The Road (1967)
- Tiao Chan (1967)
- Sun Rise, Sun Set (1967)
- Men of the Skies (1967)
- The Heron Garden (1968)
- Because of Love (1968)
- Morning Mist (1968)
- Black Invitation (1969)
- The Melody of Love (1969)
- Jade Goddess (1969)
- Accidental Trio (1969)
- Storm Over the Yang-Tse River (1969)
- Home Sweet Home (1970)
- Four Moods (1970)
- The Unforgotten Ones (1970)
- Goodbye Darling (1970)
- Stardust (1970)
- From Home with Love (1970)
- The Fake Tycoon (1971)
- The Playful Girl (1971)
- Esquire Hotel (1971)
- Indebted for Life and Love (1971)
- A Kiss to Remember (1972)
- The Gallant (1972)
- The Naughty Couples (1972)
- Mysterious of Jewelly (1972)
- Execution in Autumn (1972)
- Blood Splashing Over Rainbow Bridge (1972)
- Love Is an Elusive Wind (1972)
- The Jilted (1973)
- Seven to One (1973)
- Walking in the Rain (1973)
- The Young Ones (1973)
- Double Dealing with Love (1973)
- Heart with a Million Knots (1973)
- How Is the Weather Today (1973)
- Story of Mother (1973)
- Little Big Boss (1973)
- The Colorful Ripples (1974)
- Yellow Faced Tiger (1974)
- Girl Friend (1974)
- Ghost of the Mirror (1974)
- Where the Seagull Flies (1974)
- The Marriage (1974)
- The Three Tales (1974)
- Star Star Star (1974)
- My Father, My Husband, My Son (1974)
- The Choice of Love (1974)
- The Chinese Amazons (1975)
- Run Lover Run (1975)
- The Life God (1975)
- Thou Shall Not Kill ... But Once (1975)
- Land of the Undaunted (1975)
- Picking the Star (1975)
- 24 Hours Romance (1975)
- Fantasies Behind the Pearly Curtain (1975)
- Heroes Behind the Enemy Lines (1975)
- Fragrant Flower Versus Noxious Grass (1975)
- Forever My Love (1976)
- The Chasing Game (1976)
- Rhythm of the Wave (1976)
- Posterity and Perplexity (1976)
- The Morning Date (1976)
- A Happy Affair (1976)
- Snapping of Love (1976)
- Painted Waves of Love (1976)
- Autumn Love Song (1976)
- The Sang Sisters (1976)
- Starting Tonight (1976)
- Come Fly with Me (1976)
- Game of Love (1976)
- My Sweet Love (1977)
- Cloud of Romance (1977)
- At the Side of Sky-Line (1977)
- There's No Place Like Home (1977)
- The Naval Commandos (1977)
- Confused Love (1977)
- A Pirate of Love (1977)
- Love Rings a Bell (1977)
- Love in the Shadow (1977)
- The Diary of Di-Di (1977)
- The Smiling Face (1977)
- The Glory of the Sunset (1977)
- Melody from Heaven (1977)
- It's Sunset Again (1978)
- Everywhere Birds Are Singing (1978)
- The Spring Lake (1978)
- Misty Love (1978)
- A Voluntary Act (1978)
- A Sorrowful Wedding (1979)
- In the Beginning (1979)
- The Choice of Love (1979)
- No-one Can Touch Her (1979)
- He Never Gives Up (1979)
- Touch of Fairlady (1979)
- My Native Land (1980)
- The Story of Green House (1980)
- Another Spring (1980)
- Poor Chasers (1980)
- The Pioneers (1980)
- The Story of a Small Town (1980)
- Part Time Job (1980)
- The Women Soldiers (1981)
- On the Society File of Shanghai (1981)
- The Land of the Brave (1981)
- Twin Troubles (1981)
- If I Were for Real (1981)
- The Sexy Lady Driver (1982)
- Pink Thief (1982)
- The Girl Robber and I (1982)
- Kill for Love (1982)
- Devil Returns (1982)
- One Stripe Two Stars (1982)
- Temptation (1983)
- Ah-Yuan My Son (1983)
- Women Warriors of Kinmen (1983)
- The Wheel of Life (1984)
- The Warmth of an Old House (1984)
- Finding the Way (1984)
- The Pawned Wife (1985)
- Echo of Sea (1986)
Television
edit- The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants (1994) — Episodes 56–61
Works translated to English
edit- Autumn Execution, translated by Yu Jenchang and David Steelman, The Chinese PEN, Autumn 1977: This is the screenplay of the 1972 film Execution in Autumn.
References
edit- ^ "張永祥 Chang Yung-Hsiang". Taiwan Film Institute.
- ^ "金馬獎終身貢獻獎得主張永祥病逝 享耆壽92歲". China Times (in Chinese). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ Chen, Christie (26 November 2016). "GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS: Screenwriter honored for lifetime achievement". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "快訊/編劇張永祥病逝美國家中!享壽92歲 曾獲金馬獎終身貢獻獎 原文網址: 快訊/編劇張永祥病逝美國家中!享壽92歲 曾獲金馬獎終身貢獻獎" (in Chinese). ETToday. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "獨/金馬獎終身貢獻獎得主張永祥病逝 享壽92歲". United Daily News (in Chinese). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.