Chang Yi (director) explained

Chang Yi
張毅
Birth Date:14 December 1951
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation:film director, screenwriter
Years Active:1980-1986
Notable Works:Jade Love (1984), Kuei-Mei, a Woman (1985)
Spouse:Hsiao Sa (divorce)
Loretta Yang

Chang Yi (張毅; 14 December 1951 – 1 November 2020) was a Taiwanese film director.

Career

Chang was born in Taipei and studied film at Shih Hsin University. He is listed in the New Taiwan Cinema directors. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Asia Pacific Film Festival because of 1985 film Kuei-Mei, a Woman (我這樣過了一生)[1] [2] . He had an extramarital affair with Loretta Yang, the leading actress in many of Chang's movies. After the affair was exposed by Hsiao Sa, Chang Yi and Loretta Yang left Taiwan film industry and became the founders of contemporary glass studio Liuli Gongfang.[3] [4] [5]

Chang Yi died on November 1, 2020. Lorretta Yang acknowledged that Chang had health issues from 2018, particularly with his immune system and kidneys, and that Chang had sought medical treatment in hospital since February 2020.[6] [7]

Filmography

Screenwriter

Director

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 張毅 CHANG Yi . en . 台灣電影網 Taiwan Cinema. 2020-06-03. Chang has earned multiple Golden Horse nominations, and won the Golden Horse Awards for best director, best adapted screenplay, and best feature film for "Kuei-mei, A Woman.".
  2. Book: Daw-Ming Lee. Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. 8 November 2012. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7922-5. 95–.
  3. Book: Daw-Ming Lee. Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. 8 November 2012. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7922-5. 96. "... as Chang was having an extramarital affair with Yang. After the film was completed. Hsiao wrote an open letter in the media exposing Chang's affair with Yang. The sensational news reports forced Chang to split with his wife. and the Chang-Yang couple left the film industry to find a new career in glass art. Liulogongfang (Chinese Crystal Glass Workhouse) was founded in 1987 by Chang, Yang and their good friend.......
  4. Web site: 張毅 Chang Yi . zh-tw . 台灣電影數位典藏中心. 网页日期--> . 2014-05-12.
  5. News: 金馬導演張毅病逝妻女相伴 享壽69歲 . 2020-11-01. 2020-11-01. 中央社 . zh-TW. 琉璃工房今天在官方臉書（Facebook）專頁上公布，琉璃工房的創辦人、大家長張毅已於11月1日清晨在妻子楊惠姍、女兒張源，及家人們的陪伴下安詳辭世，享壽69歲。.
  6. News: Yeh . Kuan-yin . Wang . Hsin-yu . Cheng . Sabine . Chiang . Yi-ching . Co-founder of Liuli Gongfang glass art studio Chang Yi dies at 68 . 2 November 2020 . Central News Agency . 1 November 2020.
  7. News: Lim Ruey Yan . Award-winning Taiwanese film director Chang Yi dies at 69 . November 2, 2020 . Straits Times . November 1, 2020.
  8. Web site: In Our Time. Chicago Reader. Vishnevetsky. Ignatiy. 27 July 2017.
  9. News: 黃自強 . Apr 18, 2019 . 張毅拍狗狗傷心誌反省當代 星國華語電影節精選 . zh . CNA . Taipei . 2020-06-03. 張毅是台灣新浪潮電影時期的代表人物之一，他在睽違影壇多年後，2017年推出耗費15年完成的首部動畫電影「狗狗傷心誌」 .

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