Liao Ching-sung explained

Liao Ching-sung (; born March 5, 1950), also known as "Liao-san" (Chinese: 廖桑), is a Taiwanese film editor, known for his work with Taiwanese New Wave directors such as Hou Hisao-Hsien, Edward Yang and Wan Jen. He has received numerous accolades including two Golden Horse Awards for Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year, as well as the Special Contribution Award of Golden Horse Awards in 2018.[1]

In addition to his work as an editor, Liao has also co-written screenplays with Wan Jen for Super Citizen (超級市民) and Super Citizen Ko (超級大國民). He has directed several movies, including Be My Lovely Child Again (期待你長大), and When the Ocean Is Blue (海水正藍). Since Flowers of Shanghai (海上花), he has also been the producer for many of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's films.[2]

Early life

After graduating from Taipei Municipal Chenggong High School, Liao Ching-Sung failed his college entrance exams. Instead of devoting another year to entering college, he applied for the technical training program of Central Pictures Corporation (中影技術訓練班). Of roughly 200 applicants, only 50 were selected and Liao was among them. He was enrolled in October 1973 and joined the Central Pictures Editing Room (中影剪接室) in early 1974. The training program was divided into different groups for sound recording, editing, lighting, printing, and photography, among which Liao chose to study editing. He excelled in his studies and ranked first in his class upon graduation.

Career

Liao started working as an assistant editor for Eternal Glory (英烈千秋) at Central Pictures in 1974.[3] Later that year, he met Hou Hsiao-Hsien while working at the Department of short film production at Central Pictures.

In 1978, Liao was nominated for his first Golden Horse Award for editing Lee Hsing's movie, He Never Gives Up (汪洋中的一條船).[4]

In 1980, Liao embarked on his first attempt at a new editing style with the film Love on The Wave (我踏浪而來) directed by Chen Kun-Hou (陳坤厚), in which he allowed a take to go longer than the customary style of studio films of the 1970s. The turning point of his career as a film editor did not occur until 1983, when he began editing The Boys from Fengkuei (風櫃來的人) directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. This film allowed him to break free from traditional editing rules and experiment with a new approach that shifted from "narrative logic" to "emotional logic".[5]

Liao Ching-Sung's editing expertise has been sought after not only by Taiwanese directors like Yee Chih-Yen (易智言), Chen Hsin-yi (陳芯宜), and Yang Ya-Che (楊雅喆), but also by Mainland Chinese directors such as Wang Xiao-Shuai (王小帥) and Liu Jie (劉杰). His editing work on Beijing Bicycle (十七歲的單車) earned it the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001, while Courthouse on Horseback (馬背上的法院) was nominated in the Horizon section at the Venice Film Festival in 2006.[6]

In recent years, Liao has continued to work on Mainland Chinese films that have garnered recognition at various film festivals, including Tharlo (塔洛), which received four Golden Horse Awards nominations, Knife in the Clear Water (清水裡的刀子), which won the New Currents Award at the Busan Film Festival, Suburban Birds (郊區的鳥), which was nominated for the competition at the Locarno Film Festival, and The Summer Is Gone (八月), which won the Best Picture award at the Golden Horse Awards. All of these films were edited by Liao Ching-Sung.

Filmography

Director!Year!Chinese Title!English Title
1987期待你長大Be My Lovely Child Again
1988海水正藍When The Ocean Is Blue
2004大選民Sacrificial Victims
Screenplay Writer!Year!Chinese Title!English Title
1985超級市民Super Citizen
1994超級大國民Super Citizen Ko
Editor!Year!Chinese Title!English Title!Note
1974英烈千秋Everlasting Gloryassistant editor
1976八百壯士Eight Hundred Heroesco-editor
1978汪洋中的一條船He Never Gives Up
1979錦標A Title Rewon
1980西風的故鄉The Blind Love
1980血濺冷鷹堡Mission over the Eagle Castle
1980天涼好個秋Spring in Autumn
1980原鄉人My Native Land
1980風雨中的燕子A Swallow in the Storm
1980我踏浪而來Love on The Wave
1981Z字特攻隊Z Men
1981上尉與我The Captain and I
1981就是溜溜的她Cute Girls
1981龍的傳人The Land of the Brave
1981熱血The Call Of Duty
1981男生女生實驗班Male and Female Experimental Class
1981跟我說愛我
1981風兒踢踏踩Cheerful Wind
1982俏如彩蝶飛飛飛Six Is Company
1982動員令Happy Days in the Army
1982在那河畔青草青Green, Green Grass of Home
1982光陰的故事In Our Time
1982癡情奇女子
1983最長的一夜The Night Ever So Long
1983竹劍少年Kendo Kinds
1983代課老師Now Taiwan Young Men
1983油麻菜籽Ah-Fei
1983小畢的故事Growing Up
1983兒子的大玩偶The Sandwich Man
1983海灘的一天That Day on The Beach
1984阿福的禮物The Gift of A Fu
1984單車與我The Bike and I
1984小爸爸的天空Out of The Blue
1984我愛瑪麗I Love Mary
1984霧裡的笛聲Nature is Quiet Beautiful
1984風櫃來的人The Boys from Fengkuei
1984冬冬的假期A Summer at Grandpas
1985超級市民Super Citizen
1985結婚His Matrimony
1985童年往事A Time to Live, A Time to Die
1986流浪少年路Drifters
1986恐怖份子The Terrorizers
1986戀戀風塵Dust in The Wind
1986福德正神Fu De Zheng Shen
1987桂花巷Osmanthus Alley
1987惜別海岸The Farewell Coast
1987期待你長大Be My Lovely Child Again
1987尼羅河女兒Daughter of The Nile
1988春秋茶室Spring and Autumn Tea House
1989悲情城市A City of Sadness
1989立體奇兵The 3-D Army
1990阿嬰Ming Ghost
1990兄弟珍重Fraternity
1991上海假期My American Grandson
1991胭脂The Story of Taipei Women
1992少年吔,安啦!Dust of Angels
1993戲夢人生The Puppetmaster
1994多桑A Borrowed Life
1994超級大國民Super Citizen Ko
1995好男好女Good Men, Good Women
2001千禧曼波Millennium Mambo
2001愛你愛我Betelnut Beauty
2002美麗時光The Best of Times
20027-11之戀Love at 7-11
2002十七歲的單車Beijing Bicycle
2002夢幻部落Somewhere Over The Dreamland
2002藍色大門Blue Gate Crossing
2004五月之戀Love of May
200420.30.4020.30.40
2005愛麗絲的鏡子Reflections
2006血戰到底Karmic Mahjong
2006太陽雨Rain Dogs
2006馬背上的法院Courthouse on Horseback
2006姨媽的後現代生活The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2006吳清源The Go Master
2006練習曲Island Etude
2007尋找蔣經國─有!我是蔣經國Chiang Ching-kuo
2007紅氣球Flight of the Red Balloon
2007流浪神狗人God Man Dog
2022石門Stonewalling
Producer!Year!Chinese Title!English Title!Note
1994超級大國民Super Citizen Ko
1998海上花Flowers of Shanghai
2001千禧曼波Millennium Mambo
2002夢幻部落Somewhere Over The Dreamland
2004風中緋櫻─霧社事件Dana SakuraTV series
2005最好的時光Three Times
2005愛麗絲的鏡子Reflections
2007紅氣球Flight of the Red Balloon

Awards and honors

!Year!Award!Category!Work!Outcome!Ref.
1978The Golden Horse AwardsBest Editing AwardHe Never Gives Up[7]
1984Best Editing AwardThe Boys from Fengkuei
1985Best Editing AwardHis Matrimony
1989Best Editing AwardA City of Sadness
1995Best Editing AwardGood Men, Good Women
Best Original ScreenplaySuper Citizen Ko
2001Best Editing AwardBeijing Bicycle
2002Best Editing AwardThe Best Of Times
Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
2005Best Editing AwardThree Times
2013Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year
2015Best Editing AwardThe Assassin
2017Best Editing AwardThe Foolish Bird
2018Best Editing AwardUs And Them
Special Contribution Award

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 鄭 . 怡華 . 廖慶松獲頒第55屆金馬獎特別貢獻獎 . 2023-05-15 . 文化部國家文化記憶庫 . zh-TW.
  2. Web site: 2010-07-02 . 穿透影像,還原純粹本質──剪接師廖慶松專訪 . 2023-05-15 . 放映週報 . zh-hant.
  3. Web site: 2019-03-09 . 「新電影保母」不只照顧片子 廖慶松還要幫忙導演人際關係 . 2023-06-02 . 鏡週刊 Mirror Media . zh-Hant.
  4. Book: 張, 靚蓓 . 電影靈魂深度的溝通者-廖慶松 . 典藏藝術家庭 . 2009 . 9789866833458 . 台灣 . zh-TW.
  5. Web site: 張 . 靚蓓 . 第十屆獲獎藝術家廖慶松 . 國家文藝獎 獲獎藝術家.
  6. Web site: 2019-03-04 . 「新導演保母」助攻屢獲獎 兩岸三地「吃好逗相報」 . 2023-05-16 . 鏡週刊 Mirror Media . zh-Hant.
  7. Web site: Ching-Sung Liao . 2023-05-16 . IMDb . en-US.