Chung Mong-hong explained

Chung Mong-hong
Birth Place:	Jiadong, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer

Chung Mong-hong (; born 1965), also known by his pseudonym, Nagao Nakashima (Japanese: 中島 長雄|Nakashima Nagao; or in Chinese: p=Zhōngdǎo Zhǎngxióng), is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Career

Chung received Golden Horse Award for Best Director for his film The Fourth Portrait in 2010 at the 47th Golden Horse Awards. His film Soul was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.^{[1] [2]} He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Best Feature at the 56th Golden Horse Awards for his film A Sun in 2019.^[3]

Chung originally used the pseudonym "Nagao Nakashima" in Parking after he took over the role of cinematographer following the previous one "abruptly quitting". He continued to use the name to credit himself separately as the director or photography in all the films he directed up to The Falls, where he credited himself in the role using his actual name.^[4]

Filmography

Director

Features

• 2008 : Parking (停車)
• 2010 : The Fourth Portrait (第四張畫)
• 2013 : Soul (失魂)
• 2016 : Godspeed (一路順風)
• 2019 : A Sun (陽光普照)
• 2021 : The Falls (瀑布)

Documentaries

• 2006 : Doctor (醫生)

Cinematographer and producer

• 2017 : The Great Buddha + (大佛普拉斯)
• 2020 : Classmates Minus (同學麥娜絲)
• 2020 : A Leg (腿)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taiwan submits Soul to Oscar race . 2013-09-16 . Screendaily.
2. Web site: Oscars: Taiwan Nominates 'Soul' for Foreign Language Category . 2013-09-16 . Hollywood Reporter. 16 September 2013 .
3. News: 'A Sun', 'Detention' Top Winners At Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards. Tom. Grater. November 23, 2019. November 23, 2019. Deadline.
4. Web site: Patrick. Brzeski. 2022-11-09. "This Film Is About the Process of Understanding Each Other": 'THR Presents' Q&A With 'The Falls' Director Chung Mong-hong. . 13 December 2021.