Friday, September 26, 2008

Lee Kang-sheng

Lee Kang-sheng is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all the films of Tsai Ming-liang. His directorial efforts include ''Missing'' in 2003 and ''Help Me Eros'' in 2007.

Career


Lee has received recognition for his acting, winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival for ''What Time Is It There?'' He was nominated for a in 1994 for ''Vive L'Amour''.

Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, ''''. At the 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival, he won the KNF Award, the NETPAC Award and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival, a special mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival.

His second directorial effort, ''Help Me Eros'' in 2007, was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It won a special jury award at the 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok.

Filmography


As actor




As screenwriter-director

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