Chung Mong-hong | |
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Born | 1965 (age 59–60) |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer |
Chung Mong-hong (Chinese:鍾孟宏;pinyin:Zhōng Mènghóng; born 1965), also known by hispseudonym,Nagao Nakashima (Japanese:中島 長雄,romanized: Nakashima Nagao; or inpinyin:Zhōngdǎo Zhǎngxióng), is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Chung receivedGolden Horse Award for Best Director for his filmThe Fourth Portrait in 2010 at the47th Golden Horse Awards. His filmSoul was selected as the Taiwanese entry for theBest Foreign Language Film at the86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[1][2] He won theGolden Horse Award for Best Director andBest Feature at the56th Golden Horse Awards for his filmA Sun in 2019.[3]
Chung originally used the pseudonym "Nagao Nakashima" inParking 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 toThe Falls, where he credited himself in the role using his actual name.[4]