Yang Ya-che


Yang Ya-che is a Taiwanese film and television director and screenwriter. He was nominated for the Taipei Golden Horse Awards for Best Director two times, for Girlfriend, Boyfriend in 2012 and The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful in 2017.

Early life

Born in Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Yang Ya-che graduated from the Taipei Municipal Zhongzheng Senior High School and the Department of Mass Communication at Tamkang University. His works cover a wide range of genres, including stage plays, television dramas, serial dramas, documentaries, and films. Yang Ya-che's father was a fortune teller. While he originally studied French at Tamkang University, he later switched to the Department of Mass Communication to further pursue his interest in journalism and film.

Career

In 2002, Yang Ya-che won both the Best Director and Best Screenwriter awards for television drama, Wei zhang tian tang, at the Golden Bell Awards. In 2008, his first feature film, Orz Boyz!, was a box office success and became the runner-up in Taiwanese films of the year. It also sold the rights to Japan, becoming the first Taiwanese film purchased by NHK in the past decade. In 2012, his second feature film, Girlfriend, Boyfriend, won multiple film awards, including the Audience Choice Award and the Best Actress at the 49th Taipei Golden Horse Awards. His third feature film, The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful won the Best Feature Film award at the 54th Taipei Golden Horse Awards.
The female lead characters in Yang Ya-che's television dramas are frequent Best Actress winners at Golden Bell Awards: June Tsai won the Best Actress award in a TV series at the 36th Golden Bell Awards for Farbidden Love ; Hsieh Yue-hsia won the Best Actress award in a TV series at the 37th Golden Bell Awards for Wei zhang tian tang ; and Wanfang won the Best Supporting Actress award in a mini-series at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards for No Practice Love Song. The main female characters in his three feature films all won awards at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards: Ivy Mei won the Best Supporting Actress award for Orz Boyz! ; Gwei Lun-mei won the Best Actress award for Girlfriend, Boyfriend; and Kara Wai and Vicky Chen won the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress awards, respectively, for The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful. For this reason, Yang Ya-che is acclaimed as the "Queen Maker."
In March 2022, Yang Ya-che became the chairman of Mirror TV after the previous chairman, Lee Yung-feng, founder of the Paperwindmill Theatre, resigned from the position just 11 days after Chen Chien-ping was abruptly removed. Zheng You was announced as the new chairman of Mirror TV two weeks after Yang Ya-che's appointment.
In May 2022, Yang Ya-che announced that he would cancel his Netflix subscription due to a Facebook post by Netflix that made fun of Taiwan's inability to purchase rapid COVID-19 tests, which sparked outrage among netizens who accused him of double standards.

Filmography and Publication

Novel

Feature Film

TV Series

Mini Series

2001Farbidden Love - Screenwriter - Taiwan Television Watching the Moon - Director, Screenwriter - Chinese Television System
2002Wei zhang tian tang - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television ServiceThe Pigeon King - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television Service
2003Spring has Come - Director, Screenwriter - Star Chinese Channel
2004Guo Le Tian Qiao, Kan Jian Hai/ - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television ServiceYouth - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television Service
2005Domain of Murder - Director - Public Television Service
2006Fortunately, We Are all still Here - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television ServiceLonely Game - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television Service
2008No Practice Love Song - Director, Screenwriter - Public Television Service

Film Awards Jury

Social Participation and Political Stance

Awards and honors

[Golden Bell Awards]

2001
2002
2003
  • 38th Golden Bell Award for Best Writing for a Miniseries or Television Film - Spring has Come - Nominated
2005
  • 40th Golden Bell Award for Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film - Youth - Nominated
2007
  • 42nd Golden Bell Award for Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film - Lonely Game - Nominated
  • 42nd Golden Bell Award for Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film - Lonely Game - Nominated
2008
  • 43rd Golden Bell Award for Best Directing for a Miniseries or Television Film - No Practice Love Song - Nominated
2021

[Taipei Film Awards]

2008
2012
2018

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2008
2012
2017

[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]

2012