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Ho Ping

b. 1958

Taiwanese film director

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Born 1958. Ho Ping is a Taiwanese and Chinese film director and screenwriter.

Ho Ping (; born 1958) is a Taiwanese film director.

Born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, he studied chemical engineering at Tunghai University before moving to the United States to earn an MFA from Syracuse University. Upon graduation, Ho returned to Taiwan in 1987 and released his directorial debut, The Digger (Yin jian xiang ma) (1988). The next year, he won the Special Jury Prize at the 25th Golden Horse Awards with The Suona Player (Chui gu chui, also known as For whom the Suona Blows). Both The Digger and The Suona Player were film adaptions of short stories written by Wang Ben-hu.

According to director Daw-Ming Lee, his films share a "bitter tone of absurdity" and he is influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Shūji Terayama and Luis Buñuel. Sweet Revenge (Gei sun yan) (2007) – a commercial failure in both China and Hong Kong Battle Up (2015)

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Born
1958, Hsinchu City
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Education
Syracuse University, Tunghai University, Master's degree

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Who is Ho Ping?

Taiwanese film director

When was Ho Ping born?

Ho Ping was born in 1958 in Hsinchu City.

What is Ho Ping's occupation?

Ho Ping is a film director and screenwriter.

What nationality is Ho Ping?

Ho Ping is Taiwanese and Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ho Ping

· Wikidata: Q5874150

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